Tag: Purpose
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Jesus Said, “It is Finished”
At that moment the Lord, bowed is head and was dead. Signs following the death of Christ. (Mark 15:38-41; Luke 23:47-49.) Verse Matthew thus introduces his account of the foreshadowing which attended the death of the Son of God. The rending of the veil is mentioned by the synoptists as consequent on, and occurring simultaneously with, the completion…
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Friday was Good!
Hans Holbein (the younger), detail of ‘The Passion’ Altarpiece (1524-25), oil on limewood, Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland. In John’s Gospel we move from Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer directly to the Garden of Gethsemane. You’ll observe some different emphases between John’s Gospel and the Synoptics regarding Jesus’ trails, crucifixion, and resurrection. For example, we see…
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Spiritual discernment
The way to arrive at the best decision in Christian spiritual discernment is to seek out internal external signs of God’s action and then apply them to the decision at hand. Christian Discernment also has an emphasis on Jesus, and making decisions that align with those of Jesus within the New Testament. Remember that Jesus…
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Today
We are not guaranteed more then today. My husband often says “tomorrow never comes.” You know that takes a little but if thinking to realize when tomorrow comes it is today by then! Why am I writing about having only today? Because we do not have much on our own guaranteed. We can plan fir…
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Do Not have Selfish Desires
We are not to do things out of selfish interests, self-centeredness or conceit. We should be humble, and put others ahead of ourselves. We should not be concerned with our own interests, but with the interests of others. Can you think of a shorter way of saying this? Love one another. Yep, that’s the key!…
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No New Year Resolutions
Focusing on God and my health. Top two priorities. My only resolution this year is no resolution. I have not posted a word about weight loss in months and I guess that was a matter of reframing my life. Since October my journey is still to lose weight but not for appearance reasons. I have…
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Nearing Christmas – Colossians 2:11-15
I know that Christmas is right around the corner and I am speaking to why Christ bored our sins on the cross. Without this important point, would Christ coming be to save us? You cannot separate celebration of his birth from the resurrection. Christ was born to die to give us salvation. Colossians 2:11-15 talks…
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Gossip deadly gossip
I have written about gossip more then once. It can be deadly on it’s adverse impact on community of believers. Pastors participate in gossip with concern over his folks. Doesn’t even realize what is going on within the body. So if a Pastor can participate, we’ll little you and me too can be so actively…
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Light shines
Last week I proposed a light show or sharing luminaries in our community to let our neighbors know we love them. In my zeal, I ended up sharing Psalm 119:105 about the light that leads our path. God’s light. Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. So what did…
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Genealogy 1866
I love finding facts about relatives long gone and possibly forgotten. Recently Charles Geronzin who served in Civil War. He was a musician who served in Indiana and Ohio Infantry between 1861 and 1865. I know little but he came to US in 1854 and married and had daughter Ann in 1855. He left Denmark…