Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Savor the time” Our Bible verse for today: “A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.” Proverbs 15:13 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Choose joy” I’m a disciple of the contemporary philosopher Snoopy. I’m speaking of course of Snoopy the dog, from the PeanutsContinue reading “Choose joy”
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You need the Sabbath
Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Savor the time” Our Bible verse for today: “That Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27 (CSB) Our thought for today: “You need the Sabbath” In his book, “The Relentless Elimination of Hurry”, Pastor John Mark Comer includes an excellent chapter about the value andContinue reading “You need the Sabbath”
Three miles an hour is a good pace
Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Savor the time” Our Bible verse for today: “Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.” 2 Peter 3:8 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Three miles an hour is a good pace” This morning IContinue reading “Three miles an hour is a good pace”
Don’t just skim the surface of life
Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Savor the time” Our Bible verse for today: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Don’t just skim the surface of life.” I’m currently rereading a book I’ve come to value and appreciate very much. TheContinue reading “Don’t just skim the surface of life”
Relax and enjoy it
Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Savor the time” Our Bible verse for today: “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Relax and enjoy it” I have this vivid memory of a time from about thirty years ago. It was July.Continue reading “Relax and enjoy it”
Life is short, time is precious, enjoy it while you can
Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Savor the time” Our Bible verse for today: “Why, 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 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Life is short, time is precious, enjoy itContinue reading “Life is short, time is precious, enjoy it while you can”
Others sacrificed so we can be free
Good Morning Everyone, Our theme for this month: “You have been set free” Our Bible verse for today: “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Others sacrificed so we can be free.” It’s fitting and appropriate for our study of “You have beenContinue reading “Others sacrificed so we can be free”
Help others find freedom too
Good Morning Everyone, Our theme for this month: “You have been set free” Our Bible verse for today: “Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.” 1 Corinthians 9:19 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Help others find freedom too” As we near the end ofContinue reading “Help others find freedom too”
Be a source of grace, peace, and comfort
Good Morning Everyone, Our theme for this month: “You have been set free” Our Bible verse for today: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 1:2 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Be a source of grace, peace, and comfort” I love the way Paul began his letter to the CorinthianContinue reading “Be a source of grace, peace, and comfort”
The Jesus way
Good Morning Everyone, Our theme for this month: “You have been set free” Our Bible verse for today: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” John 14:6 (CSB) Our thought for today: “The Jesus way” Pastor and author Eugene Peterson once had this to say about Jesus’ metaphor of being “the way”: “The Jesus way wedded to theContinue reading “The Jesus way”