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  1 Peter 2:16 (NLT) For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.   Did I read that correctly?  We’re free yet we’re slaves?  When did I sign up for slavery?  This stuff is confusing!     In his book Not a Fan,…

Psalm 119:18 (NLT) Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.   When prayed sincerely, God will answer this prayer.    Write these words on an index card you keep with your Bible and pray them earnestly:  Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.   If you read…

Psalm 119:143 (NLT) As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.     Find joy in commands?    I’ve been turning this verse over in my mind all day.  So short.  So simple.  So hard to understand.    I don’t like commands.  I prefer guidance or advice.  I want…

Galatians 5:16 (NLT) So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.   Did you hear it?  Did you feel it?   The whisper.   I did.  Some of you did too.  One friend told me she oddly woke up one morning praying for me, not knowing why.  After reading Seeds of Scripture she…

1 Corinthians 12:24-26 (NLT) God has put the body together…so that all the members care for each other.  If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.   Are you wearing a mask?   For the past month I’ve been wearing the strong,…

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT) Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up.  And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.  We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus.   There’s an older gentleman who lives in my neighborhood.  He…

Psalm 28:1-2 (NLT) To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me.  For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.  Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward…

Hebrews 4:12 (NLT) For the word of God is alive and powerful.  It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow.  It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.   I read a passage recently that pointed a convicting finger right in my face.    Scripture has the…

Nicodemus wants it both ways. He doesn’t want to risk his day job, but he’s curious about Jesus. Following Jesus costs something.

image courtesy of the Univ. of Conn.    Matthew 13:31-32 (NLT) Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field.  It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make…