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  Here are some loose reflections from the pits. You might be in a pit "Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close…" – Psalm 69:15 ESV "But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task …" – Psalm 73:16…

Like many of you, I value work. I like to work. I enjoy the results of my work. I put my heart and soul into my work. I see God at work in my work. I want to keep working as long as I possibly can. I desire to see the work of my hands…

  In light of the fury of God, the mighty and sweeping holiness of God's brilliance, the angry wrath of all that defies truth and righteousness, the intense unwillingness of God to allow anything to remain out of balance, we bow before Him with trembling hearts and knees. How then, do we see, not in…

"Have mercy upon me, Oh God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions." (Ps. 51:1, KJV)   Oh Lord, God, Yahweh, Abba, I am, but dust, and to dust I shall return. That is my story. It is all I bring to Thy mercy seat. I…

4141 Ministries and the Fellowship of Joy invites you to join us here for a time of worship. If you cannot join us in Fresno at 9:00 AM, please join us on this page as we share scripture and song together. 4141 N Fresno St., Fresno, CA. 93726 Sunday, March 5, 2017, 9 AM Invocation:  God…

I am probably what she calls an "ambivert." I switch between the extremes. But this is a powerful word to us. She nudges us to let people live and create outside the tight boxes we build for people. I love this quote, "Solitude matters and that for some people, it is the air that they…

  In times of decline, we seek the Divine Incline.Perceived or received, something declines for us,And lofty edifices of our pride sink low. Yet we …The "we" that is truly "us …"Shall not decline His inclination toward restoration.Poor and needy When greedy fires are consuming the underbrush of our lives,From hesitation to preservation, His salvationRescues…

Here is the ticket in the thicket. Not today, but some days, I have been on the same page as the psalmist who said, "My soul is cast down within me … "   (Psalm 42:6 ESV) That is the thicket – a thick hedge of problems and complexities that obscure the view of what…

“And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. …  And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God …  And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! “  John 1:32, 34, 36 Against…

  Don't let your bucket list go empty … Keep things moving out, but replace them regularly. Plan to die with some things undone for others to take up and do. Never stop looking forward. Eventually, your gaze will be firmly fixed on the heavenly prize, but the path to Heaven passes through these green…