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What Cross Have You Taken Up?
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Scripture: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” – Luke 9:23 As a lawyer, I am required to choose my words carefully with their exact meaning clearly in mind. In a contract or will, an ill-chosen word may have dire, unintended consequences to a client. […]
Read MoreNothing “Bundt” Freedom
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Scripture: “Strip down, start running – and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it.” – Romans 12: 2 (The Message) The teacher’s lounge… it gets me every time. Something else that gets me every time… […]
Read MoreFollow Me
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Scripture: “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.’” – Matthew 16:24 What does it mean to you to “follow?” Some of us “follow” the Gamecocks, Tigers, Braves, or Panthers. We “follow” the news related to this topic or that […]
Read MoreTech and the Persistence of Memory
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Scripture: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you […]
Read MoreWhat Does Your Sabbath Look Like?
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Scripture: – “After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid […]
Read MoreRealigning Our Priorities
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Scripture: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal: but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be […]
Read More“Loosed” for God’s Purposes
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Scripture: “Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, ‘Go, view the land, especially Jericho.’ So, they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and spent the night there…. [Rahab said] ‘I know that the Lord has given you the land and that dread […]
Read MorePersonal Time of Discerning
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Scripture: “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Matthew 28:20 Several years ago, I began a Monday morning Bible study with a group of women. I have known most of them for decades and our relationships have grown and deepened during our studies. However, when asked several […]
Read MoreAre You Prosperous and Successful?
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Scripture: “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” – Joshua 1:8 How do you and I define the phrase “prosperous and successful”? Prosperous and Successful […]
Read MoreSHARING THE HOPE
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Am I Growing in My Faith? Scripture: “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing […]
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