Reject what drains you; embrace what gives life

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Enjoy the journey by redeeming the time” Our Bible verse for today: “Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring – what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.” James 4:14 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Reject what drainsContinue reading “Reject what drains you; embrace what gives life”

Honor God by living in the moment

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Enjoy the journey by redeeming the time” Our Bible verse for today: “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” Psalm 90:12 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Honor God by living in the moment” I love Mark Buchanan’s wise observation that Sabbath isContinue reading “Honor God by living in the moment”

Be a good Christian citizen

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Enjoy the journey by redeeming the time” Our Bible verse for today: “Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Matthew 22:21 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Be a good Christian citizen” Yesterday at Oak Hill Baptist Church I preached a sermonContinue reading “Be a good Christian citizen”

Work hard, rest well, play often

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Enjoy the journey by redeeming the time” Our Bible verse for today: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” Colossians 3:23 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Work hard, rest well, play often” I am truly a blessed man. I haveContinue reading “Work hard, rest well, play often”

Life is a journey not a destination

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Enjoy the journey by redeeming the time” Our Bible verse for today: “For I know the plans I have for you” – this is the Lord’s declaration – “plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to me andContinue reading “Life is a journey not a destination”

You can read and write, so please do

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Writing and Reading” Our Bible verse for today: “Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” he will answer, “I don’t now how to read.” Isaiah 29:12 (NIV) Our thought for today: “You can read and write, so please do” In Isaiah chapterContinue reading “You can read and write, so please do”

Reading people are knowing people

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Writing and Reading” Our Bible verse for today: “The people here (Berea) were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Acts 17:11 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Reading people areContinue reading “Reading people are knowing people”

Write something for history

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Writing and Reading” Our Bible verse for today: “Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.” Jeremiah 30:2 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Write something for history” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a famous Russian novelist in the mid-to-late 1900s. He was a Christian and a captain in theContinue reading “Write something for history”

Writing brings clarity

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Writing and Reading” Our Bible verse for today: “It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you haveContinue reading “Writing brings clarity”

Linger over it

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Writing and Reading” Our Bible verse for today: “I will meditate on your precepts and think about your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.” Psalm 119:15-16 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Linger over it” There’s a special kind of joy and satisfaction that comesContinue reading “Linger over it”