Painful Teacher

Pain is a teacher unlike the rest
Mastery through continual test
Speaks loud and clear the nerves to molest
Difficult friend and unwelcomed guest
 
Told to rejoice through various trials
How so when all comfort it defiles
Raises high fears deep emotions riles
Makes a few steps seem as many miles
 
The answer comes through what is induced
Frivolous pursuits greatly reduced
Priorities from limits [...]

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Back to school prayer

Father, we look forward to a good school year, but we won’t have one without Your active presence.  We acknowledge Your goodness, and request that Your hand of protection be upon us. We ask that You teach us truth so that we may communicate it to students and adults.  And all of this we ask for [...]

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Blessing the Name by Remembering the Benefits (Psalm 103)

Psalm 103 begins with both a call for the hearer to worship and summary of what the psalmist desires to communicate to himself and those listening to him.  David is alerting his own soul to bless God’s name and His benefits.  But names of God seem to be absent and even the word “name” only appears [...]

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Just Sayings

Some old sayings recycled and rehashed for the
days we are in:

Desperate times require desperate measures
          So the old saying goes
But are we willing to take the cure
          Before we’re in the throes
 
If it were a snake beside the path
          We’d all been bit for sure
But will we extract the poison there
          So each one can [...]

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Perseverance

I did a Bible study with the youth group at my church on Perseverance.  They did the majority of the study in groups of 3 to 5 using a whiteboard, markers, and a Bible.  Through presentation, interaction, and follow-up questions we concluded that perseverance is good and neccessary and that we need to dwell more on [...]

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