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Habakkuk 3:19 (NASB): The LORD God is my strength, and He has made my feet like deer’s feet, and has me walk on my high places. The Hebrew word translated “strength” means “a force”. It comes from the word meaning “to twist or whirl”. If you have ever traveled through an area that has been hit by a hurricane or by a tornado, then you know the power that lies in wind. I have witnessed places completely torn apart by the concentration of wind that moved through them. The word “awe” is appropriate both in the fear it produces and the respect it requires. So, when I think of the LORD our God, I realize that the power and strength that is represented there is vastly greater than any hurricane or tornado. The power that is in the LORD our God is not destructive. The power of God does not wildly plow through communities destroying things in its wake. The power of God is creative, not destructive. The power of LORD is used to bring the Kingdom of God into our lives. The power of the LORD is used to bring glory to God. Some days that power may seem overwhelming to us. Yet, God comes into our lives with love and protection, not destruction. Today, may we learn to allow the power of God transform us into people we were created to be in the Kingdom.
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Ephesians 5:1 (NASB): Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children… When Lisa was pregnant with our first born, my mother talked to the two of us one day. She warned us that the words that we use every day would be heard by our new child and would be repeated at some point. Lisa and I sort of brushed her off with a yea whatever and went along our merry way. These words became true one night on a drive home back from my mother-in-law’s house. It happened in a funny way that we still laugh about to this day. What I learned that night was that it is true that children will imitate those that they are around. They will pick up habits, words, and viewpoints. I learned that night that I was not immune to the influence of others, nor was I immune from influencing others. It took me awhile to figure out what the correct influences were to be in my life and the lives of my children. There did come a point that I started to allow Jesus to influence me more than I let the world influence me. This in turn allowed me to influence my children to listen to who God created them to be more than who I or the world around them wanted them to be. You would have to ask the three of them if I did a good job or not. I do know that by allowing Jesus to influence me more than the world, that I have three children that I am extremely proud of and can see the work of Jesus in their lives. Today, may we all imitate Christ Jesus more in our lives, so that we can impact the lives of those around us with forgiveness, love and mercy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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1 Corinthians 3:16 (NASB): Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? Looking into the Greek words here it is obvious that Paul is trying to hammer a point home. The point is that God is inside of you. We were created to be not just in relationship with God, but also for God to live inside of us. We were not created to be standalone people. We were not created to be singular. We were not created to be separate. God created us to be in community not just with other people but also in community with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. We were created to be a place that the power of the Living God dwells. We were created to be a home for the agape love of Christ Jesus. We were created to be the hands and feet moved into purpose by the Holy Spirit. The world tries to teach us that our ego needs fulfilled and stroked so that we feel we are the center of things that are happening. But God calls us out of that shell to be more. The Holy Spirit moves in us to be more. Today, may we be more by living in the love and power of Jesus through the movement of the Holy Spirit, so that God is glorified.
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Psalm 119:9 (NASB): How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. The Hebrew word that is translated “keep pure” means “to be translucent”. It is mostly translated “clean”. The word that is translated “by keeping it” means “to hedge about (as with thorns)”. We have seen this second word before in reference to God’s protection of us. I would not limit today’s words to the young or to men. Today’s verse applies to all of us at any time in our lives. Each day we are given breath in our lungs by the LORD our God. Each day we are given a chance to decide what we are going to do with that breath. Are we going to use what we have been given for the Kingdom of God? Or are we going to use it for selfish desires and lusts? When we choose the Kingdom of God, we have no concern over how translucent our actions are. We have nothing to hide when we are moving in faith. When we are moving selfishly, we find we need to hide more of what we are doing. We need to cover up our true intentions when they are not of God. Today, may we intentionally choose the protection of the LORD and let God guide us in our way.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Exodus 20:17 (NASB): You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female salve, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. The Hebrew word that is translated “covet” is most often translated “desire”. There is one instance in Proverbs it is translated “lust”. Desire in itself is neither good nor bad. One can desire for good things, or one can desire for bad things. It is all a matter of the intention behind it. Because we can desire to do good, or we can desire something that leads to bad. Today’s verse reminds us that we are not to desire things that lead to bad. We are not to pursue something that will cause harm to another person. We are not to pursue something that puts distance between us and God. We are not to pursue something that shows that we have no trust in the LORD. When we start going after the stuff around us in our lust, we are showing that we do not believe that God will provide. We are showing that we do not really believe that God loves us. We are showing that we do not really believe that God provides for us. When we try to depend only on ourselves and desires, it leads to pride putting up a roadblock to our relationship with the LORD. It leads us to get off the path God has called us to walk with the LORD. It leads us to a path that leads to destruction and death. Today, may we stay on the path the LORD has laid out for us and depend on the God alone for our lives.
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
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Me on a candlelit vigil for AIDS in 1987. Me last week. Looking pretty healthy for 58 (28 years living with HIV).
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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1 Timothy 6:9 (NASB): But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. Paul is clear that there is a way to live that leads to “envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth.” The implication in the word “gain” is “money-getting”. It is greed. Paul is reminding us in today’s verse that greed will lead to ruin and destruction. Greed will trap us in a life that is not from God. Greed will separate us from a relationship with Jesus. Greed will hinder the power of the Holy Spirit in us. Greed is not a part of the Gospel of Christ Jesus. If we sell out to be fully part of the world and gobble up its riches, then we are no longer living a life that is built on forgiveness, love and mercy. Paul wants us to know that there is a better way of living life. That life is one that depends on God for provision each day. That life is one that lives out the agape love of Jesus each day. That life is one that relies on the strength given through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Today, may we put aside our greed and selfishness and live a life that is firmly placed in the hands of Jesus.
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Proverbs 10:20 (NASB): The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little. The tongue is not always a good instrument. In the Hebrew, the word contains the idea of slander. It can also be an instrument of accusations, true or false. I learned at an early age to keep my tongue still in certain situations. I very well know what I am capable of unleashing with my tongue, and it is not good or edifying. So, I understand today’s verse. I know what it is like to say the thing that can harm. I have harmed and been harmed by the work of the tongue. What I have found is that the tongue is a tool that God gave us. It is a tool that is complex. One minute it can be used to enjoy an ice cream cone, and the next it can be used to curse someone. So, there is nothing inheritably good or bad about the tongue. The issue is with the one who is using the tongue. When we allow ourselves to be guided by the LORD, we allow our tongue to be used to build up people. When we allow the world to guide our tongue, we find ways to destroy and tear down. Each day we have a choice on how to use the tongue we were given by God. Today, may we more intentional in using our tongue to do the work the LORD our God gave us and build community and relationships for the Kingdom rather than tearing down others.
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Philippians 4:19 (NASB): And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. The Greek word translated “will supply” means “to make replete”. It is mostly translated “fulfill”. The word translated “all your needs” comes from two words: one meaning “to furnish what is needed” and the other meaning “it needs be”. The word translated “riches” means “wealth (as fullness)”. I think who we think God is will shape how we decide what “riches” means to us. Do we view God who has a whole bunch of stuff to be given away? If we do, I think we run the great risk of viewing God as a genie in a bottle. We think of all those cattle on the hill that God could bring over into our pasture to increase our wealth. We end up treating God like a benevolent bank that hands out cash for free to those who perform correctly. But what if we view God differently? What if we view God as more invested in community building and relationships? What if we view God as wanting more forgiveness, love and mercy in the world? This would reshape our thoughts around what fulfilling our needs is. It would be more about bring wholeness to our lives and the lives of those around us. It would be more about working for justice and peace. It would be more about agape love being our motivation and not greed. We can use today’s verse to turn God into a cosmic slot machine. Or we can let today’s verse transform how we see the world and move in it. Today, may we choose to let the agape love of Christ Jesus mold who we are.
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Luke 6:30 (NASB): Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. This teach of Jesus is difficult for me to live by. I have to admit that upfront. Today’s verse is preceded by verses telling us to love our enemies, allow someone to strike us a second time, and give a thief more than they stole in the first place. Then, today’s verse, give away without the expectation of repayment. These are not the way that the world works. The world tells to hate our enemies and work for their demise. If someone hits you, the world tells us it is justified to hit back, retaliate. If we have something stolen, the world tells us we are deserving to get it back in full. If we give someone money, the world tells us we are owed repayment. Jesus is telling us that the Kingdom of God is not like the world. Jesus wants us to love the unlovable. Jesus wants us to care for those who seek our destruction. Jesus gives us the ability and strength to do these things, if we allow Him to do it. If we allow the indwelling the Holy Spirit have power of us, then we allow the life of Jesus to be alive in us. Today, may we allow the life of Jesus become more alive in us.
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Psalm 112:5 (NASB): It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; he will maintain his cause in judgment. The Hebrew word that is translated “lends” means “to twine” and has the implication of uniting. The Hebrew word that is translated “gracious” is also translated as “mercy” and “merciful”. Each day we have many different decisions to make. Some decisions are as complex as what to eat for dinner. Other decisions are simpler, such as what t-shirt to put on today. Then there are the consequential decisions of how to react to certain people and situations. I have to confess there are multiple times a day that I really want to respond to someone in way that would most likely get me fired. The fact that I still have a job means I am good at regulating these things. Today’s verse is a reminder that I should do better than just regulate myself. Today’s verse is a reminder that we are to intentionally build relationships with others. We are to intentionally seek to show mercy to others. We are meant to intentionally seek to unite and not divide. My nature is not always leaning towards unity. But the LORD my God is calling me each day to put aside my nature and live in the life that I have been called to live. It is a life based on forgiveness, love and mercy. It is a life that seeks out the best for others. It is a difficult life to learn to live. Today, may we learn to more fully live in the life that the LORD our God is calling us to.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Luke 22:19 (NASB): And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them saying, “The is My body, which being given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Over the years, I have been to a couple of different churches. I think each of them handled communion differently. Some did it weekly. Some did it the first Sunday of the month. One did it every 6-8 week or so after a sermon series ended. What I learned from all these different ways of doing communion is that we struggle to keep communion fresh and meaningful. Sometimes communion is done because that is what you do it. It is a routine and part of the order of service. It is something that becomes one of those things that “have” to be done, or the worship service is lacking. The other ways of doing it are a bit of response to the weekly becoming to routine. They try to bring more of a freshness to it. Yet, it is still a routine. We still do it because that is what is done, not because we desire to do it. That is why I think the last words in today’s verse are the most important. Are we doing not only communion but other things because of routine, or are we doing these things because we truly want to remember who Jesus is in our lives? Do we want to worship Jesus, or do we want to make sure the order is maintained? In remembrance of Jesus, we find connection and worship with the Living God. In remembrance of Jesus, we find meaning and grace. Today, may we approach our faith lives with intentional remembrance of who Jesus is in our lives and the lives of those around us.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Acts 3:26 (NASB): God raised up His Servant for you first, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways. The Greek word translated “wicked ways” means “depravity”. It especially means “malice”. It comes from the word that means “hurtful”. I have to confess that I have done and said things in my life that have been hurtful to others. Some of those times I thought I was justified by the situation to act the way I did. Other times I acted out spite and hurt feelings. Even though I felt justified at the time to do what I did, I came to regret it each time. I came to realize that there is no justification for deliberately hurting another person, no matter how you feel. Over the years, I have tried to rely more on the grace of Jesus than on my own feelings. I am not perfect. There are still some out there that I occasionally still think I am justified in my feelings. Today’s verse from Peter’s sermon is a reminder that I am never justified in malice. Our justification only comes from Jesus. It only comes from a place of agape love. Jesus came into our lives so that we can live in the agape love of God. The Holy Spirit moves in our lives so that we can more fully embody the life of Christ Jesus. Today, may we allow Jesus to bless us with a life lived out in agape love and not malice.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Deuteronomy 32:2 (NASB): May my teaching drip as the rain, my speech trickle as the dew, as droplets on the fresh grass, and as the showers on the vegetation. The Hebrew word that is translated “my teaching” means “something received”. Moses is letting us know that what he is about to tell us is not something that he made up on his own. It is something that was given to him. What was given to him brought him life, and he is letting the people know that it will bring them life too. Just like the rain brings life to vegetation, the LORD our God brings life to us. As refreshing as the dew can be to the land, God is even more refreshing to us. Further, this life is not something we control, but it is freely given to us by the LORD our God. God comes into our lives at the points of need and provides for us. When we have run dry from the cares of the world, God refreshes us. When we have come to the end of our rope, the LORD is there to give us a place to land and rest. Moses follows today’s verse by stating that he will proclaim the name of the LORD. Today, may we accept the gift of refreshing the LORD brings into our lives and glorify the name of God.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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1 Samuel 12:24 (NASB): Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. The Hebrew word translated “fear” can also be translated “revere”. The word translated “serve” means “to work”. The people Samuel is talking to have made a decision that has broken their relationship with the LORD our God. They have chosen to be more like the world around them, and they have rejected who God has called them to be. Samuel tells them that they have done wrong. Yet, he reminds them that the LORD has not forsaken them. God has not abandoned them. God is still calling them back into relationship. Samuel tells them they to remember where they came from and what God has done for them over the years. If they will put the LORD first and work to do the things God called them to do, then they can reestablish the relationship. This is true for us today. No matter what we have done or said, the LORD our God is still calling us back to relationship. If we will turn around and work at the relationship, God will be there waiting on us. God will be waiting with forgiveness, love and mercy. Today, may we remember the things the LORD has done for us and work at our relationship with God.
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Romans 8:27 (NASB): …and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. In the verse before today’s, Paul tells us that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us in prayer when we are too weak to pray or when we have run out of words. The Spirit can go into the places in us that even we hide from ourselves. The Spirit can find ways to strengthen us even when we did not know we needed the help. The Spirit works in us when we are unable to do the work ourselves. Without the Holy Spirit living and moving inside us, we would become disconnected from Jesus. We would not be able to know what the will of God is. The Spirit gives us access to the One who created and redeemed us. Today, may we learn to listen to the Holy Spirit and live out God’s Kingdom here on earth.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Psalm 118:6 (NASB): The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? The KJV says, “The LORD is on my side”. The NIV says, “The LORD is with me.” However you want to translate the Hebrew, I think you can get past the importance that the LORD is first. First there is the LORD, then there is us. I have found too many times in my life that I try to flip that order. I try to make it me first, then if there is time left over, the LORD. In our pride and selfishness, we want to place ourselves front and center of things. We like to say I am on my side. Or I am on the LORD’s side. The second one would be okay if it is following the declaration that the LORD is first in our lives. Otherwise, if it is us being first all the time, then we end up shaping who the LORD is through our own desires and lusts. We turn God into a god, an idol. When the LORD is first, then God shapes us, not the other way around. When the LORD is first, true fear bleads away from our lives. We know the LORD is dependable and love us. We are not dependable and sometimes we are self-destructive. We need the LORD our God to be first in our lives, so that we can live out of forgiveness, love and mercy we have been given. Today, may we allow the LORD our God to be first always in our lives.
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Deuteronomy 8:5 (NASB): So you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was discipling you just as a man disciplines his son. The Hebrew word translated “discipling” means “to chastise”. It can also be translated “to instruct”. The definition of the word says that the chastising can occur through physical means or through words. The people that these words were first told to had endured a long time out the desert being essentially homeless. In those years, the LORD taught them many lessons. Those lessons were intended to reveal to the people who God truly was and who they are were to be. The LORD our God still does this for us. There are lessons we have to learn in our lives, so that we will come to trust and obey the LORD our God. There are things we do not know that we have to learn through experience. There are things we do not know that we need to be revealed to us through God’s action in our lives. There are things we do not know that we have to learn through listening and reading the words God has given us. Some days these lessons are not going to feel good. I can tell you that as a prideful person it is difficult some days to have the truth reveled to me by God. Yet, the relationship is established more deeply with God the more I listen and learn. Today, may we lean into the things that the LORD our God is trying to teach us.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM