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Devotion

  • Wisdom of A.W. Tozer

    Here is a quote from “The Pursuit of God.”  It’s worth reading… Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine and `things’ were allowed to enter. Within the human heart `things’ have taken over. Men have now by nature no peace within their hearts, for God is crowned there no longer, Continue reading

  • Voodoo, Witchcraft, and Spells All at the Click of Your Mouse

    Doing a Google search for information on faithfulness to God, I encountered an unexpected website – http://www.magic-love-spells.com/faithfulnessspell.html.  Now, I’m not expecting you to rush to the site and try it out.  It was just an eye-opening experience, but I guess it shouldn’t be.  The internet is a cornucopia of ideas, thoughts, and often lunacy. If you are tempted Continue reading

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  • Lessons from Fluffy

    I’m still looking for more details, but a news story on yourclevelandnews.com reports that a man was so seriously injured in a fight with a house cat that he was airflighted to Houston.  I re-read the article to insure that I hadn’t read it wrong.  Could it have been a mountain lion or perhaps a Continue reading

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  • Love

    I shared these words by Thomas a Kempis in a wedding message yesterday: Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable. Nothing is sweeter than love, Nothing Continue reading

  • Christians and Non-Christians

    Over the past few weeks some thoughts have been tumbling around in my mind.  I’ll use this space to let them spill out. Christians and non-Christians both face heart ache. Christians and non-Christians both suffer loss. Christians and non-Christians both get taken advantage of. Christians and non-Christians both endure pain. Christians and non-Christians both get Continue reading

  • Where Never Is Heard a Discouraging Word …

    It was the final Sunday for a pastor who was leaving to serve in another church.  He stood at the reception line saying farewell to his congregation at the church doors for the last time. As he shook the hand of an elderly lady, she said to him, “Your successor won’t be as good as Continue reading

  • Ask God First

    I have been going through 1 Samuel during my quiet time this month.  There is a lot of truth to glean from those chapters, but what struck me this morning was the contrast between King Saul and future king David.  Saul had God’s favor, but soon the King quit consulting the Lord at all.  He Continue reading

  • Simple Can Be Better

    A New York family decided to leave the crowded city and head for the wide-open spaces. They bought a ranch out West, where they intended to raise cattle. A month later as they were driving some visiting New York friends from the airport to the ranch, the friends asked if they had picked out a Continue reading

  • Prayer

    When I was a child I remember being in awe of an older man in church because of the way that he prayed.  It sounded so majestic.  He used “thee” and “thou” in what sounded like just the right places.  His voice had this air of holiness about it.  Yet even though his words were Continue reading

  • Forgetting How Big God Is

    I encountered the writings of A.W. Tozer shortly after I became a Christian in college. With the power of His words he challenged me to consider the awesomeness of God and the importance of living a life that honors Him. For instance, Tozer wrote: “Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is.” Continue reading