Like sheep, my thoughts often wander. When the Lord gets my attention, I realize that I have left the green pastures to dwell on what is going on around me. My thoughts take me wherever they want to go. They must be trained by the Shepherd, so that I stay close to...
(Repost from 2017 following Sunday's sermon. Click on reference for audio and video. Phil. 3:12-16 Often I think of life as a simple “spiral.” It circles, and as it turns, advances a little at the time. Nothing is required for us to move in a downward spiral. A...
Is there still a Christian nation in this world? Hear this good news. https://youtu.be/6llxsj2sSb4
In this last part of The Pit and the Wilderness, we look at Discovering the Promises, The Hidden Blessings, and The Sustaining Power of His Spirit. Discovering the Promises “I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.” Psalm 119:19 When...
Keeping our last post within reading limits, I left out an important under-truth, thinking someone would read and add to what was posted. Here is the part we posted. "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the...
This article may not seem to relate to the topic of Contentment, which we have been spotlighting this year, but as we look at what the world offers, we see how people are influenced to believe things that not true, and miss out on the things that are true. We see this...
How amazing these last three days have been, and how blessed to see how God carries us through what He begins in us to where He wants us to be. When I write it is usually because I need to learn something new, or to confirm and shore up what I have been learning. Such...
Two days ago, Jerry set a record as we celebrated his eighty-first birthday. He has lived longer than any of the Rogers in his family. His brother died at the age of eighty, and all his dad’s brothers died in their seventies. During this time, we are preparing for...
This is a side note from our last post The Voice of Contentment, as we considered the voices that we hear. Somewhere in the past, I remember hearing or reading that God gives all people a certain number of words for each life. If this was true, many would have nothing...