Apr
30
Soul Hope
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, ‘I am slipping!’ but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” — [...]
Apr
27
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. — Psalm 19:14 Have you ever pushed the “Send” button on an email. . . .and then wished you could “take [...]
Apr
23
Walking Wounded
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday night. A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that He had come home. So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and He preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to Him a paralytic, [...]
Apr
20
Don’t Leave Home Without It
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Make plans by seeking advice. . .Proverbs 20:18a Our flight was delayed—eventually cancelled. The rush to get everything done with work and home in order to get out-of-town had left us exhausted, so standing in a long line to be re-routed was a bit of [...]
Apr
16
Run Like You Mean It!
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“As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.” — Hebrews12:1 My great-grandfather was wounded during [...]
Apr
13
The Refresh Button
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“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” — Romans 12:2 I’m not great at computers, but I do know and appreciate the value of [...]
Apr
9
Easter Morning in Turkey, 1985
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That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. — Philippians 3:10,11 I opened my eyes. The first sounds I heard were those of a muezzin, high in the minaret, [...]
Apr
6
Hope As a Last Resort
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Do you feel lost and alone, your marriage a disaster? Then turn to a source that will provide you with hope.
Apr
2
Preemptive Prayer
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Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. — Romans 12:12 When did you learn to pray? Was it in Sunday School at church? or at home around the dinner table? or saying your bed-time prayers with your parents? or in Vacation Bible School? or in a youth group? or with an athletic [...]