Is how you finish something you ponder? Is it merely a fleeting thought that drifts through your mind? Scripture often uses the word finish. Jesus finished speaking, finished instructing, and made the ultimate declaration “It IS finished.” Our lives are full of occasions, tasks and things to finish! I believe the desire to finish may…
Week 43, Weekend Marilyn Kirkpatrick Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the…
Week 43, Friday Marilyn Kirkpatrick And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, ‘You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.’ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” Mark 14:67-68 (nasb) A couple of years ago, I stood in the very place where tradition…
When I begin to think about the topic of ministry being a joy and honor, I realized my soul was really struggling with it. Each time I read over the word… Joy…I had this gut response of Huh…Nope!…Not resonating! When I read the word…Honor…I wasn’t feeling that one either. I read it as though my…
Week 43, Thursday Marilyn Kirkpatrick Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20…
Week 43, Wednesday Marilyn Kirkpatrick If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:23 (nasb) In the world we live in, we are told that it is “all about you”! From billboards, magazines, TV, and other media, the message over and…
Week 43, Tuesday Marilyn Kirkpatrick Older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. [They are] to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, pure, good homemakers, and submissive to their husbands, so that…
Week 43, Monday Marilyn Kirkpatrick All these were approved through their faith. Hebrews 11:39 (hcsb) I recently sat in a hospital room with a dear friend and mentor as we waited for her husband’s imminent death. When I arrived, there was another couple there with her, one of many of her peers. Before the…
Week 42, Weekend Ann Iorg For we are His creation—created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (hcsb) When I think of God the Creator and all He has made, I am amazed. There is such variety, color, and diversity…
Recently Kathy Keller wrote a blog piece, “Why the City is a Wonderful Place to Raise Children”. Kathy is a good communicator and her post is encouraging to church planters and their families who are called to urban areas. Conventional wisdom says large cities are not a good place to bring up kids, but she…
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