Martin Luther Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee. My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep, I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song, Glory to God […]
Friends, you go nowhere by accident.Wherever you go, God is sending you.Wherever you are God, has a purpose in you being there.Christ, who indwells you through his Spirit, has something he wants to do through you. Believe it and go in God’s power and love. God bless you. Kent Webber, Assoc. Pastor at FPC Santa […]
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By Dr. James Denison, pastor of First Baptist Church of Midland, Texas, in 50 Day Spiritual Adventure Manual – Daring to Dream Again Lord, forgive me—I’ve failed you again. Some believers wouldn’t consider it a failure, but I know better. It’s not prayerlessness, nor evil thoughts, or vain imagination. No, I’ve failed you in a […]
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May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face The rains fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.
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“May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead”
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[From Dww-work]… DID YOU EVER CRY, JESUS? By DONNA SWANSON Did you ever cry, Jesus? did the world ever pile up on you ’til you wanted to quit? Did you ever cry, Jesus? Did you ever get so tired of humanity you wished you’d never come? Did life ever throw you too much hate? Were […]
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Prayer of Thanksgiving for Surprises For a friend’s unexpected call, for a letter unforeseen, for the sunlight bursting through thick clouds, for a porpoise frolicking in the water, for seals basking in the sun, for an invitation to dinner on a lonely eve, for a request to “come along”; for all the wonderful surprises of […]
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Knowing all this-that prayer is dangerous, that it moves our language into potencies we are unaccustomed to and unprepared for it continually puzzles me that so much prayer sounds so limp, that prayer is often so utterly banal. The limpness and banality may be no more common in pastors than in laypeople, but they are […]
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A Call to Confession -Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace- A Vocabulary of Faith, Riverhead Books, 1998, pages 165-166. Paul’s assertion in Romans, that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23) seems easy enough to believe, when I look around, when I read the news. Other people most certainly fall short. […]
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Prayer for Safety Dear God, Yet more disasters around the world… I want pray for safety of the people who remain and for comfort of those who grieve. I pray that the thousands of affected people who do not know You as the Living God, and do not know Jesus as their Savior, will see […]
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