Tag: joy

• Prodigal Me, Prodigal You

  7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.–Proverbs 28

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  November 28, 2025

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• Be Refreshingly Different This Thanksgiving

  11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.–2 Corinthians 13 Paul concludes with five commands and one promise. Wear these as attitudes this Thanksgiving especially as you are with family. Be refreshingly different!

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  November 27, 2025

  2 Corinthians

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• What Does Discipline Look Like?

  15Drink water from your own cistern,flowing water from your own well.–Proverbs 5

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  September 5, 2025

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• Always [1-minute read]

   16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.–1 Thessalonians 5 Sometimes life is confusing and you wish your relationships came with an instruction manual. I can sometimes be a bonehead and a jerk and need to ask my wife to forgive my selfishness.…

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  March 28, 2024

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• BBQ With God [1-minute read]

  16And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the LORD’s.–Leviticus 3 This was a time when eating meat was a special treat, and so God demanded to be not only invited to the cookout, but even provided the grill at His house.  If any…

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  January 27, 2024

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• Hope for the Prodigal

  7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.–Proverbs 28 It almost seems impossible that Jesus didn’t have this proverb on his mind when he gave his famous parable about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. Let’s use that passage to illustrate. A father had…

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  November 28, 2023

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• These Five

  11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.–2 Corinthians 13 Paul concludes with five commands and one promise. And Paul promised that the God of love and peace would be with them. All their Roman neighbors would go…

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  September 26, 2023

  2 Corinthians

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• The Only Hope for the Lost

  176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,for I do not forget your commandments.–Psalm 119 Two other Bible moments came to mind as I read this final verse from the longest chapter in the Bible. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid…

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  September 10, 2023

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• Rejoice and Be Glad

  24This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.–Psalm 118 My perspective each day is challenged by this verse. Today is God’s day. He made it. It belongs to Him. Today’s purpose is ultimately found in giving God glory and longing for His will to be done in and…

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  September 2, 2023

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• Weeping Has an End

  4Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,and give thanks to his holy name.5For his anger is but for a moment,and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.–Psalm 30, with emphasis In my young adult years, I remember worshipping in church to a praise…

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  June 28, 2023

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