I find myself thinking that God and I are okay, at least on the main points. I have nagging feelings that we are missing each other but not on the big things. “Beware of ever thinking, “Oh, that thing in my life doesn’t matter much.” […]
Month: April 2010
The Joyful Burden
“. . . the joy of the Lord is your strength” ( Nehemiah 8:10 ). We spoke yesterday of burdens. Some burdens which we should never carry and others which we carry but should always share. There is another burden. It brings joy and by its […]
What to Do When Your Burden is Overwhelming
Cast your burden on the Lord . . . —Psalm 55:22 We should never carry a burden alone. In fact, some burdens we shouldn’t care at all. The burden of sin should never be ours. If it is our past sin that burdens us, we […]
You Can’t Have Both; But You Can Have It All
“ knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 […]
Identity with Christ
If we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection . . . —Romans 6:5 Ever notice the similarities that develop between owners and pets or between couples who have been […]
Sin is Not My Friend
. . . our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin —Romans 6:6 I feel like I need a bumper sticker or, at least, a postcard to […]
Have you seen Jesus?
OC is again on the theme of knowing God. God does a faith dance with us. He can not reveal Himself completely to any man. Such a revelation would over power our free will. He wants us to know and love Him, but He must […]
Resurrection Destiny
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? —Luke 24:26 This is the best I could come up with in looking for our Pastor with a pained expression on his face. I cropped it from a photo taken […]