Posts by C. C.
S223P6 – Notes on gratitude: a condition of the heart and mind
Rom. 1:21-23 For even though they knew God as the Creator, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking, and their foolish heart was darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God…
Read MoreS223P5 – Notes on gratitude: just enough hands
Rom. 16:3-4 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their very lives for my life. To them not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. I have helped a lot of people move, and each experience is a little different, but there certainly are…
Read MoreS223P4 – Notes on gratitude: our joy at kingdom expansion
2 Thes. 2:13-14 But we should and are obligated always to give thanks to God for you, believers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and by your faith in the truth. It was to this end that He called you…
Read MoreS223P3 – Notes on gratitude: the opportunities we are given
1 Tim. 1:12-13 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me the needed strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer of our Lord and a persecutor of His church and a shameful and outrageous and…
Read MoreS223P2 – Notes on gratitude: our sign to others
1 Chr. 16:8-9 O give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make His deeds known among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; speak of all His wonders. Years ago, I volunteered at an inner-city youth ministry for a season. I still remember my first night there, which was one of the…
Read MoreA crisis of identity
On a recent mission trip, I was asked to lead a morning devotional for a youth group outing. Being young and impressionable, at that stage of life when one must figure out who one is, I knew that I wanted to speak to these kids about identity. I reviewed scriptures I knew on the subject,…
Read MoreS223P1 – Notes on gratitude: a permanent attitude
1 Thes. 5:16-18 Rejoice always and delight in your faith; be unceasing and persistent in prayer; in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. I can remember times in my childhood when I jumped up…
Read MoreMasterful thinking
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u939u-165603e The great masters of the arts put their work behind their passion. They could not be sure that their work would create a legacy, immortalize them in our culture, or be tossed aside when the next great works appeared. Beethoven and Rembrandt could not have known that we would be admiring and studying them…
Read MoreS222P8 – Lessons from Joshua: a word passed on
Jos. 23:5-9 The LORD your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight. And you shall possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you. Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning…
Read MoreS222P7 – Lessons from Joshua: cogs in a great machine
Jos. 13:1-2a, 6b-7 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess. This is the land that yet remains…I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land…
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