Make me to know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me. Psalm 25:4-5a
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.’” –Erma Bombeck In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus tells a parable called “The Parable of the Talents.” In other scripture versions, the Greek …
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Have you ever seen one of those pictures with the caption “What is it?” The more you look, the harder it becomes to figure it out. Why? Because either it’s zoomed in as much as possible, or you are only seeing a small section of the photo's subject. The issue isn’t a lack of understanding …
Most of us can look back to years past and remember a few significant events that changed the course of our lives. We could draw a timeline from birth to our (future) death and illustrate our stories by marking those events. Here is when we met our spouse. And here is when our first child …
Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me. (Philippians 2:29-30) Paul is the most notable and visible apostle in the New Testament, …
Our Bible study group decided to interrupt our journey through 1 Corinthians for the month of January and read through a 31-day devotional taken from Andrew Murray’s book, Waiting On God. It’s been a wonderful start to the new year. As the title implies, each day’s reading focuses on an aspect of what it means …
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