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No, Thank You
At the gas pump today the on-screen message asks: “Do you want a receipt?” The options: “YES” or “NO, THANKS.” Why is it that only “no” requires a thank-you? That puzzles me. I’m not sure there is an answer, but I’m searching for a lesson in there somewhere…
In the waiting room of life, we can [...]
City on a Hill
I had to drive to Suncrest West at 4:30 am the other day (my own fault–forgot something for the prayer walk). As I got close to the building, I remembered the first time I saw our new building a few years ago. It was at night, and the building was all lit up, an oasis [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What Are You Waiting For?
Suncrest begins a new sermon series, all about waiting. Waiting for God to answer a prayer. Waiting for God to do something in your life. We have planned a prayer walk to help you work through some of these issues with God. It will take place on Monday, Nov. 16 (5am-6pm) and Tuesday Nov. 17 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Love You, Too!
I called my home phone from work today, to remind myself of something I had to do. I ended the call by saying, “Love you!” like I do when I am talking to one of my kids! …Well, I am rather attached to myself…!
God is calling us to remind us that he loves us. My [...]
Echo Prayer for Suncrest
A few weeks ago I called your attention to the Echo Prayer Manager, and have been using it for a while now. You compose your own prayers, or just make a prayer list, and set it up to email you with reminders to pray. Every Friday, I get the following prayer in my inbox. Sometimes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Praying for the Presence of God
One book that made such an impression on me when I was a young Christian (almost 35 years ago!) was The Practice of the Presence of God, a little book by a man called Brother Lawrence. I guess the book really spoke to me because he had one of the same issues I had regarding [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Prayer Albums
Do you use a prayer list when you pray? Or maybe a prayer guide of another type? When my kids were young we used several different things to help us remember who to pray for, and my favorite was the photo album. It’s easy to get photos of loved ones, but you can also get [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Retreat
You might have seen online that our staff is just finishing up a two-day retreat. I love when our staff does this. It means they are team-building, praying, and planning. And just spending time together. In my classes at school right now we are studying teams and how they work. What helps a team work [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Our Mission
In class the other day we were sharing our project teams’ mission statements. One of the guys said that where he works no one could even tell him what the company’s mission statement was. Not so with Suncrest! Anyone who has been around for any length of time knows what it is: “To be used [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )No Two the Same
Greg, in his sermon today, mentioned that no two snowflakes are the same. How does anyone really know that? It’s just mind-boggling to think about it. No duplicates ever? Hmm… Well, I got a request to pray for the Middle Schoolers as they have their lock-in next weekend, Oct 16-17. Talk about no two being [...]
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