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Scared Offering
Sacred Offering(Exodus 30:11-16 RLB 2/10/24) What offering will I bring to the Lord?The whole building or a single board?Does the offering size matter at all?Why does the greatest seem so small? These are some questions I ask myself.So I pulled my Bible down off that shelf!The answers are there and can be found.Some of the…
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A Friend Indeed
When you find a friend who loves the Lord, you’ve found a friend indeed!God’s love binds you two together, a force greater than all needs.Nothing separates this friendship, not extended silence, long miles or scar.For God plants Himself in both your hearts, like a bright shining star. This is not true of every friendship, or…
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Above The Clouds
Verse 1:One day I will leave this earth and soar above the clouds,Seeing God, angels and saints without these earthly shrouds.This broken body will transform in the twinkling of an eye,Forgetting what it even means, and never saying good-bye. Verse 2:All pain, sadness, stress and strife will slowly fade to silence.Never depressed or lost; always…
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Of Every Race
(Acts 10:1-48) RLB 12/1/23 The room was filled, with his family and friends.A Gentile people, which every Jew offends.We were wondering why, we were even there.And started questioning, Peter’s visionary prayer. We do not belong, in this uncomfortable scene!These people are Gentiles, considered unclean.But Peter assured us, that God told him to come.After following these…
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The Resurrection
The Resurrection (Acts 4:32-37) RLB 11/14/23 No greater event in all of History’s reflection,Even comes close to Jesus Christ’s resurrection.Just think, if every event were condensed into one,It would pale in comparison with God raising His Son. For that event was not just for Jesus, you see.It was for all of mankind. For you and…
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Escape The Flames
Escape the Flames (Acts 3:1-11) RLB 11/9/13 We left early that afternoon, just so we would not be late.For the prayer service that day, beyond the temple’s gate.Approaching the Beautiful gate, a beggar asked for money.We looked at him intently, saw his condition was not funny. We commanded, “Look at us!” The lame man eagerly…
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Not the Nails
Not the Nails (Mt.27:31-56+Mk.15:20-42+Lk.23:26-49+Jn.19:16-37) RLB 10/25/23 There were screams of pain, filling the air.As flesh and wood, are secured there.Created to hold, many things together,Even in storms, and all kinds of weather. Nails were in use, before the year 3,000 B.C.,But none more signifiant, than these three.That secured His arms, and feet to the cross,Just…
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Are You Prepared?
Are You Prepared? (Matt. 26:17-19 + Mark 14:12-16 + Lk. 22:7-13) RLB 10/16/23 The most incredible thing happen, on that first day,Of the Festival, when the Passover lamb is slayed.We asked Jesus, “Where do we prepare, the meal for you?”“Go to Jerusalem, and obey what I tell you to do.” “As you go in the…
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Alabaster Jar
Alabaster Jar (Matt. 26:3-13 + Mk. 14:1-9 + Lk. 10:39-42 + Jn. 12:2-8) RLB 10/11/23 All I could do, was sit quietly at His feet,And listen to His every word, before we eat.It was like, there was, no one else in the room.Not even my sister, vigorously sweeping a broom. Of course she complained, about…