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  • One Needed Thing

    It may seem that what startles you out of bed at the last minute tomorrow morning is the most important thing in the universe. It will not come close to the value of a relaxed and unhurried time at the feet of the Master.

  • Who Is My Neighbor?

    Go; live like an outcast among outcasts if you must, but practice love as you go. Love is not revealed in the words we speak or the sentiments we feel, but in the actions, we take in being neighbors to our neighbors.

  • Blessed Are the Eyes that See

      unsplash-logoNonsap Visuals   Luke 10:23-24   And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things…

  • Isness

    unsplash-logoAustin Chan Days pass … weeks, months, years… decades slip away,Accelerating,Jubilating,Re-creating,Innovating life,Invention of our minds, Intention of our hearts,… or something else …. confiding ….Residing in our soul ….Guiding to some goal?Is there a whole in the hole …A purposeful role we playin the scheming dreaming of these days?Is there more in gleaming rays to our…

  • Mere Men – The Nations Must Know

    We have a God whose ways are not our ways and thoughts not our thoughts. He reverses the power of conventional wisdom and defies the accepted truisms of society to make His own order. He simply does not forget the needy. He has a bias for them.

  • Getting Unstuck

    These are universal principles. They work because they are based upon truth that is enduring and preeminent. Truth is truth in anyone’s hands. When activated it takes on a life of its own.

  • We Rise Up and Stand Firm – Notes on Psalm 20

    In Distress   Photo by Zach Rowlandson on Unsplash Psalm 20:1 – May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. In the spirit of blessing and benediction, we come to pray for a friend. Such a prayer blesses the giver, the receiver, and the heart of…

  • The Grand Question – Notes on Psalm 17

    Psalm 17:1 – Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea; listen to my cry.  Give ear to my prayer-it does not rise from deceitful lips. One might think that the psalmist had stepped out of his time and looked upon ours to offer his commentary. The repulsive sight of the wicked strutting about in impunity is…

  • To a People Yet Unborn – Notes on Psalm 22

    Psalm 22:1 – My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? We have the retrospective luxury of knowing the messianic significance of this psalm in. It is messianic because the Messiah took these words to the cross as…

  • Forevermore – Notes on Psalm 16

      Psalm 16:1 – Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. Never separate the two parts of this prayer or you will diffuse its power. The first part is a request made in faith. The second is a declaration of faith upon which every request is made and in which our…