Saints… The Apostle Paul stayed at a house in Rome for two years. He was not allowed to go outside. Sounds like today in America. Paul’s was not a self-imposed quarantine but a Caesar-imposed quarantine. He was in prison awaiting trial. In ancient Rome, prisoners could choose to be imprisoned in a dungeon (not good!) […]
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Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.” Another version says, “Cease striving and know that I am God.” I would translate the verse as, “Be quiet. Stop the busyness. Listen to God!” We assume wrongly that God always speaks through lightning bolts, burning bushes, or tongues of fire. When I hear
Peace and Presence … I had a fanny pack that I once wore while riding my bike. Cycling down a hill, I felt it unclasp, and I thought, “I need to grab it before it comes off and falls into a wheel.” I woke up an hour later in the ER. I had performed the
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Hope! My wife and I have been walking a lot recently. A favorite route is through Wittenberg University campus. Walking past a dorm recently, a young woman walked out and I asked her … trying to be humorous … if she was the last person left on campus. She replied that it had been impossible
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Learn to throw your anxieties on the Lord. Casting anxiety is the secret to finding peace. But you have to throw something — you have to throw everything. We clutch too easily to things other than God. We love it, we desire it, and it has become so familiar. We pray, we meditate on scripture,
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Saints … (Important note at the end!) I receive a lot of video links. It would take me hours each day to watch all of the videos. I apologize in advance, if I haven’t watched a video that you sent to me. (Pastor Grant note … I do watch some of the videos. If you
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My mother passed away 27 years ago. On Easter weekend, I helped give flowers to passing cars in the church parking lot. As one car drove up, a woman looked at me and said, “I used to work with your mother.” She then said, “I enjoyed working with your mother, a wonderful woman.” If your
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Friends … Experiencing Christ’s love surpasses knowledge. — Eph. 3:19 (OGV) I have been in the presence of loss more than most. A brief count for me – I’ve been involved with over 500 deaths involving thousands of grieving relatives and friends. I could include losses from divorce, loss of jobs, accidents, and illness. Everyone
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Saints … God isn’t safe and I don’t think that I want Him to be. I heard a person say, “God is my safe place.” I understand that this person needed comfort and God comforts. We all need shelter in a time of difficulty. God isn’t safe. The same God who portrayed Himself as a
If you haven’t heard this song by Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes … click on the link and listen before you read the following devotional. The song was written in March in a quick sit down writing session. It is a blessing to millions in our crisis. Let it inspire you before you read the
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