Tag: Gospel
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Chasing Parker – Read Psalm 119:33-40
It was a very mild morning in February but there was still a lot of snow on the ground. We had received enough snow in the last 2 weeks to ensure that the paths in my forest would continue to be knee deep for a good while yet, no matter how mild it gets. I…
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Finding God in Nature Read Psalm 19:1-6
It has been many years since I first read Oswald Chambers’ great devotional work, My Utmost for His Highest. In it, I came across a thought that had never occurred to me before. He said, “When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with…
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Read John 21:15-19 Part 2 A Recommissioning
This is a guided meditation on the passage, and it’s meant to be Part 2 of my last blog. Please read the passage over twice, slowly, and on the second reading put yourself into the story in some way. As you read my comments, based on Peter’s experience, I hope these thoughts will resonate with…
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Read Matthew 14: 21-23 DISMISS THE CROWDS
Sometimes little transition passages between Biblical narratives are packed with lessons for us. These few verses are one example of that. Jesus had just finished feeding 5,000 people; an amazing miracle. I’m sure He and the disciples were all tired. No doubt the disciples were looking forward to having Jesus to themselves for a while;…
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Read Mark 1:40-45
As I read this passage today, I found myself in the story as the leper. How many times will I keep coming back here, feeling like my sin is a deadly disease eating away the inside of me? Ravaging my life, undermining my faith, compromising my testimony? I know how the leper feels; sin is…
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DUMB & DANGEROUS Read Matthew 21:28-32
Towards the end of February, when we had a few days of mild weather, I decided to take a spiritual retreat day and return to Inglis Falls, a place I often hike in the summer. It’s an area I know very well. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do any serious hiking at the…
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Read Luke 11: 21-26 Part 1 Protecting my house
The context of this passage is an accusation that Jesus is casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub (see v14-20). It’s good to have that backdrop, but I want to focus on the other two sections of this discourse, being (1) the strong man guarding his house and (2) the empty house. I…
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Read Matthew 11:28-30 the vision
I felt God near and I turned to Him. It had been a long time. I had been carrying so much anxiety, worry and fear; and now, I had lost my way. I remembered Jesus words “Come to Me, you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” I came to Him,…
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