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God of This City

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Today in church we revisited the hard-hitting book of James. Our pastor called us out — in a nation where 82% of the people profess to be Christians, how much of that profession is true? True faith occurs when we start acting like we believe what we say we believe. We are God’s workmanship — we are the pottery he created — and he has a special purpose for each one of us. If we keep on living the way we were living before we were saved — if there is no discernible change in the way we behave Monday … Continue reading God of This City

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Blessed Assurance

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There is so much to pray about that I don’t even know where to start.  Our country’s leaders.  The people sorting through rubbish and trying to pick up their lives after Hurricane Ike.  My brother-in-law’s brain tumor.  Safety for my husband as he comes back home from a long week away at work.  The economic turmoil everywhere I look.  The teachers in Dallas who will be losing their jobs due to last year’s 64 million dollar budget shortfall.  Problems in the marriages of some dear friends.  And the unmentionable requests that my Father in heaven already knows about. At times … Continue reading Blessed Assurance

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God of Wonders

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Just a little love note to my Father in heaven on this beautiful, starry night… Many are asking, “Who can show us any good?” Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD. You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:6-8 Continue reading God of Wonders

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Of Messes and Mercy

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After seeing this mess in my bathroom, I felt a good dose of wrath building up inside me at my dog. This disaster was made by the same dog who was sick last week. He is still recovering from his illness but obviously felt well enough to tear into his bed in the middle of the night! It makes me suspicious that the “suspicious spot” in his stomach might have been a piece of memory foam…I love this goofy dog, but honestly! I have cleaned up his vomit and diarrhea and washed blankets and bleached the floor and petted him … Continue reading Of Messes and Mercy

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God’s Glory

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On a rare rain-soaked August afternoon in North Texas, I revel in temperatures below eighty degrees and the sweet smell of rain soaking into the hot, dusty ground…. and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isaiah 58:10-12 For as the … Continue reading God’s Glory