Posts from August 2020

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Taking a Break from God?

by PH

You don’t take a break from God. That’s because God is the source of our rest. You don’t take a rest from rest!I’ve seen people who wanted to take a break from church. And usually, this means they take a break from God as well. By their logic, they want to be by themselves and […]

Being “Simple” for Christ sake

by LD

Psalm 119:130–The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.1 Corinthians 2:2–For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. When we hear people refer to someone as “simple-minded” it usually carries the negative slant of being naive or foolish.  Which can be very destructive according to who and what we […]

Feeling Dead…

by PH

I’ve had more human contact this week than I did in months (due to school training), but I feel emotionally dead inside. Perhaps it is due to my limited time with the Lord, or maybe it is due to the fact that these conversations have nothing to do with God…I realize that conversations that have […]

Listening to avoid a shared frustration

by LD

Psalm 17:1,3–Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry!  Give ear to my prayerfrom lips free of deceit!…3 You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouthwill not transgress.If we were asked what motivates us to listen intently to other people, […]

Do the Mundane Well

by PH

I spent so much time trying to find God’s will for my life in my younger years. The Bible doesn’t seem to give too much information on how to find God’s will for our lives. And I think there is a reason for it. When we think “God’s will for our lives”, we think in terms […]

Is It Always Wrong to Want Power?

by PH

Watching the Democratic Convention last night, my daughter asked, “Why would people in their last years of life run for president?” I thought that was very telling. Rather than assuming being the top dog as a good thing, she sees it as a burden and a responsibility. Why do people strive to get to the top […]