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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
There are times when we get in God’s way when He is trying to tend to the business of His kingdom here on earth. "A man was struggling with a large box at the back edge of his truck. A passing neighbor saw his plight and came over to help him. He put his shoulder to the box. After a few tiring ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 18:16-39
Tags: Fire, God's Provision, Knowing God's Will
Denomination: United Methodist
Finney noted this about obedience and sacrifice, “Revival is nothing more or less ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16
Tags: Basics Of Christianity, Revival
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A story… It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the weather was going to ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12
Tags: Faith General, God's Omniscience, Knowing God's Will
Denomination: Evangelical Free
There is a movie that was recently produced that was titled “Shallow Hal”. In that movie, Hal was given a gift of seeing a woman, not as she physically looked but as their heart would appear. There were some who were over weight, some who were not so physically appealing to the normal observer, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-7
Tags: Christian Values, Evangelism The Lost, Romantic Love
Denomination: Independent/Bible
A leader is a person with a magnet in his heart and a compass in his ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1
Tags: Leadership General
Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He’s so big we can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and though, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:24-26
Tags: Faith General, Faith, Perspective
I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT Ed Watt was visiting a local department store with his wife. They had just purchased a piece of luggage and a cooler. As Ed was waiting for his wife to finish the rest of her shopping he dragged the luggage and cooler around with him to the shoe department. A clerk asked ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Tags: Peace, Emotions
D.L. Moody once spoke with a woman who didn’t like his method of evangelism. "I don’t really like mine all that much either. What’s yours?" She replied that she didn’t ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15
Tags: Evangelism How To, What Is Evangelism?
Denomination: Baptist
At the end of WWII the Japanese government faced a similar problem with thousands of soldiers who were hiding in the jungles and mountains in the South Pacific. Although the treaty with the U.S. had been signed and the war was over, thousands of Japanese soldiers living in the mountains and ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:18
Tags: Fear And Worry
Denomination: Assembly Of God
The Rev. and Mrs. R. Porteous were taken prisoners by Chinese communist bandits in 1931, and led to a lonely spot on top of a hill where they were to be executed. The leader said, “This is the place.” The executioner took a long knife from its holder and raised it above the necks of the courgeous ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
Tags: Christian Disciplines, Grace
Gene A. Getz, in his book, The Measure of a Church, asks the question, "What is the measure of maturity in the church?" And he lists what others believe are the measure of maturity: 1. An active church (involving people in meetings and programs) 2. A giving church (supporting the church and ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14
Tags: Church General, Church Body Of Christ, Church Purpose Of
Denomination: *other
I am a 52 year old adoptee. I was born on February 1, 1951 in a Lynchburg, VA hospital. My first two years of life must have been traumatic as my birth mother gave me up when it became apparent that she could not take care of me. She was unmarried at the time and the birth father was a married ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7
Tags: Abortion, Children
I think that you are all at least familiar with the TV show “Survivor,” whether you have watched it or not. It is what they call now a “reality” game show. 16 people are put into an environment like an island, and the goal is to be the winner of a $1 million prize. Fortunately for the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19
Tags: Appearance, Endurance, Heart
Denomination: Lutheran
Illustration: One day, Adrian Rogers, the former president of the southern Baptist church, now Pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Memphis, Tenn felt discouraged that people were not responding to His invitations. He felt so distraught that he asked God to give him a verse for encouragement. He opened ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:7
Tags: Evangelism How To, Encouragement, Doing God's Will
Anyone who knows the history of the Adventist church knows that our founders started out believing they knew when Jesus would return. As they studied the prophecies of the Word of God, they became convinced that His return was imminent. When it didn’t happen as expected – that day we mark as the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Tags: Second Coming
Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist
“Even A Snake Has a Heart!” 1 John 1: 1-10 Key verse(s): 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” We recently endured the effects of a fairly major windstorm here at Beech Springs. It happened as we were out of town ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:9-10
Tags: Sin General, Faith
I was fortunate to grow up in a home where my father was both a loving and disciplining presence. I guess I would have to say that if there is anything I really remember about my dad is this, he possessed a presence unlike any other person in my life. To me he was always larger than life. He ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 16:1-12
Tags: Father's Day, Parenting
PASSING THE TORCH On August the 13th, the Summer Olympics begin 16 jam pack days of competition at the site of the original Olympic Games, Athens, Greece. This month we have watched American athletes compete for a spot on the team in track and field and swimming and if their times carry over to ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:19
Tags: Sharing Your Faith, Evangelism How To
Dallas Willard says, “Anger indulged, instead of simply waved off, always has in it an element of self-righteousness and vanity. Find a person who has embraced anger, and you ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1
Tags: Anger
TRIUMPH FROM TRAGEDY Sometimes tragedy kind of sneaks up on you. It comes at you like termites at an old wood-frame house. It eats away for years, then one day the rafters of the house give way before you ever realized what was happening. Sometimes tragedy simply hits you full-body and knocks you ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:7-10
Tags: Ruth, God In The Hardships