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When Seeing Prompts a Reminder

Have you ever seen something and suddenly remembered some other unrelated thing? It’s as if something visual sends a spark across the bra...

Moving From Craving to Satisfied

The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!” Moses h...

What to Remember and What Not to Forget—Lessons from Egypt, Part II

Remembering Egypt held value for the people of God—as noted in yesterday’s post. Today we’ll look at a few more instructions from God fro...

What to Remember and What Not to Forget—Lessons from Egypt, Part I

Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from bei...

The One Who Most Remembers

Don’t you love to be remembered? Doesn’t it just warm your heart when someone remembers your birthday? Thinks of you when you’re sick? Re...

Remembering What’s Greater

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about...

An Easter to Remember (And Living Beyond a Pandemic When You’re Living in a Pandemic)

March 2020—early in the shutdown, much was unknown and uncertain. Here in Georgia at the time, many people thought the shutdown would las...

The Way of Christ

The way of Christ— set ever before Him— led to a rugged Cross. The way He took paved a way for us— the only way there is. From Eden past ...

Walking Away

Sometimes, to walk one way means you have to walk away from something else. When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abr...

Watching is to be Prepared

What a season of reflection it has been! Thank you for joining me. It’s been a season infused with the Word—made richer for looking back ...

Prepared for all this broken world throws at us

I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the w...

Another Place—Planned, Promised, and Prepared

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am (Jn 14:3). We have w...

Be Prepared with a Reply

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvat...

Heaven’s Prepared Message

Over Bethlehem, the hushed skies rumbled above the veil—waiting in anticipation. With the Babe’s first wail, the veil split wide. And, in...

What’s to Fear

The virgin's name was Mary. And [Gabriel] came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly tro...

Inwardly Prepared

Some things need to be prepared from the inside, out. Like us, for Christmas. Before we prepare the first thing on the outside of ourselv...

Prepared at Christmas

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker (Psalm 95:6) Who knew this Christmas season would look like this...

What's Needed in Troubled Times

August is slowly limping along, isn’t it? And the week ahead is crammed full of troubles of its own. Corona is not going away. Fires rage...

How Not To Waste A Bad Thing

I hear their voices still ringing in my ears: “Don’t waste it.” That it can represent anything good; like, food, money, health . . . time...

Learning to Walk

I remember what it was like trying to teach my children how to walk. I’d ease them up onto wobbly legs—gently holding and guiding them al...

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