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The Dead in Christ Shall Rise First

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   The Dead in Christ Shall Rise First    "The Dead in Christ Shall Rise First" 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Today, we gained an extra hour with the clock change! I hope you all remembered to set it back since everyone seems to have arrived on time. And perhaps that extra hour means I get an extra hour to preach—well, maybe not, since we do have a clock to keep us honest. But this change of time brings a question to mind. A question was once asked to a group of people: If you only had one hour left to live, who would you spend that hour with?  It’s a question we might not think about often, but it’s powerful. People gave all kinds of heartfelt answers: some wanted to be with their grandfather, some with a parent. Then one person said they’d want to spend it with their pastor. The pastor
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The Children are not your children

  Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Healed for Service Mark 1: 29-34

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here Healed for Service   We visited the Holy Land in2020, right before the Covid-19 shutdown.  It was an amazing tour of the land where Jesus and his disciples did their ministry.  One of the places we visited was Capernaum. It has a small hut like building that they say, it was Peter’s mother in law’s house and there was a coat also. It is believed that this is where Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law.  The guide was a very humorous guy. When we walked out of that house, he made a comment, “we have a joke here, the reason Peter denied knowing Jesus three times is because he healed his mother-in-law.” In any case, this story affirms that Peter had a wife. If as the Roman Catholic Church claims, Peter was the first Pope, then his marital status flies in the face of the enfor

Greed Corrupts the Soul

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Greed Corrupts the Soul    2 Kings 5:15-27 We began this journey with the story of a little girl taken as a slave to another country, Syria. Her humility and integrity led her to suggest a cure for her master, Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, who was suffering from leprosy. As we know, leprosy (or Hansen's disease) had no cure at the time. She advised her master to seek the prophet in Israel, Elisha, who could heal him. Naaman trusted her word, and that trust set the story in motion. This little girl, who had been taken captive after a war, despite her circumstances, displayed incredible humility and faith. Her master, a great military leader, trusted her advice, which brought him to Israel to seek healing. Naaman, full of hope, brought significant gifts—gold, silver, and fine c

Healing and Grace Beyond Pride and Power

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Healing and Grace Beyond Pride and Power    2 Kings 5:9-14 "So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha's house. Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, 'Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be cleansed.' But Naaman went away angry and said, 'I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot, and cure me of my leprosy. Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?' So he turned and went off in a rage. Naaman's servants went to him and said, 'My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you