…You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James 4:14 Seventy-two years ago, this past weekend the Orson Welles radio drama War of the Worlds premiered as a Halloween special on the CBS radio network. The hour-long show was a series of simulated news bulletins that “interrupted” the usual programming to detail an alien invasion in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey, a small farming community…
Preach the word, be prepared in season and out of season…. 2 Timothy 4:2 “Well, I had a little ‘Now’s the Time’ Moment!” today. Pam announced to me Monday afternoon as I walked into the house. “Wow, tell me about it!” I exclaimed. Having preached on the topic of seizing opportunities to share our faith with others this past Sunday, it doesn’t surprise me at all that God would open up opportunities in the coming week. I find that regardless of the…
You heavens above, rain down righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness grow with it; I, the LORD, have created it. Isaiah 45:8 All right, so I’ve been soaked to the skin three times today. I ‘m still at the church and it’s 10:45 at night. It’s absolutely pouring outside (again) and I’ve got to get to my truck that is parked way out in the parking lot. My…
Psalm 47:6-8 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. The book of Revelation begins with an amazing scene- hundreds of millions of people, the redeemed of all creation encircling the throne of God singing “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and…
1 John 4:4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. In the damp spring of 1863 just outside Rome, Georgia, 450 Confederate cavalrymen under Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest were preparing to engage a federal force about three times their size. Forrest and his men had been skirmishing with northern troops led by Colonel Abel D. Streight for several weeks while in the…
Psalm 8:3 & 9 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him… O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Have you ever seen the stars? Now I’m not talking about the few stars you can see from the back deck of your suburban home where the stars compete with street lamps, headlights,…
Ephesians 3:17-19 And I pray that you… may have power, together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge… This past week my entire family vacationed with my parents at a beach house in Atlantic Beach, NC. We’ve been going down to the North Carolina coast for almost 20 years now, but for one little girl in our family this trip…
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember You… Psalm 42:5-6 The other morning I woke up “finky”. Perhaps you aren’t familiar with that word. I’ve been using it for years to describe an emotional state that I sometimes get in. However, before I began writing this I checked Wikipedia…
The Bride of Christ June 9, 2010 at 3:23 PM “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery- but I am talking about Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:31-32 I love the illustrations found in Scripture which describe our relationship to God. None of them can ever completely capture every facet of God’s desire and purpose for us, but…
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water… Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63:1 & 3 Food: It matters what you put in your tank. On Monday Josh and I went fishing on the Chesapeake with some friends. This was the second year in a row that we’ve done…