The River of Dreams

Max Lucado :: The Present-Tense Christ

Grace for the Moment: Volume 2 by Max Lucado

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Hebrews 13:8

Max Lucado :: People Who Make a Difference

Grace for the Moment: Volume 2
by Max Lucado

"Good people have good things in their hearts." Matthew 12:35

ODB :: The Time Of Anyone’s Life

What am I getting out of life? That’s a question often asked by those who focus only on themselves. But as believers, we need to ask: What am I putting into the lives of others? . . .

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ODB :: A Church That Cares

What if SBC continues to nurture & love such as described here?

What if the Lord prospers the faithfulness of our little merry band of volunteers as we seek His will with the new Active, Single Christian Adults ministry?  We are but a subset of the broader SBC community. Which individuals will He touch through us?

His primary request of us - our faithfulness.

My 81 year old father shared this devotional with me this morning. Dad has been pastoring, preaching & serving Jesus for nearly 60 years along with my Mom also 81. They love Jesus more than anything even life itself. Click here to visit Dad's Nuggets of Gold Ministries website.

In tears (of joy),
Editor

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OUR DAILY BREAD

While traveling together, my wife and I started talking with a delightful young woman we met. The time passed quickly as we chatted about lighthearted topics. . . .

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Jon Walker :: God Spoke You into Existence

God Spoke You into Existence
by Jon Walker

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)

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Max Lucado :: Honest Evaluation

Grace for the Moment: Volume 2
by Max Lucado

“Guide me in your truth and teach me, my God, my Savior.”
Psalm 25:5

ODB :: Why Bother With Church?

Winston Churchill once said that he related to the church rather like a flying buttress: He supported it from the outside. (A flying buttress is an external support that reinforces the walls of old cathedrals.) I tried that strategy for a while, after coming to believe Christian doctrine sincerely and committing myself to God. . . .

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It’s Inexplicable

Grace for the Moment: Volume 2
by Max Lucado

“The LORD who saves you is the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 49:7

Even after generations of people had spit in his face, he still loved them. After a nation of chosen ones had stripped him naked and ripped his incarnated flesh, he still died for them. And even today, after billions have chosen to prostitute themselves before the pimps of power, fame, and wealth, he still waits for them.

It is inexplicable. It doesn’t have a drop of logic nor a thread of rationality.

And yet, it is that very irrationality that gives the gospel its greatest defense. For only God could love like that…

How absurd to think that such nobility would go to such poverty to share such a treasure with such thankless souls.

But he did.

from God Came Near
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ODB :: Finders Keepers

People who find something of value are generally eager to keep it. In such cases, the notion of “finders keepers” seems like a good thing. But what if the thing we find is a problem? In that case, we’re eager to give it up. . . .

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TGIF :: Today God Is First

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