Author Archives: Pete

Listen to the Music!

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Pete

Among the different topics I keep an eye open for as I’m reading, verses or passages about “worship” or “praise” are underlined with a brown colored pencil. Now, you might expect to use the brown colored pencil a fair amount … Continue reading →

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Watching with My Eyes Closed

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Pete

A friend sent me an e-mail asking me to pray for him and his wife as they prepare to work at a youth camp in a couple of weeks. I hesitated before responding. Not because I don’t think they need … Continue reading →

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All The People Said, “Amen!”

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Pete

They finally got ‘er done. The first attempt at transporting the ark to a home in Jerusalem had gone very badly . . . one dead . . . many distraught . . . the king disillusioned (2Samuel 6:1-11). But … Continue reading →

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Debt Free!

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Pete

It’s the sort of stuff you wouldn’t want to have posted on your Facebook page. It’s the list that you’d just as soon had never been written . . . but you know it has. It’s fuel for the fire … Continue reading →

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Love Much?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Pete

There was nothing conventional about it. If there was a rule book, she ignored it . . . if there was protocol, she rewrote it. If she was trying to make up for the host’s lack of etiquette in welcoming … Continue reading →

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Christ In You!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Pete

You just don’t put big, big things in small, small packages. Big things kind of demand big packaging . . . or so you’d think. But this morning, I’m noodling over a mystery . . . a mystery once concealed … Continue reading →

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Fully Pleasing to Him

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Pete

Is Paul just praying big? Does he really, really think it can happen? Is it one of those shoot-for-the-moon-and-maybe-you-might-get-off-the-ground sort of requests? And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you … Continue reading →

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Jehovah’s Place

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Pete

You sense an anticipation . . . an excitement. It was an invitation that evoked a joyful response. Of all the things he could be asked to do, you kind of think this was one of his favorites. It was … Continue reading →

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Starting With the Heart

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Pete

It really is a pretty impressive list . . . but it came up short. There was no king like him in terms of his shear effort to try and power revival throughout Judah. If it was pagan . . … Continue reading →

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Written Down

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Pete

Why bring it up here? The issue at hand isn’t doctrinal . . . it’s personal . . . fact is, there’s some tension. Don’t know why they aren’t getting along . . . just that they aren’t . . … Continue reading →

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