Think like a master

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-drvbq-1125628 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…

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Lock me up, please

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vg6wr-111bf3b We have been freed.  The chains are gone, the doors are open, and we have been shown the way.  Those who are wise would appreciate that freedom and do whatever it takes to keep it.  Yet, so many of us willfully walk back into bondage.  Let us ask God to show us how we…

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To quench our thirst

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gqkw4-1111fbd We serve a God who will quench our thirst for him, but that really depends on us.  We can have a little thirst for him, or we can thirst for him like the wandering Ibex searching for a stream in the wilderness.  How much of God do you want?  How thirsty are you? 

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Shielded from glory

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2qzfx-1107a6c We come to the Father by way of the Son, and we do so gladly.  Do we ever consider what it means exactly to approach the Father in this way?  Do we remind ourselves of the ways the Son makes our relationship with the Father possible?  Perhaps we should take some time to meditate…

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Together again

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cianc-10feec1 Recently, God has been reuniting me with people I thought I had lost forever.  He is restoring friendships I thought I had ruined hopelessly.  Perhaps He wants to do the same for you.  Seek him for that restoration today.

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When I get there

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4b8qp-10f5c75 There is much imperfection and evil in this world to distract and disappoint us.  It should not go unnoticed to the believer, and it should remind us of the great hope we have in the life that is to come.  Let us focus on who we will become and what life will be when…

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Increasing our spiritual fitness

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nbmr3-10ec52f No matter where we have arrived spiritually, we all have so much further we can go.  There is unlimited potential for the children of God, and we need to tap into that potential.  Let us seek God to take us further and deeper, to increase our stamina and our strength, to make us fitter…

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The greatest love affair

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kyu2x-10e3c2a We sometimes forget that Jesus is a groom who cannot wait to be united with his bride, the Church.  We forget that there is romance in the way He woos us and draws us to him, but there is value in recognizing that aspect of our relationship with the Savior. Let us explore the…

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Reminding ourselves whom will restore every lost penny

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hcd94-10da4a1 This message was published almost two years ago, and its relevance has only increased since then.  As the world continues to diverge more and more from God’s standards, the Church will be targeted and pressured to conform.  We must understand that remaining steadfast will cause us to lose a lot in this world, but…

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Loving us even though

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sf8ai-10d168c I cannot deserve the love of God, and neither can you.  Yet, there it is.  It never leaves, it never fails, it never disappointments.  We stray and disobey, but He loves us even still.  He gives us everything of him and asks for everything of us in return, an unfair exchange of love that…

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