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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
THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 90:12
Tags: Death, Time
Denomination: Baptist
My son, Micah died in 2012 from kidney disease and complications. As he lay dying I wrote this in my journal: "Sitting at the bedside of my dying son at 3:48 in the morning. Weeping like crazy. Bertrand Russell once said that 'no one can sit at the bedside of dying child and believe in God.' Well ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 46:1
Tags: Faith, Trial, Child Death, Belief In God
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
THE FINGERPRINTS OF GOD The stars are God's fingerprints. The sun is a mere smidgen of his radiance. The moon is to remind us that he doesn't sleep at night. The vastness of space proclaims the infinity of his wisdom, while the sand pebble indicates his thoroughness with the puniest details. The ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 19:1-5
Tags: Creation, Atheism, Glory Of God, Presence Of God
IS YOUR GOD TOO SMALL? "If God were small enough to be UNDERSTOOD........He would not be big enough to ...read more
Tags: Faith, Worship, Glory Of God, Presence Of God
"Worship is a feast in which God is the host, the cook, the waiter, and the ...read more
Tags: Worship, Glory Of God, Presence Of God, Worship General
I WILL GIVE YOU TWO APPLES An atheist and a little boy in his neighborhood were talking one day about God, church and faith. Finally, the old neighbor said to the little boy, "Son, I don’t see how there could be a God in this world with all of the problems we have. I will give you an apple if you ...read more
Tags: Faith, Apologetics, Atheism, Unbelief
A BAND OF THEOLOGIANS Dr. Robert Jastrow, scientist and agnostic once said, "Now we see how astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world." He concluded w/a monumental statement: "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 18:1-5
Tags: Science, God, Atheism, Agnostic
Life assurance is far more valuable and important than life insurance. One famous atheist said, "The one thing I envy about you Christians is that you have someone to forgive you." A man by the name of Val Patterson died on July 12th of this year due to cancer. He knew the end was coming, so he ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 32:1-5
Tags: Confession Of Sin, God's Forgiveness, Guilty Conscience
It is said theology should always end with ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 150:6
Tags: Doxology, Theology
Denomination: *other
It’s because He lives we should be able to face tomorrow, it’s because He lives all fear should be gone. Because He lives we are pretty sure who holds the future. Is that the lyrics Bill Gaither wrote? No, but that’s the way many Christians feel. The first verse of Because He Lives says it all. God ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3
Tags: Troubled Times, Trials And Difficulties, Time Of Trouble, Trials Of Life
A young woman woke up early one day, she was so excited. She said: THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL DAY. She looked in the mirror to discover she ONLY HAD THREE HAIRS ON HER HEAD. She thought for a while and decided she would BRAID her hair. She thought her BRAID WITH THE Three HAIRS was so pretty. SHE ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 103:1-2
Tags: Vanity, Attitude
Denomination: Assembly Of God
We can give to God only what he first gave us. We’re like the kid who wanted to give his dad a birthday gift, so he went to his father’s closet, took a tie off the rack, wrapped it up and presented it to him with a “Happy Birthday, Dad!” When we give to God, we take something wonderful that He ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 24:1
Tags: Giving, Tithes And Offering, God As Owner
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
“I live in Charlotte, North Carolina, 200 miles from the coast. And yet our local Wal-Mart has a random smattering of seagulls that soar overhead and eat French fries and other debris from neighboring fast food restaurants. The truth is the seagulls are lost. They’ve taken a wrong turn. And instead ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 27:14
Tags: Lust, Distractions, Self Discipline
Denomination: Charismatic
“There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.” - Pearl S. Buck Everybody has a dream. What’s your dream? What was your dream when you were young and full of ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 34:18
Tags: Adversity, Brokenhearted, Broken Dream
Psalm 66:18 "If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear." Have you ever felt an unfamiliar and strange feeling like you should be talking to God? That is simply soul searching. It is actually God reaching out to you. But sin blocks that connection. When you "regard" or "cherish" ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 66:18
Tags: Hearing, Listening To God
This new birth experience is bound to generate oodles of respect and love in the Saved for the Saviour (Luke 7:47). If Success in the Book of Thomas Edison is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration, then let it be said that major component of the “all odds surmounting love” (I Cor 13:7) in the ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 34:8
Tags: Inspiration, Perspiration
Psalm 118:105: Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (NLT) While in India on a brief missions trip, I was summoned to a the home of an official who was sick. He wanted me to agree with him in prayer. On the way, we traveled along a river in the dead of night. We carried ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 119:105
Tags: Bible, Path, Snake, Flashlight
Denomination: Independent/Bible
What the Church can learn from the Carolina Panthers: by Burt Williams 1. Leadership matters: The leadership on Offence and Defense this year is stellar and it begins with the primary leaders Cam Newton and Luke Kuechly, they lead the team on the field and have the responsibility to adjust the ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 99:1-9
Tags: Disciples, Football, Church Leadership
Denomination: United Methodist
RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE When the Psalmist mentions the renewal of the eagle, he may be referring to the "molting process" in an eagle’s life. As eagles age, their beaks and talons become encrusted with calcium. Thus, neither is as sharp as they once were. When this happens the aging eagle cannot ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 103:1-5
Tags: Eagle, Crucified Life, Waiting On God, Lie, Revival, Renewal (view more) (view less)
GREAT QUOTE “Nothing teaches us about the PRECIOUSNESS of the Creator as much as when we learn the EMPTINESS of everything else.” ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 19:1
Tags: Creation, Worship, Creator, Emptiness