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When God really wants me to hear a message, He repeats himself until I take heed. He must want me, or perhaps you, to focus on the heart because I read the following words from Ken Weliever after my last post. In his 8/7/16 blog post Sunday Seed Thoughts, Ken writes: “The heart is central,” wrote John Eldredge…

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT) I can’t help myself.   I make judgments based on appearance.…

You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope. Psalm 119:114 (NLT)   I jumped all over today’s scripture. Yes! Scripture is my source of hope. It’s full of God’s promises to love, forgive, provide, equip and strengthen me. He speaks of a bigger plan that I can’t yet understand…

Now may the God of peace equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him. Hebrews 13:20-21(NLT) I’m a fraud, a phony.   I preach the ability of God to change lives with daily prayer and scripture study, but I’ve become sloppy about practicing…

They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the Lord that day. 1 Chronicles 29:22 (NIV) I am such a nerd.   Even when my brain is on summer vacation, I can’t resist jotting down a few thoughts during a concert. Yup, that’s me, taking notes at a sold-out House of Blues.…

The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. Psalm 119:1-4…

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.  James 1:19 (NLT) Another nugget of life wisdom. Memorize this one friends.  

Correction is unpleasant. It requires humility to accept and learn from it. How do we build one another up without accepting correction?

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life — your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life — and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture…

Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways! Romans 11:33 (NLT) In obedience to God’s prompting to reprioritize my mornings, I prayed before opening emails or Facebook. I praised God for His magnificence and marveled at how beyond us and…