Our grandson, Miles, who’s in the 4th grade, attends a private school, Florida College Academy.
The other day I saw some school papers attached to the refrigerator at their house and one caught my attention which is copied above. Continue reading
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Fueling Your Zeal With Diligence
The 17th century British preacher John Wesley is estimated to have ridden over 250,000 miles on horseback preaching, teaching and ministering. He preached over 40,000 sermons.
Wesley authored over 400 publications in his lifetime. At age 83 was still writing, however, he was disappointed that after 15 hours at his desk his eyes would begin to hurt. At age 86, he was still preaching, but sad that he only had the stamina to preach twice a day instead of three times as he had for many years. Continue reading
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Weekly Recap: April 7-11
Greetings from Beverly Hills, FL
Today’s post is a recap of this past week’s post with its live links. It’s an easy way to catch up in case you missed one.
Today, we are celebrating our granddaughter, Katherine’s 8th birthday, It seems like only yesterday she was a baby and we were living in Kansas City. Indeed, time flies. Continue reading
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Do Not Trust in Riches
With the recent stock market volatility, many are concerned about their savings, investments, and retirement accounts.
Andy Sochor in a post on his Daily Bible Notes page offers some thoughts about our attitude toward riches that provides a helpful perspective. We share it with a few additional thoughts. Continue reading
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How To Walk With God
Our Wednesday evening Bible Class where we worship at West Citrus is studying the Heroes of faith from Hebrews 11. Last night we studied about Enoch.
The Bible says “Enoch walked with God” (Gen. 5:22). This reminds me of the story of a mother who asked her 8-year-old son, Jason, what he studied in Bible class that day.
“A man named Enoch,” replied Jason. Continue reading
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Psalm 23 #12–The Father’s House
“And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”
Today is the final post in this series on Psalm 23.
We began with the jubilant pronouncement “The Lord is My Shepherd,” and now we close with a buoyant affirmation, “I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
We have traversed the green pastures in the lowlands, to the refreshing still waters, through the dangerous mountain paths, to the plateau of the mountain top and now return to the home ranch to reside in the winter months. Continue reading
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Spiritual Lessons From The Basketball Court
Last night the University of Florida Gators came from behind to beat the Houston Cougars, 65-63 and claim the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Trophy.
Watching sporting events often reminds me of the many similarities between the qualities necessary for athletic success that are essential for spiritual success. In fact, the apostle Paul often wrote about it using the imagery of the sports world Continue reading
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Energy to Fuel Your Zeal
“Living with zeal is far more than a positive attitude,” wrote Phillip Shumake in his book Lifelong Zeal, “it’s an active part of your character that requires you to expend significant energy.”
Phillip then offers this thoughtful admonition. Continue reading
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Weekly Recap: March 31-Apri 4
Greeting from Beverly Hills, FL
Thirteen years ago today, I published a post entitled Pass It On. It was about encouragement. It told a neat story from a Public Service Ad from The Foundation of Better Living that was playing on TV at the time. In the post I related that ThePreachersWord was only in its 96th day. But I had received an incredible amount of support that encouraged me to keep it going. I wonder if I would still be posting today without that outpouring of encouragement? Continue reading
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WHAT IF?
Last month two of my friends and preaching colleagues, Mark Roberts and Wilson Adams posted “What If” thoughts.
As far as I know they were independent thoughts written by each one without any collaboration or retort to each other. Each shares a perspective that is worthy of our thought, meditation, and appropriate application. Continue reading
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