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to love people as I serve

Larry George September 25, 2023

The older I get, the more I realize the importance of serving the Lord  as a “team.” I can’t do what I once did – I need people to help me. Wow, this is so huge for me to absorb! The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:27, “All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.” That has finally clicked in my mind. He goes on to list SOME, but not all, of the parts God has appointed for the church. Then at the end of this chapter, Paul says, “But now let me show you the way of life that is best of all,” going straight into Chapter 13, the Love Chapter. He finishes chapter 13 with verse 13. “Three things will last FOREVER – FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE. And the greatest of all three is LOVE.” I am so thankful that God does have a plan for my life, that He has given me gifts and then opportunities to use those gifts as I serve others, and as we work as a team to do His will. I just need to also remember to act in love, for that is

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I Choose Today to Fall Deeper

Molinda Hern September 23, 2023

I like The Passion Translation (TPT) for Philippians 3:8, which reads, “To truly know Him meant letting go of everything from my past and throwing all my boasting on the garbage heap. It’s all like a pile of manure to me now, so that I may be enriched in the reality of knowing Jesus Christ and embrace Him as Lord in all of His greatness.” I like the first part of this verse where Paul says, “To truly know Him [Jesus] meant letting go of everything from my past…” If I truly want to get to know Jesus, I need to let go of any hold my past has on me. I don’t want to be fueled by my past; that will only lead me down a road of destruction. Instead, I want to be propelled by the future and the life God has for me through Christ Jesus. To do that, I need to know Jesus not only as my personal Savior but also as my friend, mentor, and confidant by spending time in the Word (which is Jesus: John 1:1). At the beginning of this year, our church was challenged to pray and asked to fall deeper and

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To Be Harmonious…

Molinda Hern September 21, 2023

I choose today to be harmonious… “After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭ This scripture illustrates to me that we all (believers/the church) make up the body of Christ. We all have a role to perform, a job to do, and gifts we each possess in order to complete this role/job. It is not a contest, nor is it a competition. A hand doesn’t perform the same task as an ear, so how can it compare? But the ear can hear and the brain can send messages to the hand to react to what is heard. The body works harmoniously, just as God designed it, just like the body of Christ. I always wanted to be able to sing; asked God why I couldn’t have that gift; pouting about what I don’t have (immature). But God has shown me He has given certain people that gift to minister to the body, and that includes me! It is such a blessing, like a balm to my soul, when I hear someone using their gift

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To walk the extra mile.

Larry George September 20, 2023

Good morning my friend. Today I was reading about “The Miracle Mile.” In the time of Jesus, the Romans who had occupied Palestine for about 100 years made their subjects do menial tasks. It was, in fact, a law that a Roman soldier could command a Jewish civilian to carry his weapons and his knap sack one mile. Now, what is so interesting is that this could happen at any time. For example, if a Jewish person was on his way to a meeting or late for an appointment. a solider could say, “Hey you, come carry my stuff.” And, you would have to do it. Can you imagine how humiliated and angry it would make you?  In one of His teachings, Jesus said if someone asks you to carry their burden for one mile, carry it two miles. Matthew 5:42,  “And whoever compels (demands) you to carry his gear one mile, carry it two. Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow.”  Jesus not only said this, He did it. He carried his own cross when the time came. I need to remember that Jesus never told us to do something that

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To Run

Molinda Hern September 19, 2023

I choose today to run… I love that the Word of God is alive! David illustrated this so beautifully in his prayer to God when he says, ”As those out to get me come closer and closer, they go farther and farther from the truth you reveal; But you’re the closest of all to me, God, and all your judgments true. I’ve known all along from the evidence of your words that you meant them to last forever.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭149-‭152‬ ‭MSG (I chose the MGS version for vs 149). They’re so much to unpack here. In verse 149, David talks about King Saul coming after him. Saul is being consumed by his own pride and jealousy that it is taking him further and further away from God and His will. That is what happens when sin is left untouched, unresolved, unrepented; it festers, becomes all-consuming, and draws us further and further from God and His will for our lives! That is what happened to Saul, God’s favor left him and he was driven by his all-consuming sin. That was the beginning of the end for Saul. We need to heed the warning the angel of the Lord gave to Lot

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