All of us have read at least one book that we love? If the topic is really interesting, or there are many points to ponder, we may decide to read it more than once. And if the story is that … Continue reading
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Name Your Favorite Artist
Artists use many mediums to create their masterpieces, and some become very famous for their works. Italian Michelangelo was a gifted master of many art forms. As a painter, his exquisite murals on the Sistine Chaple ceiling stand iconic. Auguste Rodin, … Continue reading
Are You Talking To Me?
Our obedience to God starts with a humble attitude. humble – adjective not proud or arrogant, inferiority, subservience, low in rank, Humility can be a hard word for some of us to demonstrate. It certainly is not my best attribute. Most … Continue reading
God’s Name Is Perfect!
What a mighty God we have! I believe this with all my heart. Now, let’s see how the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary defines God.
God –
noun : the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe
The Being perfect in power, wisdom and goodness. These words describe something humans will never amount to in our lifetime. We will never reach the perfectness of God. But instead of honoring His glorious name – Continue reading
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Celebrate Like David
Historic Brush Creek Salem United Church of Christ recently observed their 250 year anniversary. On a beautiful Sunday with pews overflowing from generations of friends and congregants past and present, they celebrated. The event took place in the tradition of a wonderful community gathering, united together to commemorate something extra special.
The choir, organ and horn music expanded as it unrolled upward to the sanctuary ceiling, where it bounced off and returned back to the faithful’s eager ears. I closed my eyes as I listened to the first song, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” so I could appreciate the Continue reading
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Christians – Always Moving Closer To God
Christians are on a constant journey. Not in the sense that we live out of a suitcase, traveling from hotel to hotel. No – it’s that we are always trying to move closer to God.
We move closer to God every time we:
Learn His Word.
Share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Allow the Holy Spirit to encourage good works.
Sometimes our journey is easy. Our direction is accurate because we understand and make right decisions based on God’s law. The situation may be utter chaos, but choosing to follow The Word over the world, by putting our trust in The Word, always leads us Continue reading
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Lift Him Up
Today is my first blog post. It happens to be posted on God’s day – Sunday. Today involved: attending my home church with my husband and college age daughter, enjoying lunch while visiting my brother-in-law, and spending bonding time with my daughter as we baked zucchini bread. Now it is 5:00 PM. The day is more than half over and I’m thinking – did I Lift Him Up today? Was I a reflection of Christ’s love to those who saw me? Let’s take a quick recount of my three experiences.
Lift Him Up 