Archive for April, 2008
Brave
Nichole Nordeman is my favorite artist, and here’s a song I can listen to over and over again. In light of our sermon series, “Fearless,” I thought I’d share it with you. ”It’s been fear that ties me down to everything, but it’s been love, your love, that cuts the string.” I love the word [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )So Much to Pray For, So Little Time
Whenever I spend any length of time in prayer I always realize later that there are still things I neglected to pray for. Here’s my suggestion: one word, one thought prayers. If you find that you can’t pray for our church often as you’d like, decide on one thing to make your mission. Whatever is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Praying in the Deep End of the Pool
Mary Beth loaned me a good book that I’m taking far too long to read. The author says that there are three levels of prayer: 1. logistical prayer focuses on our own needs (“Lord, help me to have enough money to pay my bills this month.”) 2. tactical prayer focuses on helping others, but is still from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )At a Loss for Words
The video of Psalm 139 was beautiful this morning. And Greg’s sermon was right on as usual. My heart is overcome with the thought of knowing Christ and how much he has made a difference in my life. My definition of humility is knowing who you are with respect to God. Only if you know how much God [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )CIY “Believe”
A bunch of kids from Suncrest are going to a conference this weekend put on by Christ in Youth, called “Believe.” Jared and sponsors will spend a couple of days with jr highers, and it has the potential to change their lives. How do I know? Because I’ve seen it in my own kids’ spiritual lives. Tim [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Tell Me the Old, Old Story…in Korean
On Sunday after worship at Suncrest, Mina and I went to a Korean Baptist church in Hessville. It was very small, only about a dozen people. I had some idea what was going on, thanks to a Korean/English Bible and songbook, but when one woman got up to pray I had no idea what she [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Decision Sunday
Let’s pray for decisions to be made for Christ this weekend. He is stirring in the hearts of those around you on Sunday morning, maybe even in your heart. There are so many who attend Suncrest who are searching for something–Someone– to fill the God-shaped hole in their lives. Those of us who aren’t searching already [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Unhappy Anniversary
Today is the 32nd anniversary of my wedding. Unfortunately there were only 28 years of the marriage since I was divorced a few years ago. It’s not what we had hoped for, but God is faithful in his forgiveness, love and care. “Lord, I pray for the marriages in our church and everywhere. I pray for commitment [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My Review
I should be getting my review at work any day now, maybe today. I usually think my reviews are fair, since I already know my strengths and weaknesses, but I’m told we get our rating and the review is written to match the overall grade. It is an imperfect system, written by imperfect (don’t I know [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My Son-in-Law the Pirate
I think I might have mentioned to a few of you that my son-in-law is a pirate. Not the baseball playing type, but the concertina-playing, parrot-wielding, green-beard-on-St. Patrick’s Day type. He works for Hewlett Packard so I don’t think he chases ships or anything like that. He’s a great guy, and I love having him in our [...]
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