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Listen to God?!  We don’t even listen to each other!  Seriously friends, we talk a good line about care and compassionate understanding while our minds are really thinking about how we are going to answer whoever is talking with our … Continue reading →

Locusts are loud as well as obnoxiously destructive.  Can you imagine seeing the earth covered with them? The only thing that comes close in my experience are the swarms of June bugs that would harass us at church camp each … Continue reading →

As we study the account of the plagues of Egypt, we need to keep in mind the purposes God was fulfilling through these momentous events. First of all, He was showing His great power to Pharaoh and his officials and … Continue reading →

Currently, we are in the last days of summer.  The gnats and flies (along with mosquitoes) are making a comeback outside while we garden or try to eat a lunch on the back porch.  To say we do not like … Continue reading →

God will do what it takes in our lives to get our attention.  After Moses listens to God he tells him three times of his stutter, his inability to talk eloquently to other people, especially the command to speak to … Continue reading →

It happens to all of us.  Our faith is strong and powerful after hearing a great message or while serving in ways that are making a difference in lives.  But then the tide changes.  Everything seems to all fall apart, … Continue reading →

“A three-hour tour, a three-hour tour…”  Are you singing the theme song to Gilligan’s Island yet?  Just this phrase is a trigger to sing the song for me.  Okay, now the song is stuck in our heads.  Sorry.  Pull up … Continue reading →

We all see it—in others.  Then, if we are honest, we realize we all do it from time to time, too.  What is it?  Objecting to what God asks of us.  We question with a “pros and cons” list of … Continue reading →

God is a God who loves to get our attention when we are dulled by life’s ordinary days.  It might happen through a great experience, a good conversation with a person we don’t normally see from day to day or … Continue reading →

Do we really believe what we read and know about God to be really real?  Do we believe that God sees all, listens to all we say and pray with understanding?  Do we really believe that God remembers his promise … Continue reading →