S124P4 – Lost opportunities: the joy of restoration 

Lk. 15:28‭-‬32 But [the older son] was angry and would not go in.  Therefore, his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, “Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young…

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His wisdom, His will, His glory

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nq5qf-119218b Seeking God’s wisdom is nothing more than seeking His will.  The wise choice is the one that line’s up with God’s desire.  Then, once we gladly choose what He would choose, we give him the glory no matter the outcome because we know that it is His will.

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S124P3 – Lost opportunities: understanding the real prize

1 Sam. 17:23‭-‬25 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words.  So David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and…

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S124P2 – Lost opportunities: sharing in God’s compassion 

Jon. 4:6‭-‬11 And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery.  So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.  But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant…

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S124P1 – Lost opportunities: working for God now

Mt. 26:44‭-‬46 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let…

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S123P10 – A people’s lament: no quit in us

Lam. 5:19‭-‬22 You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.  Why do You forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?  Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; renew our days as of old, unless You have utterly rejected us, and are very angry…

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S123P9 – A people’s lament: appealing to God’s desire 

Lam. 5:1‭-‬3 Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; look, and behold our reproach!  Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, and our houses to foreigners.  We have become orphans and waifs, our mothers are like widows. When she was little, she had followed her parents’ instructions faithfully, but she grew out of…

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S123P8 – A people’s lament: the dimming of the gold

Lam. 4:1‭-‬2 How the gold has become dim!  How changed the fine gold!  The stones of the sanctuary are scattered at the head of every street.  The precious sons of Zion, valuable as fine gold, how they are regarded as clay pots, the work of the hands of the potter! I had built my life…

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S123P7 – A people’s lament: persistent sorrow 

Lam. 3:48‭-‬50 My eyes overflow with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.  My eyes flow and do not cease, without interruption, until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees. She was not in an uncommon position for many, but it certainly was unusual for her.  One thing began…

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The art of effective repair

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ubpwn-11882ed As we go through life, we will be struck from all sides, even from within.  Cracks will appear, and we cannot afford to ignore them or put off addressing them.  We must repair them before they spread and cause us to shatter.

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