Date: 2009-09-28 15:31:37
Title: Even if there's no food in the pantry
Many of my friends, associates, and church family are dealing with a lot of difficult things recently. I've been asked to pray about marriage problems, wayward children, financial struggles, terminal illness, and more. I've prayed with them and cried with them.
But I also wonder what to say to them. Sometimes there's just nothing that can be said. No platitudes. No trite sayings.
This morning in my quiet time I read this passage from Habakkuk.
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign LORD is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights. Habakkuk 3:17-19
Even if there is no money in the bank, even if there is no food in the pantry, even if my health has failed, even if my spouse is gone, even if my strength is spent, even if, even if...
Still I will praise Him. Still will I rejoice in the LORD for He is the Sovereign One. He is the One who gives me strength. Yet, I will praise Him.
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Date: 2009-05-18 15:16:17
Title: I can't waste my time praying.
There is always so much that needs to be done. Tasks at church, writing projects, family needs, and household chores. I really don't have much time left to spend in prayer. My time can reall...
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Date: 2009-04-13 14:28:49
Title: The Day After
It's Easter Monday. We don't hear that term much in Protestant circles. Easter Monday - the day after Easter - is an official holiday in some places. I think it should be here as well.
What...
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Date: 2009-04-09 13:23:30
Title: No More Veil
The purpose of a veil is to cover, conceal, protect, or separate. A wedding veil prohibits the groom from clearly seeing the bride’s face until it is lifted at the proper moment. Sometimes peopl...
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Date: 2009-03-26 16:07:44
Title: Great time at the Christian Book Expo
In case you didn't notice I was out most of last week. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday with my daughter Kelley in Denton. We shopped for her wedding dress - and ordered it! On Thursday I headed to downt...
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Date: 2009-03-07 08:18:59
Title: God is Serious!
My Bible reading plan has had me in Leviticus this week. The book of Leviticus is full of God's laws and commands for the people of Israel. It includes instructions about dealing with mold in their ho...
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Date: 2009-02-25 09:35:32
Title: Calling all talents, hobbies, and skills!
Have you noticed all the activity in our church building recently? All the dust, mud, paint, and fumes are signs that good things are happening. And that's just in our existing building. Soon, things ...
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Date: 2009-02-10 08:16:21
Title: See any burning bushes?
Look around. Do you see any bushes burning? Is God trying to get your attention?
I just read Exodus 3 - 5 this morning in my Bible reading. While herding...
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Date: 2009-02-03 07:37:54
Title: Got Wisdom?
Mankind is capable of tremendous things. We can put a man on the moon – and beyond. We can harness the power of the wind, split atoms, clone living beings, and many m...
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Date: 2009-02-02 16:09:14
Title: Grab a shovel, spade, spoon, whatever
There's been a lot of excitement recently around Fannin Terrace Baptist Church. We've been digging deep into the Word of God. People are spouting memory verses an...
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