Still Obeying
You must have often wondered why the enemy [God] does not make more use of his power to be sensibly present to human souls in any degree he chooses and at any moment. But you now see that the irresistible and the indisputable are the two weapons which the very nature of his scheme…
Continue readingI Miss Mayberry
I miss Mayberry. Mayberry is the fictional American town in the television series, “The Andy Griffith Show.” It is a place where the local sheriff and his deputy have little to do and are always available to help find a lost dog or farm animal. It is a place where no one locks their doors…
Continue readingFor a Friend
Prayer For A Friend Lord, I lift my friend to You, I’ve done all that I know to doI lift my friend to YouComplicated circumstances have clouded his viewLord, I lift my friend up to You I fear that I won’t have the words that he needs to hearI pray for Your wisdom, oh God,…
Continue readingEmpire or Kingdom
Ephesians 2:1-6 It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what…
Continue readingCaught in the Middle
Poets are often better at expressing concepts of the heart. The music group “Casting Crowns” has a song called “Somewhere In The Middle.” Here are the lyrics. Somewhere between the hot and the coldSomewhere between the new and the oldSomewhere between who I am and who I used to beSomewhere in the middle, You’ll find…
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