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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
We learn how God so loved the world. God sent His Son. He didn’t just say, “I love you.” He showed it. He gave something deeply personal. Something costly. Something that met our greatest need. And in a much smaller, but still powerful way, Fred Rogers—yes, Mister Rogers—modeled that kind of ...read more
Scripture: John 13:34
Tags: Love, Give, God Gave, Love Gives, Love Costs (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Joanne Turner's Acts of Kindness in Kelowna, B.C. In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified, Joanne Turner, a 56-year-old customer service representative at the Real Canadian Superstore in Kelowna, British Columbia, encountered a situation that called for compassion beyond her job ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:6-7
Tags: Humility, Kindness, Impact, Serving
A few years ago, a sports columnist named Steve Rushin wrote about a moment at a baseball game that stuck with me. It didn’t involve a home run or a dramatic win—but something much quieter and more meaningful. Steve and his teenage son were at a Minnesota Twins game, sitting among the crowds when ...read more
Scripture: Acts 20:35
Tags: Humble, Giving, Kindness
Here’s a fun fact: You don’t actually have to correct someone when they’re wrong. Shocking, I know! There’s no official appointment letter naming you Earth’s Guardian of Truth and Accuracy. (If there is, it probably got lost in the mail.) Sometimes, it’s okay to just let it go—yes, even if they ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 26:21
Tags: Contentious, Strife, Contentious Spirit
Do I get excited when I hear, “Have you heard…?” Does my heart do a little dance when someone starts with, “You won’t believe what I just found out!” If so, you know the answer—it’s gossip. If you find yourself pulling up a chair and grabbing some popcorn, it’s time to rethink your choices. The ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:20
Tags: Prayer, Gossip, Power Of Words, Test
I am more deadly than a shell from the howitzer. I win without killing. I tear down homes, break hearts, and wreck lives. I travel on the wings of the wind. No innocence is strong enough to intimidate me, no purity pure enough to daunt me. I have no regard for truth, no respect for justice, no ...read more
Tags: Gossip, Power Of Words
Far too many people spend a lot of time speaking death over their marriages. "Psychologists Cliff Notarous of Catholic University and Howard Markman of the University of Denver studied married couples during the first decade of marriage. Among couples who ultimately stayed together, only 5 ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 18:20-22
Tags: Marriage, Words, Putdowns
Taking a moment to think before you speak is like installing a verbal facemask —it gives you a chance to avoid regrettable word splatter before it happens. Now, let’s be honest—there are four types of people in this world: 1. Those who think before they speak (a rare and majestic ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 17:27-28, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 18:21
Tags: Speak, Words, Think Before You Speak
Now, it’s time to talk about how to bridle the tongue. A bridle is a small but powerful tool designed for communication and control. Whether with a bit or a bitless attachment, it allows a rider to guide a horse with subtle movements. A well-trained horse responds to the slightest cue, needing ...read more
Scripture: James 3:7-8
Tags: Words, Tongue, Horse, Bridle
Social consequences of sin. Jonathan Edwards in his book “The Nature Of True Virtue” lays out how sin destroys the social fabric. He argues that human society is deeply fragmented when anything, but God is our highest love. If our highest goal in life is the good of our family, then we will tend to ...read more
Scripture: Romans 3:21-24
Tags: Law, Sin, Idolatry, Virtue, Jonathan Edwards, 10 Commandments (view more) (view less)
One cannot insist that all truth claims are power plays, that all truth claims destroy freedom. C. S. Lewis writes in The Abolition of Man: “But you cannot go on ‘explaining away’ forever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on ‘seeing through’ things ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:16, John 18:38, Acts 26:25
Tags: Doubt, Truth, Objective Truth, Deconstructing Faith
If you put three swimmers on the coast of California and ask them to swim to Hawaii, the Olympic swimmer might swim 500 miles before she dies. The second swimmer might be a good swimmer and swim 25 miles before he dies. The last swimmer does not know how to swim very well and swims only one mile ...read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 29:29, John 8:58, Matthew 25:31-33
Tags: Jesus Is The Way, Other Religions
If the marriage is healthy, unconditional love moves the spouses to forgive each other and help one another overcome ingrained habits and difficult behavioural patterns. Church Father Tertullian wrote of this sort of marriage, “How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Tags: Love, Marriage, One Flesh, Unconditional Love
In the last century, Napoleon's armies opened a prison that the Spanish Inquisition had used. They found the remains of a prisoner who had been incarcerated for his faith. The dungeon was underground. The body had long since decayed. Only a chain fastened around an ankle bone cried out his ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-19, Romans 8:38-39
Tags: Hope, Suffering, Unconditional Love, Christ's Love
My son and I visited Honduras several years ago, just before the pandemic. Compassion Canada workers escorted us to the home of a family that was receiving some of the funds we had raised for our sponsored children. The idea was to see how those gifts had been able to change dramatically the ...read more
Scripture: Luke 10:7, Matthew 25:38, Romans 12:13, 1 Corinthians 10:27
Tags: Guest, Hospitality, Receiving
Simeon was probably like most boys his age in A.D. 403. The 13-year-old spent much of his time caring for his father's flocks on the hillside of Cilicia. But one day, while listening to a sermon on the beatitudes, stirred and changed he left his home and family and began a lifelong pursuit of ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 3:20
Tags: Separation, Holiness, Finding God, Monks, Intimacy With God (view more) (view less)
The story is told of a young man who left the old country and sailed to America to make a new life in the new world. Before he left, his father pressed some money in his hand. It wasn't much, but it was all he had. He hoped it would tide the boy over until he found a job. His mother handed him ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:13-14
Tags: Good News, Barriers, Intimacy With God, Missing Out
I was recently at the gym having a conversation with someone I just met. Within a matter of 10 minutes, I realized that this man was a better man than me. He had volunteered in more countries than I could count in 10 minutes of our conversation. He was a teacher, he served the poor in many ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:16, Romans 3:23
Tags: Grace, Justification, Good Works, Works Righteousness
Harry A Ironside the great Bible teacher was riding on a train in Southern California one Saturday when a gypsy got on and sat beside him. "How do you do, gentleman," she said. "You like to have your fortune told? Cross my palm with a silver quarter, and I will give you your past, ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:9-11, Ephesians 2:1-10
Tags: Present, Future, Past, Fortunes
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control. All the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:34
Tags: Worry, Tomorrow, Today, Yesterday, Trouble (view more) (view less)
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