When Jesus gave us an example of prayer, we call it the “Lord’s Prayer”, he started it with “Our Father”. He could have told us to pray “My Father” and that would be true and very comforting. To know, and live, with the truth that God is our Father, our Dad. That he knows us [...]
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Life is a process. That is pretty obvious but much in life are also processes. There certainly are events in one’s life: birth, marriage, joining God’s family, death. But living isn’t one event after another. And for most of us, that is the challenge. We have grown accustom to instant. Instant/text messages, email, cell phones, [...]
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I was reading another blog, “To Trust or Not to Trust” and it has got me to thinking. The author’s premise was that we should only trust God and no one else. Love them, yes, trust them no. I think I understand where they are coming from but I take issue with it. The first [...]
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