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11/8/2017 0 Comments

Pray Like This: Your Kingdom Come

​Let’s make a case for the ten greatest empires/kingdoms of all time.  
#1. The Roman Empire:  Considered preeminent for its sheer power and long-standing influence in military and political systems, art, literature, and religion.
#2. The Mongol Empire: Five times the size of Alexander the Great’s territory, Genghis Khan established a kingdom that stretched from Eastern Europe to China.
#3. The British Empire: Almost a quarter of the earth’s landmass was covered by an empire effective in warfare and trade.

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9/22/2017

Temporary Residents

Meditation
1 Peter 1:1,2—Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To the temporary residents dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
 
Did you know that the best view a Christian can adopt is that of viewing life on earth as a fleeting journey?  People who cling to a need for permanence here are set up for a multitude of disappointments: the toxic reality of depravity, disasters, decay and death.  Peter reminds the readers of his letter twice (vs 1,17) that they are temporary residents.  This is a potent truth for us to remember and should be a source of steady encouragement.

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5/6/2010

Heritage

​The Honorable Sid Jones, former Assistant Secretary of Treasury gave his “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” lecture to over 55 senior leaders from industry, the military and the government.  His address punctuated the bleakness of the current U.S. economy, future dangers and possible remedies.  He foresees an economic collapse for America given the great number of aging adults and the demands they place on social security. In describing U.S. assets and priorities one of his statements grabbed my attention. “We spend as much on security as the rest of the world combined.” Those words reminded me of Psalm 61:5. 
 

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8/31/2009

Dirt

The Last 100 Yards is the National Infantry Museum’s signature exhibit.  Figures cast from current soldiers make up the life-like scenes representing eight wars fought by Americans.  As guests make their way into the museum, they walk up a 100-yard-long gently inclining ramp, which signifies the infantry’s role in taking the last 100 yards of any battle.  As I walked the ramp with four other officers, the sights, sounds and solemn feel of the exhibit breathed sacrifice.   We had already progressed part way when Mr. Talley, an elderly guide, asked if he could share with us the significance of what we were seeing.  He proudly discussed the detailed planning and symbolism behind each section.  He shared of the tears and the deep emotion felt by many veterans and their families who visited the museum just outside Fort Benning, Georgia, in the past two months since its opening.

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7/17/2008 0 Comments

Standing in Glory

Meditation
Jude 24,25—Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now, and forever.  Amen.
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12/30/2004

Pain

​I don’t know her but I feel from her face a pain that I can deeply understand.  It is the pain of loss.  There is an old Hungarian proverb, “Adam ate the apple and our teeth still ache.”  When man corrupted God’s plan the consequences were staggering.  A fruitful planet became a fallen world where evil, disaster and death leave no one untouched.  

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12/26/2003

Warranty

​Kaching, kachingcan you hearthe sound of cash registers ringing up sales like there was no tomorrow?  Personally, I’m in the market for two sliding glass doors.  Our doors have broken seals, a locking mechanism that no longer works and twenty plus years of wear and abuse.  It doesn’t help that Bear and Dusty, our two big dogs, think that jumping against and scratching the glass will earn them a trip inside.  I wish you could see Bear working his pink and black-splotched tongue up and down the rubber edging trying to lick his way in.  The pools outside the door aren’t from rain! 

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10/14/1999 0 Comments

Regeneration

​Recalescence is the sudden glowing which takes place in metal that is cooling.  It is caused by the liberation of the latent heat of transformation.  It is a hot word picture that imperfectly depicts what happens to us who are spiritually born in Christ.  The truth is, the Holy Spirit is constantly at work in our lives as we determine to worship God.  Accordingly, there will be not one sudden glowing, but continuous times when the brilliant light of God bursts from our lives as the dazzling display of divine transformation.  This is what we call regeneration!  

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3/18/1999 0 Comments

Name

​Meditation
Psalm 8:1,9--Yahweh, our Lord,how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty . . . Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!
 

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2/3/1999 0 Comments

Wine

​I recently read an article that the sale of red wine in Japan has skyrocketed.  A television show in that country extolled the benefits of drinking a little red wine each day in order to fight heart disease and cancer.  The Japanese are very health conscious and boast the highest life expectancy in the world. Naturally they responded to this report with the result that red wine sales quadrupled.

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5/8/1998 0 Comments

Insurance

Meditation
Matthew 6:34—Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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2/15/1997 0 Comments

Death

Meditation
Revelation 21:3,4--Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity ,and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will no longer exist; grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, because the previous things have passed away.

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