“Ready for a surprise? You blink twenty-five times every minute. Each blink takes one-fifth of a second. So if you take a ten-hour automobile trip, averaging forty miles per hour, you’ll drive thirty-three miles with your eyes closed!” (Chuck Swindoll, Insight for Living, http://www.insight.org) This is the first paragraph of a July letter from Pastor… Read More
Philippians 4:8-9 Putting into practice all I’ve learned
If my mind is full of these Godly thoughts–true, honorable, right, pure, lovely and admirable thoughts–will my life reflect them? As I heard from Marty Schmidt Sunday morning, it was Paul (also an imperfect human) who said, “Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me… Read More
Do you know yourself?
Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. Psalm 100:3, NLT God thought you up. He designed you the way you are on purpose—for HIS purpose. Remember Saul of Tarsus? His blueprint was of an impassioned, deep-thinking, driven zealot. And that’s what he was—a fanatic dedicated to persecuting people until God… Read More
Philippians 4:1 Stay steady in God!
This is my prayer and desire for those I love–stay on track; stay steady in God. Philippians 4:1 (The Message) My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. Don’t waver. Stay on track,… Read More
Philippians 3:17-21 Are you on the right track?
We make choices every day, every hour. These choices reveal what is important to us and they determine our direction. Are you on the right track? Philippians 3:17-21 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. For I have told you often before,… Read More
Philippians 3:15-16 Clear up blurred vision
Opening myself up to the Holy Spirit, inviting him into my heart to help me clean house and replace my sinfulness with his goodness–a lifelong process. I’m not there yet, won’t get there in my lifetime, but I’m staying in the race–a cross country marathon toward the goal. Join me. Philippians 3:15-16 (The Message)… Read More
Philippians 3:7-11 What’s in your plus column?
Saul wanted to exterminate the Christians–those stubborn misinformed low-lives who didn’t have any of the right credentials. God stopped him in his tracks and turned his life totally upside down. Everything changed, so it only made sense that he got a new name–Paul. Everything he had believed in and strived for–everything–was worth absolutely nada. But… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 