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God is with us and wants to encounter us in worship.  He is always worthy of much more than we give Him.  God does have an opinion on how He wants to be praised and worshipped.  Deuteronomy 12:4 says, “You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God.”  Worship is about love and being in a love relationship … Read More

I love playing golf with my new friend Nora.  We play together in a Tuesday morning ladies golf league.  Most of the women in the league are at least 50 and some in their 80s. Nora is at least 10 years older than I and her long game shots are not as good as they once were.  Watch out though … Read More

Cultivating peace is not just a, being still in the Lord, and it will suddenly fall upon us.  It is learned as Philippians 4:11 teaches us. “Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” In the workplace and in our personal lives we often set for ourselves a vision and … Read More

No Butter Knives There are two great offensive weapons given to us by God.  They are prayer and the Word of God or Sword of the Spirit.  We can tend to think of Ephesians 6 and the armor of God when we think of warfare.  The armor of God is the defensive suit we wear into battle. The use of … Read More

Music can be good therapy.  Music functions in Scripture in many ways. It is one of the divinely appointed vehicles for the word of Christ (Colossians 3:16).  Music can be a gift of grace enabling the repentant, depressed person to walk in obedient faith, (Psalm 32:7) regardless of their circumstances (Habakkuk 3:17-19).  It can provide structured discipline in renewing the … Read More

Some of us have learned how to spend a lot of time with ourselves this past year.  Maybe we have discovered we needed some time for rest and reflection.  It has made some of us start to contemplate who we are in our deepest selves and slow down and pay attention. It has been a time where we have started … Read More

We long for a more personal and intimate relationship with God.  Our hearts crave a connection with God from His Word.  We have knowledge of the Word but something is missing. We live in a high-performance culture, where holding to deep spiritual values is not regarded as the greatest treasure.  In the pressure to perform we are tempted to look … Read More

Have you ever found yourself enslaved to something? Enslavement occurs for most of us at the level of habit.  Liberation also takes place at the level of habit.  There are two basic points of view that influence our choices.  We can summarize the first with the phase, “The one with the most toys wins.”  This is a way of life … Read More