Borrowed Breath

Well, it’s monday morning…it’s dreary and raining…and I have to go to work…
But Jesus is alive.
He is risen, indeed!

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“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another.”
(Romans 12:15-16a ESV)
 
There are times in this life that we cannot wear that t-shirt that reads “Life Is Good.” Sometimes, if the slogan on our apparel reflected what was really going on in our hearts, it would read, “Life […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Michelle.
I’d do it all over again, in a heartbeat.

I love you!

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Sometimes our focus is just a bit off:

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Brant Hanson is one of the most genuine people in the blog-o-sphere.
Here is one of his best posts ever.
And then he follows it up with this.
Enjoy

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Last night, after I read for a while, I turned out my light, laid my head on my pillow, and breathed  this brief prayer, “Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. I owe you…big time.”

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This weekend, I finished reading Scot McKnight’s book, The Jesus Creed. It was, by far, the best book I’ve read in this past year. The whole premise of the book is laid out clearly in the prologue.
 
“When asked by an expert in the law where to begin with spiritual
formation, Jesus answered by giving the Jesus […]

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In the midst of the anguish and agony of the language of Psalm 22, we find an amazing statement. Tucked in with all of the verbiage of torment and torture of this graphic Messianic Psalm, we read, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise […]

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King David wrote,
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his rules were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
I was blameless before him,
and I […]

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Many people give something up for lent. Here is the discipline that I will be engaged in for the next forty days. Scot McKnight, author, teacher and prolific blogger, has given us this challenge from his blog, Jesus Creed:
I am asking my blog’s readers to consider a challenge for Lent. No, it is not giving […]

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