Daily Wonder 12-31-13
Scripture: Jeremiah 10:12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. Thought for the Day: Wisdom and understanding. Our ancestors attributed these qualities to God, cialis and ascribed so much importance to them, that they became part and parcel of God’s creative […]
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Monday Meditation: Holy God, check Creator of the universe, Sustainer of my soul: Ignite a fire for service within me. Fan the flames of Divine Love, which burn in me with an intensity too unbearable to ignore, and motivate me to acts of loving kindness. I adore You because you compel me to act with […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-20-13
Scripture: Isaiah 32:16-17 The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert, case his righteousness live in the fertile field. The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. Thought for the Day: The “fertile field” Isaiah described is not some plot of land in Iowa. We are each fertile fields, […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-19-13
The Joy Bringer, pharmacy Part 4 Joshua laughed with delight as the pickup turned down the road to the plantation, store off the paved state road and onto the private dirt and gravel patchwork that was really more a system of potholes joined together by occasional mounds of dirt. Maria clenched José’s hand tightly, the […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-17-13
The Joy Bringer, healing Part 2 José and Maria went to the hospital just days before the baby was due, and they were denied service. Because of their immigration and financial status (they were illegal and poor), they weren’t entitled to a nice hospital room, and the sort of health care everyone else in this […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-16-13
This week’s wonder is a serialized version of my sermon from Sunday, December 15 The Joy Bringer Part 1: There had always been something special about Joshua. From the moment he was born, he laughed joyously. The first sound most babies make is panicked sobbing, but not Joshua. Joshua laughed, seemingly delighted to be alive, and […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-13-12
Scripture: Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Thought for the Day: I moved to Lake Charles, drugstore Louisiana, view at the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I’d never really spent any time with members of the Pentecostal church before, but we had several large Pentecostal churches […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-12-13
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:31-34 Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! Let the nations say, click “The Lord rules!” Let the sea and everything in it roar! Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate! Then the trees of the forest will shout out joyfully before the Lord, because he is coming to establish justice on […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-11-13
Scripture: Isaiah 22:13 But see, cheap there is joy and revelry, ambulance slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!” Thought for the Day: You’ve probably heard this phrase uttered in more than one movie. When I hear “Eat, drink […]
Read MoreDaily Wonder 12-9-13
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-16 Now we ask you, cure brothers and sisters, try to acknowledge those who work hard among you, buy viagra who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we urge you, […]
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