Pastor’s Blog
Daily Devotional August 9, 2022
“They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
(Genesis 11:3-4, NIV)
Testing limits. It’s what we do. Just watch a child who’s told he can have only one cookie, when two cookies have been placed on the table.
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Daily Devotional August 8, 2022
“When they were all full, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the pieces left over; let us not waste a bit” (John 6:12, GNT).
My cell phone is no longer working properly. I have had the device for only two years. Planned obsolescence is the reason, so I’m told.
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Daily Devotional August 5, 2022
“The Lord declares, ‘Am I a God who is only nearby and not far off?
Can people hide themselves in secret places so I might not see them?
Don’t I fill heaven and earth?’”
(Jeremiah 23:23-24, CEB).
Can people hide themselves in secret places so I might not see them?
Don’t I fill heaven and earth?’”
(Jeremiah 23:23-24, CEB).
I’ve always believed there to be a difference between feeling lonely and being alone. One can be in a crowd of people, and yet, harbor an unnerving sense of isolation.
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Daily Devotional August 4, 2022
“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2-3, NIV).
pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2-3, NIV).
The headline read:
“US Runner, 105, Sets New World Record for 100m Sprint—But Feels
Disappointed She Wasn’t Faster.”
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Daily Devotional August 3, 2022
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
(2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV).
We pay a lot of attention to our skin. We wash it. Shave it. Moisturize it. Some of us even paint it.
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Daily Devotional August 2, 2022
“For the body, itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts” (1 Corinthians 12:14).
The floods that recently devastated Eastern Kentucky substantiated a familiar adage. Nothing is more powerful than the love of a mother—except when a mother’s love is combined with a few feet of electrical cord.
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