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His Presence is Always Found
Tip of the Day: Think of a great injustice and ask God to come to right it. Too bold, too much a reach? Remember it’s God’s world too. He has a job to do. Verse of the Day: Bible Readings for Monday of Holy Week Reflection of the Day: There is so much humanity in God’s world. Isn’t that the story of creation? As one of the stories goes, it was God’s garden and He made us humans and put us in it. It was a neat place with lots of good things and everything in order. Then things got messed up by “apple-gate” – as I like…
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Thank God for the Kind People
Tip of the Day: Today, try two quirky random acts of kindness – one in the morning and one in the evening. Verse of the Day: Bible Readings for Saturday of Fifth Week of Lent Reflection of the Day: I can figure out two reasons why Jesus annoyed the people of his time. The first is the traditional understanding. The political and religious leadership thought he was getting too popular and might usurp their respective spheres of power and authority. That’s understandable, even if not noble. But the other reason you and I can relate to. Sometimes individual who are kind, humble, giving and content can make us jealous,…
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Do A Good Thing
Tip of the Day: Do one hard thing for another person today. It won’t be a “crucifixion,” but a little sacrifice is good thing. Verse of the Day: Bible Readings for Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Reflection of the Day: Healing, feeding the hungry, teaching God’s ways, stories of Jesus that taught the important of helping others. There’s much more. Jesus’ whole ministry taught that “doing right by each other” is “doing right by God.” Fortunately, my experience is that people do want to help each other out and very often do so. Good Friday teaches us that the time and type of help we…
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Pass on the Power of Prayer
Tip of the Day: Pray for 6 minutes while you listen to the “The Prayer” Verse of the Day: Bible Readings for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent Reflection of the Day: Abraham is Father and Patriarch to Jews, Christians & Muslims. God told our Father Abraham that he and his descendants must keep his covenant throughout the ages. I can’t speak for other ages, but our age is not doing so well. How can we, the “People of the Book”, betray our roots and our God so often in the way we discriminate and express hate and carry out violence toward those who are not of…
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The Truth Will Set You Free
Tip of the Day: Listen to a classic rendition of the civil war “Battle Hymn.” Try to re-imagine it as an anthem to truth and freedom in Jesus. Verse of the Day: Bible Readings for Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Reflection of the Day: The most difficult part of a difficult situation can be the fear that an embarrassing, or even shameful, situation becomes known. We are frequently surprised that the world des not end when the truth becomes known. Even though it’s rocky and painful for awhile, it most times is liberating and freeing – especially when we remain with Jesus during these times.
