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Learning Contentment; Awaiting Glory
Our readings this week show that nothing in this world will ever completely satisfy us. But there is One who does fill our souls....
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Jun 28, 2018
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Generosity and Contentment: How we know we’re saved
Faith alone saves but since it is invisible how do we know we are saved? Here are two concrete evidences. Today’s Reading Nehemiah 4-6;...
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Jun 17, 2017
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Contentment without Complacency
Mary and I call our little homestead in the Blue Ridge Mountains “Thistle Dew Farm” – it’s not heaven but this’ll do for now. ...
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Dec 2, 2016
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Beware the Seduction of Power
Today’s reading: Judges 9:1-10:5 In this passage we have a sad example of how pride and the desire for power and prestige can trap and...
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Mar 22, 2016
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Stability vs. Restlessness
Today’s reading: Psalm 124-127; I Corinthians 7:1-24 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but...
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Aug 25, 2015
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How You Know You’re Saved
Today’s reading: Nehemiah 4-6; Acts 2:14-47 12 Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you...
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Jun 17, 2015
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