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Thought for the Day

Church friends

There are NO friends like church friends! Sometimes you have “school friends” or “work friends” or “neighborhood friends” or even “family friends,” but there are NO friends like church friends! They are the kind of friend, as wisdom would suggest, “who sticks closer than a brother” (Prov. 18:24), because they truly are a “brother in Christ”! Church friends love you deeper, truly care for you…

God will finish His work

The apostle Paul was trying to encourage the brethren in Philippi and was wanting them to continue to find true joy in serving Christ. Sometimes it is easy for the world to distract us and cause us to forget all of the reasons that we have to rejoice as Christians.  Among the many great joys that we have in Christ is this reminder:…

Don’t make it harder than it is!

Do you know any Christians who make being a Christian “harder than it should be”? Some folks look at living the Christian life as a “hard” thing to do (and certainly some things are “difficult,” Matt. 7:14), but most of the time what folks are doing is making it “harder” in their heads than it actually is.  Folks say things like, “The elders…

How close to evil can I get?

The child of God must have nothing to do with evil! There is no place of any kind where evil is permitted in our lives! Consider how much the book of Proverbs has to say about this. First, the wise man warns and condemns everyone who “desires evil” (Prov. 21:10), “devises evil” (12:20; 14:22), “seeks evil” (11:27), “pursues evil” (11:19), “brings about evil” (16:30)…

Parents, which one matters?

An angel of the Lord appeared to Zacharias to tell him that he was going to have a son. There would be three distinct responses to his coming. (1) John’s parents, Zacharias and Elizabeth, would “have joy and gladness” (Luke 1:14). What a joy it is when parents find joy in their children! But that is not the main focus here! (2) “Many” people would hear about…

Brain misfiring

I think every preacher has been there. Unfortunately, it happens to this preacher too often—most recently saying that a certain church family had requested, “No prayers,” instead of saying that they had requested, “No visitors.” Big difference. Big mistake. Aren’t you glad (and abundantly encouraged) that our God never (not even once) had a brain misfire, a tongue misfire or a deed misfire!? Folks will sometimes…