Pastor’s Blog
Daily Devotional July 26, 2022
“Brothers and sisters, I myself don’t think I’ve reached it, but I do this one thing: I forget about the things behind me and reach out for the things ahead of me. The goal I pursue is the prize of God’s upward call in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14, CEB).
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Daily Devotional July 18, 2022
NOTE TO OUR READERS
I’m sure the Daily Devotion readings have been an inspiration and a source of comfort to you all.
Pastor David will be taking a short hiatus from writing and will resume next week.
Daily Devotional July 15, 2022
“Now Nadab and Abihu, two of Aaron’s sons, each took an incense pan. They put fire and
incense on them and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord,
incense on them and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord,
which he had not commanded them” (Leviticus 10:1, CEB).
Recently, I had a conversation with a new member that went something like this. “Wow, the readings from Leviticus are sure boring.” My response was candid: “I can’t disagree with you.”
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Daily Devotional July 14, 2022
“Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment” (John 7:24, ESV)
Congratulations go out to Elliot Tanner, the youngest member to graduate from The University of Minnesota. Elliot earned a Bachelor of Science Degree last April in Physics at the age of thirteen. Some have compared Elliot to Sheldon Cooper, the quirky character featured in the situation comedy, Young Sheldon.
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Daily Devotional July 13, 2022
Read Matthew 18:21-22
I recently came across this story from author, Joseph Marshall III:
A playground dispute in the fourth grade concluded with a barrage of epithets hurled
at me, each one more stinging than the other before. I was called every derogatory name
for Indians that two white fourth-grade classmates could remember. Stunned, I could
think of nothing equally hurtful to throw back.
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Daily Devotional July 12, 2022
“Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish
three days and nights” (Jonah 1:17, NIV)
three days and nights” (Jonah 1:17, NIV)
A Cape Cod lobster diver has a big fish tale of the one that got away. Michael Packard was retrieving lobster traps from the sandy bottom off of Herring Beach when he claimed, “All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black.”
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