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Isaiah 1:18 (NLT) “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.  “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.  Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.   Image courtesy of Morguefile.com Let’s talk laundry.  Can you clean a blood soaked cloth so…

Luke 14:26 (NLT) If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.     This makes no sense.  Hate our families?  Jesus tells us to love our neighbors and especially our…

Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God.   God loves the impossible.  That’s when He shines.  When God brings us through an impossible situation, we have no choice but to acknowledge Him.  It is often the turning point in one’s faith.   In early September, I wrote that I felt called to an impossible…

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” –A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperCollins, 1961)   I’ve read or heard this quote by A.W. Tozer multiple times in the last month.  Let me just say that God’s most common method of speaking…

Matthew 25:40 (NLT) And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters you were doing it to me!’   I had what I call an ‘ah-ha’ moment yesterday.  You may have seen the light bulb blinking over my head. …

Matthew 6:27-28 Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.   Confession:  I am quick to judge. I have a visceral response to people I don’t like.  It’s a character trait I struggle with.  My roommates used to say they knew within…