Month: February 2019

Accepted

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How we have accepted one another?

Is it for their money or looks? Is it for what they can do for us or what they will think?

Jesus accepts us without makeup or achievements. Before we met Him ,He gave himself and then He waited for us to come.

He accepted us as sinners though not our sins. We don’t need to impress Him and can’t possibly fool Him. Our great hope is that His acceptance flows from the purest and most tender love. He gently receives us as we come to Him by faith. Now He in turn is asking that we reflect a faith that God is longing for them to know Him too!

The Price of the Gospel

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I am thankful that God has opened a new door this week in a memory care wing of a faculty we have been visiting for a while. For those of you who think this is a pointless exercise I would like to encourage you to get involved if you can. Alzheimer’s and dementia effect a small but significant portion of our nursing home community residents. But while memories become spotty the value of the person remains unchanged to our Heavenly Father. We have discovered that love and music in combination can communicate quite effectively the love of Christ!

 

A Joyful Pain

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This week having eye surgery on Tuesday has been rough and unexpectedly painful in recovery. My greatest blessing has been my wife’s patient help and loving encouragement. No one else would have put up with me these last couple of days!

God’s challenge is for me has been to focus on the joy of my blessings. It is way too easy for ungratefulness and complaining to dominate until the pain of trials has gotten my attention.

God is so infinitely good and patient to help us. He allows our trials sometimes as a reminder that He alone is the source of our deepest needs.