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Look at the birds of the air . . . . Consider the lilies of the field . . . ? Matthew 6:26 , 28

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin”? they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, …

It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven ? Luke 24:51

We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord?s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life …

. . . you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . ? 2 Peter 1:4

We are made “partakers of the divine nature,” receiving and sharing God?s own nature through His promises. Then we have to work that divine nature …

This isn?t the way I expected my life to be. I wanted to marry at 19, have a half-dozen children, and settle into life as a wife and mother. But instead I went to work, married in my forties, and never had children. For a number of years I was hopeful that Psalm 37:4 might be for me a God-guaranteed promise: ?He shall give you the desires of your heart.?

A couple who brought their elderly aunt to live with them were concerned that she would not feel at home. So they transformed a room in their house into an exact replica of her bedroom at the home she left behind. When their aunt arrived, her furniture, wall hangings, and other favorite things felt like a special ?Welcome home!? to her.

Is it possible that technological advances in communication have left us unable to confront people properly? After all, employers can now send layoff notices via e-mail. And people can criticize others on Facebook and Twitter instead of talking face to face. Perhaps it might be better to put all that aside and emulate how Paul communicated with Peter when they had a disagreement.

Calvary shows how far men will go in sin, and how far God will go for man's salvation. H. C. Trumbull Luke 22:33 33When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Calvary also shows proof that man is enslaved to sin and a stranger to God by birth since the disobedience of Adam and Eve. Romans 5:12 ,19 12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so...

The word preach appears 153+ times in the Bible! The word “Preach” in the Webster dictionary says the word “Preach” means this: To deliver a sermon; To give earnest advice. To proclaim; To publish in religious discourses; To deliver in public, as a discourse….. When people hear the word preach we have a tendency in our minds eye to in vision a self righteous person pointing the finger telling people get right or go to hell! With that in mind folks will use the phrase “Well I don’t need to preach to people I just show them with my life” While there is some truth to leading by example...

This week I decided to share a message from a devotional I get because I thought it was important! Loving People, Not Just Words By Eric Elder www.theranch.org (http://www.theranch.org) The day I put my faith in Jesus was the same day I put my faith in the Bible, from which I learned about Jesus. I fell in love with both on the same day. When people talk about how much they love the Bible, they’re not just talking about a book from which they’ve learned much, they’re also talking about a Person from whom they’ve learned much. I suppose it’s like a young...