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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

From the Word:  Twenty-five and counting
”He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.” (Proverbs 18:22 NASB) 
Today we celebrate our 25th anniversary!  We are headed up to New England for a few days to the same Inn where we spent our first weekend following the wedding ceremony.  We are thankful for [...]

Local ministry

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

From the Word:  Doing Your will (from Matthew 7:21-29)
”Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.” (Matthew 7:21 NASB) 
Interesting to see what You use to illustrate Your point here, Lord.   You refer to people who verbally acknowledge You [...]

National

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

From the Word:  Bearing good fruit (from Matthew 7:7-20)
”So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.”  (Matthew 7:17-18 NASB) 
Lord, this implies that it is the nature of things that makes the difference.  Not how ‘hard’ I try, or technique, [...]

Philadelphia Metro

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

From the Word:  Seeing clearly (from Matthew 7:1-29)
”You hypocrite, first take the log out of you own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”  (Matthew 7:5 NASB) 
Lord, You say we are not to judge, at least not before we are able to see clearly.  How do I know when the log [...]