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Continue reading →: Living with the Lord“To live with the Lord, we must die with the Lord.” This is a line from the lyrics of a song called Now we Remain, written by David Haas. We heard it in our Good Friday service this morning. The song is about living the Christian life in the aftermath…
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Continue reading →: When I am lifted upJohn 12:32 “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” As I am writing this, it is Good Friday eve. It’s a quiet time, and a time of reflection. Tomorrow will be a heavy day filled with a sadness and presentiment as morning…
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Continue reading →: Create in me a clean heartPsalm 51:10-19 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” This is such…
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Continue reading →: Teach me your pathsPsalm 25:4-5 “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.“ God’s truth is not always an easy thing to pinpoint in the world of…
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Continue reading →: Communion restored“When communion with Christ is broken, there is a strong desire in all true hearts to win it back again. If a person loses the joy of communion with Christ, he or she will never be content until it is restored.” Charles Spurgeon Charles Spurgeon was such a strong preacher,…
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Continue reading →: Voicing praiseIn Psalm 51 King David prays to God, “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.” David is heavy hearted and burdened by his past misdeeds, he’s got a guilty conscience. He’s done some awful things, but David knows that if he presents his guilt to…
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Continue reading →: Rock of salvationPsalm 71:3 “Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go;give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.” This psalm talks about so many things in life, salvation, hope, faith, trust, safety, protection. The nature of a rock is that of stability,…
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Continue reading →: Striking the rockJohn 7:37-38 ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.”’ The imagery of water is everywhere in scripture. Moses smote the rock in the wilderness and water…
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Continue reading →: The greatest commandmentMatthew 22:37-38 He said to him, ‘“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. Jesus was always being tested by the Temple authorities who tried to catch him out on his…
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Continue reading →: We proclaim Christ1 Corinthians 1:22-24 Some seeking God demand signs and others desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling-block to many, but to those who are the called, he is the Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. This text is based on Paul’s writings in 1 Corinthians;…
