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Daily Devotional March 6, 2023

Posted on Mar 3, 2023 in Pastor's Blog |

“We want to live well, but our foremost efforts should be to help others live well.” (1 Corinthians 10:24 MSG).

Jo Cameron cannot feel her skin burning until she smells the singed flesh. She often burns her arms on the oven yet does not experience discomfort. Jo is one of two people in the world who are known to have a rare genetic mutation that causes insensitivity to pain.

Daily Devotional March 2, 2023

Posted on Mar 2, 2023 in Pastor's Blog |

“A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12, NLT).

I once heard the Christian author, Howard Hendricks, say, “A [person] not in an accountable relationship is a moral accident waiting to happen.” Such was the case for the twentieth-century evangelist, William Branham.

Daily Devotional March 1, 2023

Posted on Mar 1, 2023 in Pastor's Blog |

“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13, NRSV).

In her Gold Star Award Winning book, Big Boys Don’t Cry, Malorie Blackman describes the following dialogue:

“Don’t you know that boys don’t cry?” Adam grinned. “Shall I tell you something I’ve only recently discovered,” I replied, not attempting to hide the tears rolling down my face and not the least bit ashamed of them. “Boys don’t cry, but real men do.”

Daily Devotional Feb. 28, 2023

Posted on Feb 28, 2023 in Pastor's Blog |

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV).

My daughter has a trio of turkeys routinely congregating outside her office window. She has named them Larry, Curly, and Moe. Frankly speaking, the girl can be a bit flighty.

Daily Devotional Feb. 24, 2023

Posted on Feb 24, 2023 in Pastor's Blog |

“Peter said to him, ‘You will never wash my feet.’ Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you have no share with me’” (John 13:8, NRSV).

“I don’t need your help.” This was the response I received after offering assistance to a woman who had fallen outside the Post Office. The truth is she did need help. Her leg was pointing in the wrong direction indicating a broken hip.

Daily Devotional Feb 23, 2023

Posted on Feb 23, 2023 in Pastor's Blog |

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21, CEB).

How is it with your soul? John Wesley opened each of his small groups or bands with this question. It’s a deep and probing question. It’s the kind of question that makes one feel vulnerable.