Author Archives: Pete

Put On A Blessed Face

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Pete

Can you be blessed by God and not happy? That’s the question that’s kind of floating through my mind this morning. I guess I kind of think of being blessed as a state I receive and being happy is more … Continue reading →

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Stand Still, See, and Sing!

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Pete

Ok, so I’m guessing when it comes to “Unorthodox Battle Plans for 200, Alex” that we’re probably all queued up with “Who is Joshua?” or “What is Jericho?” or “What is a Great Shout?” as answers. Face it, that’s probably … Continue reading →

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Eyes on the Loyal Heart

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Pete

It’s one of those “head scratcher” sorts of stories. One of those accounts of someone who started out so well and finished so poorly. If the summary of King Asa’s life had only been 2Chronicles 14 and 15, you’d finish … Continue reading →

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Things To Do Today

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Pete

I’ve said it before, I like “bottom-line” statements. Oh, I know there’s a danger, perhaps, in trying to over-simplify life . . . a risk of being accused of using “pat answers.” But, I also think that some things really … Continue reading →

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The Routine and The Return

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Pete

My reading plan this morning has verses 11 through 18 of 1Thessalonians 4 bundled together as a reading . . . and it strikes me as presenting an interesting contrast. It begins with “aspire to lead a quiet life” (v. … Continue reading →

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Written in Heaven . . . Written in Red

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Pete

They came back pretty pumped. Luke writes that “the seventy returned with joy” (Luke 10:17). Jesus had sent them out two by two as reconnaissance teams, that they should go “into every city and place where He Himself was about … Continue reading →

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A Song About Not Singing

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Pete

Kind of hovering over Psalm 137 this morning. A psalm written in exile. A psalm written with a broken heart. A psalm written with tears and a remembrance of better days and of things gone terribly wrong. And it strikes … Continue reading →

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Investing

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Pete

Yesterday, as I started in on 1Thessalonians, I was reminded that Paul had three Sabbaths to share the gospel before he was run out of town. I was again impressed at the manner in which “the Way” had found such … Continue reading →

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To Serve and To Wait

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Pete

Started in on Paul’s first letter to the church of the Thessalonians this morning. It would seem from Acts 17:1-10 that Paul was only in the city of Thessalonica for 3 weeks preaching the gospel before he had to leave … Continue reading →

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The Adversary

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Pete

So, I haven’t done thorough research this morning, but I’m pretty sure that the first time that Satan is named is in my reading this morning, 1Chronicles 21. Sure, he’s introduced and described as the serpent in Genesis 3, but … Continue reading →

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