How many times have you said to someone, “I’ll pray for you”, only to completely forget about it. You had good intentions, but just plain forgot! Here is a suggestion. Next time you say it, do it. Change the phrase to “Can I pray for you right now?” Then do it. Right then. I can …
Tag Archive: Love Others
Oct
29
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Oct
28
Generosity
David was called “a man after God’s own heart”. Though the exploits of David sometimes make it difficult to understand why, one example of that heart is shown near the end of 1 Samuel. David and his men were chasing a band of Amalekites that had raided and destroyed the town where they were living. …
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Oct
26
Lovingkindness
I am not a student of Hebrew (yet), but I do love digging into the words that lie underneath our modern translations of God’s Word. I ran into one of those words lately while reading through 1 Samuel. This is the section where Jonathan, Saul’s son, promises to do what he can to determine whether …
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Aug
11
Pure and Genuine Religion…
Wow. I just spent a week with the wonderful people of Honduras. People that are completely different than us…and exactly the same. I spent a week digging clay and mixing and hauling concrete. I spent a week trying hard to communicate with people that did not speak my language. I spent a week sweating 24 …
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Jan
28
Love Others
The Bible in four words: love God, love others. Jesus agreed that the entire law of Moses could be summed up in these two phrases. My previous post looks at how Jesus said we could show our love for God, but what does it mean to love others? Who are we supposed to love and …
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