Daily Bible Reflections: Recent Episodes
Tim Ehrhardt
Meditations on the Bible using the Revised Common Lectionary by church pastor and hospital chaplain Rev. Tim Ehrhardt
This is the power of resurrection, specifically the spiritual power of Christ’s resurrection: Death doesn’t have the last word.
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If there is a problem with words, it will not do to simply change the speech. That’s because it is a heart issue.
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Only a fool believes no one is watching.
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Trust fully expects God to show up and take on injustice, unrighteousness, and arrogant pride.
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Since love is our guide and rule in life, we are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be. Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The guilt and shame of our past is forgotten; everything is made new.
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God’s sovereign rule has broken into human history. Christ’s authoritative rule is taking root, growing, and shall eventually envelope all the world.
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Things get complicated pretty fast when anxiety gets in the mix. Yet, to listen and obey is really quite simple, at its core.
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In contrast to Saul’s blind searching, Samuel sits patiently and waits, knowing exactly who he’s watching for.
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Remember that sound self-discipline through proven spiritual practices, and development of the soul by means of humility, patience, and wisdom, accomplish what is most needed in life.
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All things temporal must come to an end. Therefore, it is foolish to live as if everything we have will last forever.
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There needs to be repentance – a confession of sin, a coming to God, and letting grace and forgiveness have its way.
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The bottom line for both the family and the religious leaders is that Jesus didn’t meet their expectations and act as they all think he should; so they make completely misguided conclusions about him.
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It’s a bad idea to try and handle God, instead of letting God handle us.
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Compared to the permanent resurrected body that will be coming in the future, our existence now in this present life, in this body, is not very glorious.
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The hard work of doing what is right cannot be substituted with magic.
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The invalid was validated by Jesus, but Jesus, the one validated by the Father, was invalidated by the religious leaders, who are the spiritual invalids.
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Our clothes aren’t just mere coverings of the body; they are a material means of communicating important immaterial aspects of ourselves and the world.
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Generally speaking, children are closer and wiser to knowing how God’s kingdom works, often better than the adults do.
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Hard-hearted people become desperately out of touch with what is most important; they are calloused to the human need in front of their faces.
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People who are a bundle of disparate parts – with some of those parts suppressed and unacknowledged – are disturbed.
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God isn’t looking for grand ornate vows from us. The Lord just wants us to live obediently, with a good attitude, and follow through on our expressed commitments.
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As long as we know what we’re about, and we keep putting in the hard work and practice it takes for continued and sustained excellence, then each situation we encounter becomes an opportunity to extend my purpose in a new experience.
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Every person has the capacity to elevate humanity, because people tend to live up to how they are being treated.
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If everyone gives, then we benefit from living in a society where everyone’s needs are met, and none are in want.
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A change in direction requires right motives and proper attitudes. It’s got to have some solid knowledge, understanding, and wisdom behind it.
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Sometimes people mistake their knowledge of Jesus for an actual relationship with Jesus.
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Divine intervention is either a very good thing, or a very bad thing, depending upon who you are.
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The believer realizes that, although today might be bright and sunny, there will be a damaging thunderstorm in the future for which preparations must be made now.
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What’s needed is a willing heart inclined to walk into divine obedience, without any talkback, and without any negotiations or deals.
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Our self-imposed graves cannot hold us because God is among us.
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We all have participated in and benefited from our privilege as human beings living on this planet – sometimes to the extent of turning a blind eye to the great needs of the earth and its inhabitants.
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As the Creator and Sustainer of all things, the entire world depends upon God for every need; no one can survive, let alone thrive, without the Lord’s continuing presence by means of the Spirit.
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Power is given for a purpose. So let us be responsible and conscientious in living the Christian life.
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We don’t always get what we want in life. But we won’t get it if we don’t ask.
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There are times when words are not needed, when the situation is so incredibly unique and/or difficult that to offer a speech is like yelling in the woods with no one around; it might make the one yelling feel better but that’s about it.
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Many of our problems, failures, and shortcomings are largely due to a misunderstanding of our basic personhood.
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Admittedly, prayer is not everything; but it is certainly something – and something powerful – for which we have both the duty and the delight to engage in.
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Self-surrender and commitment to the common good of everyone in the community is supposed to be a hallmark of every Christian person.
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Details matter. How we go about our obedience - down to the last jot and tittle - matters.
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It is the Christian’s mission to live into the words and ways of Jesus, to follow Christ in thought, word, and deed.
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Intelligence is helpful; talking a good line never hurts; confidence is beneficial; but taking the time to practice the skills of leadership with dedicated work and focused motivation is the one thing that anyone can do.
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The problem comes whenever we try to exert domination over another person, or attempt to command an organization when it isn’t our responsibility to do so.
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By God’s grace, the Church and all believers will be steadfast in proclaiming good news, teaching the words and ways of Jesus, loving one another, and serving with the model given to us by Christ. The ascension and glorification of Jesus makes this possible.
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When it comes to family, an expert theologian or biblical scholar is not needed; there just needs to be a willingness and a curiosity to ask questions.
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The Christian’s path of life is always to involve humility, gentleness, mercy, purity, and peacemaking, in doing the work of right relations with the people around them. This is the way of Christ.
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So, what do we do with this supposed loving God, commanding the new nation of Israel to completely wipe out the Canaanites?
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We know we are loving others if our joy is complete in doing so.
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Learning, knowing, remembering, and doing is no trifle thing; rather, this is our very life.
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God is attentive to the vulnerable and needy; it is the Lord’s will that no one lives under the oppression of debilitating debt.
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Discrimination against another race, ethnicity, or gender is not allowed in the kingdom of God.
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We are not left alone to fumble around on this earth, trying to love in our own strength or ability.
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We don’t need to live in fear, continually and anxiously vigilant to the bad thing around the corner. And when something good happens, we don’t have to wonder when the other shoe will drop. A good God has good purposes in store for humanity.
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We are not going to have all of our questions answered this side of heaven. We are, however, assured that God is good and can restore us when we are broken or failing to thrive.
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Show me a sourpuss Christian, and I’ll show you a Christian who is not close to Christ. Show me a sweet Christian and I’ll show you a believer who daily works at their close connection with Jesus.
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God does not punish simply for the sake of punishment; rather, judgment is a means to restore and renew.
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The easy way is most typically the approach of the Sorcerer and charlatan; it doesn’t really change anything, or require anything of us, especially when it comes to the human heart. It never truly brings about a better world.
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Christianity is meant to bring joy and healing of both body and soul.
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Into a world full of cynicism and sarcasm, hopelessness and despair, it is vitally important that we have faithful and godly individuals who have a settled hope.
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Chronicles is a restatement that emphasizes the importance of faithfulness to God and highlights the necessity of taking God’s Law seriously.
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The people forgot that life is an ongoing dialogue with God – and not a one and done conversation of revelation and response.
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Our world is much too characterized by selfish concerns and shortsighted actions. In the loving embrace of the Good Shepherd, we have an opportunity to experience peace and rest, grace and abundance, light and life.
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Family rules, ethnic customs, and cultural procedures are fine. Yet, when those practices become inflexible laws which are never to be different, then we get into trouble.
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Christianity has had two thousand years to create their own status quo, some of it good, some of it not so much.
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Our longing for peace, and to be secure within oneself, is not a pipe dream, but a real possibility.
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If we go limiting our epistemology (the study of how we receive knowledge) then we will likely not discover the truth about much of anything.
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The whole person is to be involved in praise – mind, body, emotions, and spirit – because Yahweh is the God of the whole earth, and not just of the spiritual dimension.
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Into a time of distress and despair, God spoke, and said that yes, it is possible; yes, restoration can and will happen. The people will not be in captivity forever.
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Christ is risen. So, now what? This is what the earliest of disciples struggled to understand – how to live in the reality of resurrection, and how Jesus is present with his followers.
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There are people right in front of us every day that we might not see.
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Prayer puts us in sync with what God wants. And as we desire to do God’s will, our prayers will reflect that desire. We only then need to ask.
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When we learn to move with the unforced rhythms of grace, there is a groove we slip into which serves us well.
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Feel free to question Jesus about anything you want; just brace yourself for what kind of answer you might receive.
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Maintaining faith in God – and not in something or someone else – will enable us to deal with our doubts and see the power of the Lord all around us.
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The experience of King Nebuchadnezzar is a telling lesson on all earthly rulers who presume to be supreme and all-powerful in their position.
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Thomas wanted evidence; Jesus offered it. If we get anything out of this encounter, it’s that the risen Christ honors honest doubt.
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Daniel diligently worked behind the scenes for stability in the royal court. Such humility is worth emulating, and is much needed in today’s world.
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Daniel and his companions were supported and emboldened by their knowledge of God.
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The abundant blessing of unity with each other is maintained by allowing it to flow.
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Love will have its way; we need not force it before its true readiness.
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To live into our inherent image of God means that we will work hard and tend to the gardens that are around us.
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Life on this old fallen planet of ours is sometimes characterized by adversity, trouble, hardship, and even sometimes traumatic situations. But it will not always be this way.
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Mary came to the tomb on Easter Sunday still living in a Good Friday world – grieving, sad, and discouraged. She soon discovered, however, that Christ is risen!
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My friends, there is absolutely no getting around the fact that if we want a Resurrection Day with all its celebration and glory, then we cannot and must not circumvent Holy Saturday.
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“They will look upon the one they have pierced.” (Zechariah 12:10)
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The word “Maundy” is the Latin word for “commandment.” It’s a reference to Christ’s mandate for his followers to love one another. And Jesus gave his disciples an example of this love in a way they would never forget.
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We can choose to be self-aware, to be attentive to our emotions, to recognize the consequences of behaviors and choices, to avoid unhealthy and harmful patterns of living. These choices help us to have love tumble out of us when it’s needed.
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In the darkest of times, a light will illumine the path.
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Let us never forget that the presence of God needs to be experienced – not just in the mind, nor even only in the heart – but as a feeling in every cell of the body.
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A gentle King, a humble Sovereign, a meek Messiah. Those adjectives were not in most people’s vocabulary for a king. But Jesus is a king on his terms, not anybody else’s.
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Although they see, they don’t really see.
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Thanksgiving ought to be thoughtful and well-placed. Gratitude is really a spiritual discipline that requires constant practice until it becomes a solid life skill.
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We really must contend with seasons like Passover and Lent, and matters such as social justice and religious worship.
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Perhaps the burning question for all believers at this time of year is: Do I seek the presence of God more than the presence of anything or anyone else?
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This enjoyment of God over us is so compelling and gracious, that it’s almost as if we cannot help but reciprocate with praise, adoration, and devotion to holiness of life.
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If the Ten Commandments were introduced with glory, and we ourselves were created with glory, then how much more glory and life is there through an intimate relation with the Spirit?
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Christianity is a dynamic religion of learning to follow Jesus, discovering how to die to self, and struggling to put Christ’s teaching and example into practice.
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A genuine prayer of confession asks for mercy based upon God’s character and ability to heal, rather than trusting in the attempted quality of our petition.
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Our offerings are acceptable and pleasing when they are offered with sincerity of heart, integrity of spirit, and faithfulness to the God who cares not only about what we do, but why we do it.
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Stubbornly holding onto self-help to handle a spiritual crisis, refusing help from others, and ignoring God, is just as sure to kill you as believing that chest pains, shortness of breath, and inability to walk across the room will simply get better on its own.
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Our stories are important, and they are meant to be shared. The spiritual and emotional health of us all is at stake.
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Don't get upset with people or situations; both are powerless without your reaction.
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Encouragement is the insecticide which eliminates the worm of complaints.
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Even though there many today who simplify the exchange between Jesus and Nicodemus with a single Bible verse of John 3:16, taking a good look at the Gospel of John puts most of us with Nicodemus.
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Transitions can be hard. But with every change there is a transition time that must be faced and walked through.
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All good gifts come from a good God who is delighted and pleased to give them.
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There is no need to hustle for love with God because you and I already have it.
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We all go through times of rebuilding and needing to restore something which has been damaged or devastated.
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One of the greatest needs that many believers have today is the courage to be vulnerable, to expose and bring into the light our besetting sins, so that they can be carried away and tossed into the dump.
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For it is in the spirit of volunteerism and a concern for the public welfare that governments attentive to the common good of all persons are built. How something is built matters.
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The Lord wants a meaningful dialogue with us, and he will guard that place of connection with great zeal.
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The invitation which Christ extends to us is to move further into our fears, face those fears, and sit awhile with our fears, so that we can see how desperately we need the Savior Jesus.
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The acceptance of reality will not occur apart from a solid self-acceptance of who we are and how we are feeling in any given situation.
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Through both nature and law, the Lord has graciously made the divine life known to humanity.
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Accept the situation as it is, and not as you want it to be.
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Christian faith is a reliance upon and commitment to the promises of God that results in taking a risk.
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The consistent retelling of deliverance stories can strengthen our faith and equip us for what is ahead.
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Sometimes, like Peter, we may believe that the way I see and the way I perceive is the way things really are; or, at least, how I think they should be.
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The Lord may not be working on the same timetable as you and me, but nevertheless, you are seen with divine eyes.
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To go with shortcuts, or ingenious plans for quickness and efficiency, will not end well.
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We may not get the miracle we desire. Yet, what we will get without fail, is God’s provision and steadfast love all the way through the suffering.
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If we want to handle temptation, it will take the hard slog of Lent to help us.
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Whenever we suffer, there is something going on behind the spiritual scene.
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To be saved is to be freed for a vigorous moral life that is deeply concerned with altruistic actions in a world full of need.
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Let the desert shape and strengthen your faith. Instead of bucking the desert and complaining about it, learn all you can about resisting temptation so that you can come out the other end stronger.
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The Church’s calling is not to find others who can help them with their tithing and budget, or to keep the pews warm with fresh bottoms.
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Impatience, impertinence, impoliteness, and being impetuous, all belong to the devil’s imps, and have nothing to do with announcing good news of great joy for all the people.
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God does not hold those past regrets over our heads, and so, neither are we to do it. Forgiveness isn’t only for others; it’s meant to be directed to ourselves, as well.
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Spiritual disciplines such as fasting help us to maintain our most cherished values, to see them clearly, and to choose wisely based upon those values.
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The Church everywhere and for all time confesses and proclaims that Jesus Christ descended to this earth, was visibly seen in a human body by both people and angels, proved right by the invisible Spirit, proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, and ascended into heavenly glory.
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The universal reign of Jesus, the exalted Son of David, brings deliverance from guilt, shame, and injustice as the unique God-Man.
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Deliverance and revival were integral to Christ’s earthly ministry. And Jesus expects his followers to do the same.
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“Whoever has been given much will be responsible for much. Much more will be expected from the one who has been given more.” Jesus (Luke 12:48, ERV)
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Important social, economic, and political policies and practices won’t just spring up from nowhere to benefit humanity; they must be intentionally cultivated by people who make it a priority to pay attention to such matters and follow through with the right, the just, and the good.
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We cannot simply assume that because we do something, and there was no immediate lightning strike, that it was okay.
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Jesus was not only about to be crushed from physical bodies pressing in on him; he was going to be crushed by the sheer weight of the world’s tremendous need for healing.
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Seeing only one set of footsteps in the sand, it turns out God is the One that carries the weak and weary in their trouble.
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If Christians keep focusing on the words and ways of Jesus, they will consistently practice humility, not pride; confession of faith, not calling out in anger; meekness, not aggressiveness; righteousness, not wrongdoing; mercy, not judgment; purity, not dirty politics; and peacemaking, not war-mongering.
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But God isn’t sleeping. The Lord hasn’t gone out to lunch or taken a bathroom break. God is not the problem.
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In truth, to not heal on the Sabbath is a travesty of God’s law.
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“Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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In medieval Christianity, the seven deadly sins were vices to avoid at all costs, because they eroded personal integrity and poisoned the social community.
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The Evangelist, Mark, wants us to see a connection in the story between the demons who begged Jesus, and the people of the town who begged Jesus. They did not humbly beg to follow him; they begged him to get away and leave them alone.
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I hope it won’t take some donkey talk to help you see and understand who you are and what your purpose on this earth is for.
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There is no such thing as a person who is all bad or all good; all of us are some sort of mix of the two.
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Our hearts might be open and attuned, and yet we may turn to knowledge and rules to achieve the change we deeply desire.
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Believers of every era need to learn that the occurrence of supernatural manifestations, and/or wild success in ministry, does not automatically authenticate the prophet or preacher.
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"Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced." D.A. Carson
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It only makes sound spiritual sense that we learn to entrust ourselves to the One who sees all and acts according to what is right, just, and good.
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One of the best things we can do for others is to communicate to them that we "have their back," that we care, love, and genuinely like them.
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Deliverance of body and soul does not ultimately come through the strength of the military, the economy, or any human ingenuity or hard work.
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“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. We need to let go of the lie that it's supposed to be.” Glennon Doyle
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We are not called to follow Jesus based on our skills, but on the lack of them so that Jesus will do in us a work of total allegiance and loyalty to the kingdom of God.
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Our tears are holy. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
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Unspoken words that need to be heard by others will only fester inside your gut, that is, until you speak out.
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The anger of God is always a reflection of God’s love. For love cannot contend with evil perpetrated on innocent people, especially children.
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Theology proper discerns the being, attributes, and works of God as fundamentally faithful and loving.
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The cross of Christ abolished walls of separation and established a truly egalitarian society. To feign equality, but actually still live about in the inequitable world, is tantamount to rejecting the work of Christ’s cross.
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Let's interact in ways that are redemptive, life-giving, and helpful for one another and for our salvation.
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Following is an adventure of trust.
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Jesus wants more than fair-weather Christians.
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Christian ministry is a symbiotic relationship between the servant and the served, expressed with grace and hope given by Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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It would be good for all of us to experience supportive community, spiritual maturity, and wise ministry to others.
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In this Christian season of Epiphany, Jesus – the Lamb of God who takes away sin and purifies with the Spirit – is Christianity’s eternal light and life.
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The people and the processes used in making anything is significant because holiness cannot be factory-made.
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The Lord brought a self-revelation to Abram as the all-competent God, the adequate God, the God who has the big picture and knows what to do with it.
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Heaven was ripped and torn open, letting us know the striking reality that God does not remain far away, but has come near to us in the Son, the Lord Jesus.
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Grace is (and ought to be) the guiding factor in how we interact with people.
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Internalize the biblical proverbs and, all things being equal, you are quite likely to have a good and blessed life.
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"Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness." Khalil Gibran
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People who have sought wisdom can remain calm in the midst of trouble; rely on their acquired experiential knowledge in hard situations; and have faith that doing what is right and just is its own reward.
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One of the best places to go in the pursuit of wisdom is the biblical book of Proverbs because it is all about living wisely and not foolishly.
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We have the privilege and the ability to reverse the world’s curse and turn it into blessing.
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Who is Jesus? He is the ultimate meaning of Christmas, the incarnation of the Son of God, the Savior of the world.
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Nobody can talk themselves into wisdom, because it takes a reverent spirit, listening ears, and measured words to be able to put Lady Wisdom’s instruction into practice.
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Restoration – divine restoration with rich everlasting spiritual resources – brings healing of the stresses and anxieties that plague our planet, and ourselves.
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Just as Jesus made a radical break with his former life in heaven through the incarnation, we, too, must break with our old way of life.
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Yes, Jesus is a king. But no, he is not a king in any conventional sense. It is Jesus, beginning with his incredible and unexpected incarnation, who helps us reimagine what power and authority can and ought to look like.
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May the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the perseverance of the wise, the obedience of Joseph and Mary, and the peace of the Christ child be yours this Christmas.
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Wherever the good news is proclaimed, guilt and shame melts away, and lives are changed.
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The Christian life may often be difficult; but it is really not complicated. It’s rather simple, just like Mary.
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May the angel’s announcement stir in your soul the peace that passes all understanding.
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God cares so much about us that he has enlisted millions of angels for our benefit.
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Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2, NIV)
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Children cannot obey what they have not been taught.
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Christians have the opportunity, if they will take up the mantle, of being the most calm, humble, and attentive people in the room.
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May you find peace this season because you have discovered the Peacemaker. Peace be upon Israel, and peace to all.
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There are people all around us who need spiritual and emotional, mental and material help. Yet we will not have eyes to see them, or hearts to help them, if we ourselves stuff our burdens so deep within that we are blind and unable to see others.
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Christ's parable is an invitation for all the screw-ups and those with little faith to come to Jesus.
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God has both the will and the ability to intervene and effect real change that completely reverses a person’s and even a nation’s life.
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We all struggle with navigating the injustice of this world.
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It's instructive that the one thing the psalmist doesn’t ask for is revenge, or judgment, or, at the least, some comeuppance and protection. Instead, he simply asks for one thing...
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No matter where we’ve come from or what we have done, there is always the possibility of rehabilitation, of renewing our relationship to God, experiencing the divine presence, and receiving divine grace.
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The wicked are wicked – not because they are belligerent and bullying – but because the general direction of their lives is continually bent inward to serve their own interests and ignore the Divine.
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The consistent witness of the New Testament Gospels is nothing less than the Evangelists saying to us, “Look! God is here in the person of Jesus.”
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Life comes from death. Resurrection can only happen when there is a crucifixion.
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It’s no coincidence that the man with the biggest heart in the church is described in today’s text as a good man who was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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One can never go wrong with mercy and grace.
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Christianity, for me, is unintelligible without the hope and the promise of a new and coming order of love, peace, and justice.
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When our very support is ripped from our lives, the madness within is too much to bear. Who will rescue us from this body of death?
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Injustice must be dismantled; and we need to become content with having enough.
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Many people would rather do just about anything but wait.
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Much of the world’s institutions, corporations, and governments are so out of touch with religion and religious ethics, that if a charismatic person comes along proclaiming a gospel of injustice, the business leaders would hire that person on the spot.
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Take heart to neither give up nor give in, because the Lord your God has your back. There is support for today, and justice for tomorrow.
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“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:7-8, NKJV)This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The gracious work is about to begin, of ransoming, redeeming, and restoring a sinful world that had exiled itself from peace and abundance.
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A flock who detests a good shepherd will end up getting a predatory tyrant for a leader, as a means of both divine judgment, and as a way of weaning people back to good leadership.
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The individual’s wax and wane between faith and faithlessness shall never negate divine grace.
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We are to experience Christ’s power through exercising our authority as believers.
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We need to persistently pray for spiritually lost family members, and those whom we are estranged from.
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We all must suffer. What it is we suffer for, is up to us.
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Those who have small hearts will only realize small blessings. But those who plant many seeds of generosity and gratitude will see abundant blessings.
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Saving ourselves from impossible situations and dire circumstances is way above our pay grade; only God can bring true deliverance
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When the Lord fulfills divine plans, it sometimes comes in the most creative and incredible way possible, so that we will have no doubt where it came from.
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We have enough on our plate in dealing with issues of obedience and disobedience, without adding to it by defining which people can be used of God, or not.
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"Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
True change and transformation equally forsakes evil and embraces righteousness; replaces the unhealthy with the healthy; jettisons the illegitimate and seeks the legitimate; and puts away unnecessary suffering and pursues peace and joy in the Spirit.This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Never underestimate the power of doing nothing, and simple listening.This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The faithful understand that life is not something they have earned or made, but is a gift from the Creator and Sovereign who is enthroned in the heavens.This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The greater the good relations, the greater the desire to come and keep imparting needed teaching and encouragement This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Experiencing renewal in life doesn’t simply happen, but is an intentional process of reaffirming, recording, and remembering.This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Although an apocalypse is coming, it is actually in the little things of life that helps sustain us till then.This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
God will make something out of nothing.This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
A big question for us as contemporary people, two-thousand years removed from John’s apocalyptic vision is this: Do the judgments contained in the book of Revelation have any relevance for us today?
God is not only the author of abundant flourishing, but also of devastating destruction.
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Hypocrisy is a disconnect between the values we espouse and our behavior.
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Years of mature learning, spiritual growth, and discovering Jesus went into Saul’s life before he then became the missionary Paul.
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It’s one thing to express belief. It’s quite another thing to suffer for those beliefs.
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Missed expectations can be difficult to deal with.
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Consider the truth for a bit. Sit with it if you must – the reality that Rahab was judged neither by the spies nor God.
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The spiritually responsive person is at peace, content, and able to love with a sensitivity to God because they have had their needs for safety, satisfaction, and relational connection fulfilled.
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There is room for all. Another seat at the Table can always be made.
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This day is meant to be an intentional way of not forgetting the people, friends, and family – as well as long-dead historical saints – who made a significant impact in our spiritual lives.
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The face of Moses had been transformed in a way that made him appear haunted house scary.
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Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways. (Proverbs 28:21, MSG)
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The church is resilient. It has lasted two millennia. She has weathered a lot of challenge and adversity.
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"They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid." Ambrose Bierce
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Home, for the believer, is God. The Lord is our dwelling place, with us no matter where we go. God is the One who keeps redeeming our time, blessing us with joy, and prospering our work.
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The rebellious in the church are those who seek power, status, authority, and prestige. Respect and honor from others is everything to them.
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“Pessimism has done infinitely more harm than atheism.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Will we work toward creating a new liberated humanity, championing equity in all things for all people, instead of attempting to sanitize existing systems?
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The issue of reputation is an important one, because how we come across to others might be different than who we actually are.
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The contrast between King Herod and John the Baptist supply us with two types of people who exist throughout every age of humankind, offering us the choice of which way we will go with our lives.
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God is concerned about everything, great and small alike - including our work.
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Hospitality (love of the stranger) is the true litmus test between the good and the bad.
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We, in our contemporary time and place, need to learn the lessons of the past – for we also are not an exception in history, as if we can do whatever we want without attending to the common good of all persons.
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It’s all too typical for us humans that we fail to realize what we have, until it’s gone.
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Good leaders need to be in touch with the ideas and emotions of others but not dominated by them.
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Whenever there are circumstances which warrant endurance and perseverance, it’s far too easy to become antsy and begin grumbling about the situation.
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Only the stance and attitude of humility can receive grace.
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Idolatry is an obsessive and fruitless search to satisfy a legitimate need in an illegitimate manner.
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When children ask us anything about God’s commands and regulations, we are to have a ready answer for them, in language and ways that they can understand.
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In finding our true spiritual home, we find life.
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I know who I am. I know who my people are. And that sense of belonging no one can ever take from me.
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Because we cannot see God, it’s too easy to treat the Lord as if he were an absentee landowner.
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Read the Gospel of John for yourself – in one sitting if possible. Ingest the words. Drink in the experiences.
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Complaining is cheap and easy. Joy is rich, full, satisfying, and takes practice to master.
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Any human society cannot stand unless it is committed to justice for all.
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Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119:105)
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A results orientation has personal preferences taking a back seat to the great needs of the community.
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Hope arises from holding the big picture of the past, present, and future together at the same time.
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It’s just part of the human condition, fallen and forgetful as we are, to lose sight of what has taken place in the past.
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Where we observe a deep concern for equity, justice, and the common good of all persons, there we see compassionate leadership who will champion ethical leadership and espouse moral authority.
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Don’t be misled. Bad company corrupts good character.
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Attention to the spiritual life brings success. Yet we keep working against ourselves through our ignorance of divine teaching and leading.
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Fully accepting things as they are, instead of ignoring, avoiding, or wishing the situation were different, can be a critical step in moving through a difficult experience to experiencing more meaning.
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If there are people who chronically have negative speech and can never seem to say anything good about someone or something, then stay away from them.
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We must be proactive in cultivating and nurturing the gifts and calling we see in women.
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Grace is unfair; we get what we do not deserve.
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The first step in facing any harmful compulsion is to be honest about it – without telling our story in a way that makes us look surprisingly good so that others are pleased with us.
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Love is always the prescription for a healthy spiritual life and a restored community of faith. It prevents truth decay.
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Weakness, hardship, suffering, and opposition are part of the work of Christian ministry. In this, there is eternal power, which shall never be overcome.
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Forgiving others is the path to blessing.
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It’s time for us to make up our minds and settle in our hearts whether we are going to create separations with other people, or whether we are going do what we can to foster relational connections with others.
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The journey of moving through our troubles causes us to learn as much (or more) from God’s absence than of God’s presence.
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We need some generous spaciousness which allows room for us to discuss issues and disputable matters in an atmosphere of generosity, hospitality, and acceptance, seeking to first listen and understand, before responding.
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The truth sets us free; telling our secrets brings freedom. Apart from naming our shame, we will remain bound and in need of liberation.
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Hope arises from holding the big picture of the past, present, and future together at the same time.
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Instructions and commands which seem like nonsense? No problem. The Transcendent and Immanent One has the Presence all around it.
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Yes, rituals have meaning and it’s symbols are significant. They help us to express our shared humanity together.
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“Mess with the bull, and you will get the horns.” Latin American proverb
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Life itself is one long extended pilgrimage from birth to death. Life is an earthly sojourn, continually moving about the earth from one place to the next.
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We need to take a sort of Christian Hippocratic Oath: To do no harm to our neighbor, but to do everything within our power to love them.
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If ever we need to control other people in order to realize or maintain our own happiness or contentment, then we are in a very unhealthy place and need immediate help – before the providence of God steps in and pries that control from your clenched fists.
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The feet that bring a gracious message of good news for all are truly beautiful.
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If we can stay focused on caring about our values and other people, we will likely handle it well. Because it’s not a matter of if we get criticized, but when.
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Christ generally entered the world of those in front of him and handled matters according to the way they thought and did things.
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We can do hard things, because of love.
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If you have a gut feeling deep down that wicked people are running amok, then use this psalm as a prayer against the darkness which seeks to envelop the earth.
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Exodus 3:1-15 is one of the iconic stories of Holy Scripture - Moses encountering God in the burning bush. And encountering the story for yourself, you intuitively know deep in your spirit that the impossible is actually possible.
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Reframing is neither denial nor positive thinking. Rather, it is an invitation in learning to trust God, in the presence, promise, and power of the divine.
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We are all in this life together, so let us keep on holding up one another and carrying each other’s burdens.
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Compassionate service, helpful speech, and healing actions – with a humble heart of gratitude – is to be our guide, rule, and direction in life.
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To take the risk of breaking ourselves open and becoming vulnerable, we find love. In finding love, there we see intimacy. And where there is intimacy, there is the relational connection which transforms the dark and the negative to possibility and light.
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A “time out” is designed to be temporary. Eventually, a “time in” happens. We get back in the game. We return to what we were doing, hopefully with a better understanding and grasp of what needs to happen and how to go about it.
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I can hold things loosely because I know the internal pressure of “getting it right” isn’t mine to carry.
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Giving Peter the keys of the kingdom seems akin to giving an 8 year old the keys to the car and saying, “Go ahead, take it for a spin, you can drive it!”
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If we can keep in mind that it is God’s business to run the world, and our business to forgive others, then life will go a lot better for everyone.
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Ironically, and even paradoxically, letting bereavement and grief have it’s way for a while is the path away from the misery.
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Keeping in mind the big picture of God’s work in this world is important, because if we do not, we will likely become discouraged with the circumstances we face right now.
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There is a spiritual dimension to every situation and trouble we face – including sickness.
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Neither you nor I are the Gardener. We do not get to do the pruning and grafting. That is God’s job, not ours. Love is our business, while the Lord will show both his kindness and sternness when and to whom he will.
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Exclusion creates conflict, whereas inclusion gives space for others to explore and discover what it means to live into their faith and spirituality.
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Do you and I have a big enough space to allow people in our lives who are not like us, without feeling threatened or insecure?
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The very nature of faith is contact, connection, and care. Faith is up close, relational, and involves touch. Faith is free, yet it is not cheap. Faith always involves a cost: vulnerability and intimacy. If we ever look for faith from afar and have no intention of getting up close and personal – so close as to touch the hem of a garment – then that which we seek will forever be elusive to us.
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There is more going on than our present circumstances and physical eyes can see.
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"Awake, and sing the song
Of Moses and the Lamb;
Tune every heart and every tongue
To praise the Savior's name."
William Hammond
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As much as we might like to get past all these unjust and maddening situations, Holy Scripture does not let us off the hook so easily. We have to sit with Joseph for a while, and feel what he feels, experience what he experiences, so that we can learn our own lessons from him.
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To enjoy divine privileges never gives us the right to show human prejudice.
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Do I feel that you're above having to put up with the wickedness of this world?
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The late G.K. Chesterton once said, “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.”
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If we spend a disproportionate amount of time hating someone in our heart, have difficulty focusing on other things because of jealousy, or consider disrespecting another to the point of violence, then we need help; we cannot handle this alone.
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Instructing others accomplishes nothing if it isn’t directed by an egalitarian mindset – a desire to love strangers of all backgrounds and walks of life, and give, in any sort of way that is helpful to the other.
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By rejecting alternative ideas that might challenge the status quo, people may be able to minimize uncertainty and risk – or at least their perception of risk – yet, the closing of their minds to other’s thoughts opens them to abusing the bodies of those same people.
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"Don’t be afraid because I am with you always; I will gather all my children from the east and from the west, so that you will never be alone on this earth." God
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What do you do when distress and dread wrap you in a straitjacket of anxiety?
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We need models of thanksgiving, loving service, remembering prayer, healthy encouragement, and generous duty.
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There are times and seasons in our lives where we can get lost in our own stories. Ultimately, however, our transitions from one place to another are really about our individual stories fitting into the larger story of God.
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Neither you nor I are in control or in charge; any semblance of control we think we have is merely a delusion.
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Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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The best things in life take time; and those things need us to slow ourselves enough to notice and enjoy them. Eventually, we shall find that the world is blessed because of our commitment to embracing the small and the slow.
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An open system says that there is a spiritual force outside of social interaction. A a closed system says there is no outside force influencing our actions and outcomes.
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We might not get what we want immediately, and it likely won’t be easy, but we shall nonetheless receive it. We only need to trust.
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Families are messy and often broken. We hurt each other intentionally and unintentionally.
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We must unlearn before we learn. We need to let go so that we can take up.
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Remember that everything good thing done for you has come from grace and love.
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Character shapes power, and never the other way around.
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Society’s poor, disadvantaged, and struggling will not be callously overlooked and tossed aside by Jesus.
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“I am awake. I’m still with you!” says the Lord as we are greeted for each new day.
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Your deeds done in faith; your actions inspired by hope; and your work animated by love, shall not be forgotten.
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Christ's parable is about the co-existence between the righteous and the wicked. Evil wants us nit-picking each other like a bunch of crazy chickens, and keeping a devilish pecking order; instead of being the continuing presence of love on this earth. The problem of evil is real. So, what do we do with it?...
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The bald fact of list-living is that we cannot fulfill it. So, when we know we are not measuring up to the list, the temptation is to keep up appearances as if we are doing just fine.
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As we tether ourselves to unchangeable realities, we have a sure foundation of hope in which to build a solid life of confidence.
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Daily affirmations of faith and truth help us to live into our basic identity, receive blessing, and realize belonging.
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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We have not been willing to accept the radical changes needed to accommodate even a modest notion of hospitality for those who have been the targets for hate crimes based upon their race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, and gender.
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Establishing practices which marginalize God put people at risk of becoming feral worshipers who run about doing everything but discovering their true selves and the one true God.
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The Christian enjoys the privileges of no condemnation, freedom from sin, possessing the mind of Christ and the power of the indwelling Spirit.
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All sorts of people, from everywhere, from every nation, will stream to receive gracious teaching. They will become aware of how to live in an egalitarian society. Everyone’s needs shall be met.
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An attention to history can guide us, and help heal us of our narcissistic ways. It can help dethrone us from the misguided belief that we are the center of the universe. History provides us with the tools necessary to hear and understand the other, enabling us to reconcile with one another.
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Hearing and listening must translate into action and doing so that everyone is cared for.
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It is our task in this life to provide humble loving service to others.
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Radical acceptance is possible, if there is trust in the one behind it all.
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To bless others is the way of building up one another and fortifying each other for the rigors of this world.
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When it comes to an outright metamorphosis, we need a new heart – and we can no more simply decide to change our lives any more than we can perform heart transplant surgery on ourselves.
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God both conceals and reveals according to divine purposes and not human agendas.
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"Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes." Muriel Sparks
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We deal with sin’s continued presence (the world, the flesh, and the devil) through embracing God’s grace versus trying to overcome it with the law.
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Physically clapping and shouting helps keep the heart and lungs healthy, even playing a curative role with pulmonary problems. It gives relief to joint pain, gout, headaches, insomnia, and digestion. Shouting and clapping even sharpens the intellect and increases the brain’s ability. And, of course, applause is a social phenomenon which binds folks together in community.
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If we draw upon our entire selves, both body and soul, we will overcome a bad spirit through loving words and actions toward those who need it most.
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It is in the small steps of faith and obedience that one discovers blessings.
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“Seek what you are seeking – but don’t seek it where you are seeking it!” St. Augustine
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We are to give the small, insignificant people of society the time of day, treat them as important, and advocate for their needs.
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May the grace of the Lord Jesus, the love of God the Father, and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit be with you, now and forever.
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For faith to be truly faith, it needs to hold the whole person, not merely the brain.
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“God spoke one word from all eternity and he spoke it in silence, and it is in silence that we hear it.” St. John of the Cross
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“I’m sure about this: the one who started a good work in you will stay with you to complete the job by the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6, CEB)
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In those times when we feel as if we are between a rock and a hard place, wanting to remain positive, yet also acknowledging life’s crud, we can come to Psalm 86 and adopt it as our own.
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We need to be savvy to our situation of trouble and practice common sense, as well as have a mental disposition that thinks the best of people, and does not immediately judge and condemn others.
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Trust of another must be given carefully and wisely, not flippantly or thoughtlessly.
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Clear communication is life-giving and even lifesaving. It’s worth putting significant effort into it.
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Our compulsions for solid answers to our questions give way to a settled confidence in divine mystery. And our obsessions with a pain-free and problem-free life are replaced with a curiosity for what the hard situations in our lives will teach us.
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Be aqueducts of grace, angels of mercy, and agents of healing in a world which so desperately needs the love, care, and attention we can give them.
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Only love and grace is what endures throughout our lives.
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Everyone needs a continual stream of encouragement to keep going so that we do not lose heart or lose hope.
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Compassion arises as we look for what is common among us, not different. Compassion brings solidarity with others, not separation and division.
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Reading Holy Scripture is important. And the way we read it is significant.
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Being sent, leaving and blessing, go together.
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If we learn to cry with others in their wondering and discouragement, we will be able to laugh with them when joy abounds.
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Human willpower, self-discipline, and right theology don’t mean much, at all, next to the weightier matters of empathy, compassion, and relational connection.
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The broad road leads to destruction, but the narrow way of holiness brings us to eternal life.
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Let’s not be so busy, pre-occupied, or worried that we push what's of ultimate value to the margins of our lives as only something for our discretionary time.
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Mercy, not judgment, is at the heart of all change.
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God is okay with being implicated in our problems. In fact, God welcomes it.
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Since our purpose is disciple-making, then we are always to make decisions based upon that standard. Since our values are loving others, then we always know how to go about our purpose.
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Seeing God from the perspective of grace brings a joyous way to live because it views God as generous and hospitable. From such an angle, the logical and appropriate response is one of gratitude.
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Goodness, joy, and possibility become alive when people unpack their gifts and use them for the common good of everyone.
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Psalm 8 grounds us by dealing with ultimate questions of human existence: • Who am I? • Why do I exist? • What is the purpose of life?
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"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means." Albert Einstein
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Salvation entails being delivered from something so that we can live for something else.
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The meek are truly egalitarian and do all things with equity and inclusion.
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It takes a lifetime of practice to let go and die to self.
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The age of the Spirit is here!
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The Day of Pentecost flings every single believer into a congregational whole, the Church, and lets us know that we are not to be rugged individualists acting alone but are part of the Body of Christ.
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"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us." St. Augustine
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It is possible, even with the best of intentions in living a faithful and spiritually rich life, to be stonewalled or crippled with fear and anxiety.
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Wherever you find complaining, backbiting, gossip, and slander, there you will find a profound lack of purpose. Because without a “why,” people fill the vacuum with endless squabbling about petty affairs which amount to nothing, in the scope of eternity.
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Relying solely on our strength, smarts, and stamina – on self – may yield some results; but the human touch cannot provide like the divine touch.
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If complaints take root, bitterness begins to grow. And if bitterness begins to grow, it will feed itself on grudge-bearing.
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We need a willingness to stop our striving, manifested through constant movement, and embrace the disciplines of solitude, silence, and stillness with its contemplation and radical acceptance of what is – and not just what we want something to be.
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Unity doesn't just happen. It needs to be developed, worked on, and maintained.
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You are a person of infinite worth.
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Learn the unforced rhythms of grace and discern the power in slowness.
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We are meant for much more than trying to predict future events.
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We can do hard things. We can face the fears in front of us.
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Removing obstacles in a large part of living the life we want.
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Both the smallest and biggest of celebrations are appropriate, along with everything in between.
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Leaving and going opens us to the possibility of connection, and thus, love. And love is the heat source which melts the polar ice cap of hate and violence.
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Stress and change can be hard and overwhelming. Yet, at the same time, it can be an opportunity to put faith into practice and be a blessing to the world.
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Embracing Lady Wisdom is the surest way to avoiding unnecessary problems and finding purpose in life. Indeed, because she is good, we become good.
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“The choice to make good choices is the best choice you can choose. Fail to make that choice and on most choices you will lose.” Ryan Lilly
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It is our responsibility to work on ourselves, not others.
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If I kill anything, may it be putting to death my own sin – because that is what the Bible calls me to do.
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We’ll only learn from suffering and overcome it when we embrace it.
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A good and right life comes through faith, and not by willpower nor in lifting up oneself by the bootstraps.
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Be hawkish about dealing with false guilt and unwarranted shame according to the truth.
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“No is a complete sentence.” Anne Lamott
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People long for peace – personal peace, family peace, world peace. They’re tired, and just want some rest.
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It is most necessary that spiritual folk let compassionate pastoral care have its way in the world.
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The shepherd calls people by name, and doesn’t generically yell at nameless folk, to bring them alongside the Good Shepherd.
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Put away all petty concerns and realize there are lost people who need restoration.
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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl
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Do your best to keep up your spiritual growth, develop a good sense of timing, and rely upon the wisdom gained while you’re living in the backside of the desert.
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The way has been opened.
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To grow spiritually requires speaking the truth in love, instead of using our words for tearing-down others.
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You never know what a day will bring. Maybe today you’ll experience a faith so laughable that it will change your life forever.
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What really matters is our own loving another person deeply from the heart, regardless and in spite of everything else.
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The Grim Reaper’s teeth have been pulled and his scythe has been broken. He is the party-pooper who is barred from entry.
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Holiness is to be thoroughly grafted into daily life.
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Our present afflictions need not discourage nor debilitate us, as though we were miserable without any hope. Even more, it is through these very troubles that we are blessed.
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It is from the empty places of life that we find possibility.
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Racism and hatred, however much perceived to be legitimate, have no part whatsoever in the kingdom of God.
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It’s not the destination that’s important; it’s the journey.
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We are blessed with the divine presence, power, and peace.
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“If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.” Frederick Buechner
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The forces of darkness still use the tactic of divide and conquer because it works.
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God loves me as I am and not as I should be.
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How can we know God is with us? Will divine promises really hold up?
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I heard an old, old story
How a Savior came from glory
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me
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Deliverance stories keep us focused on the hope of individual renewal, corporate revitalization, and worldwide revival.
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You can't build on a foundation of marshmallows.
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The silence of God doesn't equal the absence of God.
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Because Christ suffered, our suffering has meaning.
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“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.” Mother Térèsa
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“Help!” just might be one of the best prayers we can pray.
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Expressing grief through lament is intensely personal; there is no one-size-fits-all. No one else can do our lamentation for us.
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Holy Week’s message is one of suffering love.
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Meekness and strength, gentleness and authority, humility and leadership, grace and truth, love and anger, are all meant to be together – not compartmentalized in sequestered ghettos of the mind.
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Sometimes you have to get your behind in the past before you can put your past behind you.
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Shared human experiences of suffering will nearly always translate into new and emerging capacities for empathy. And where empathy exists, there is hope for all humanity.
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In difficult times of injustice, we need a vision of humanity which locks arms in unity without vilifying one another.
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The antidote to denial is acceptance.
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Grace is greater than all our sin.
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Grace is giving the gift of seeing another person and embracing them – no matter whether they’re worthy of it, or not.
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There cannot be a new life unless there’s an old one.
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You sense there needs to be a great unifying force in your life – something to orient yourself around and make sense of the world, others, and especially yourself.
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Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
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Perseverance requires active participation, not passive acquiescence.
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Human guilt might seem as though it is so pervasive as to win the day, yet it will not always be this way.
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We humans struggle with the hard things of life. Yet, what we don’t always see or hear is how those adversities are shaping and forming us as a people.
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It’s only human to want everyone else to change when there are problems, adversity, or challenge. Yet the change most needed is quite personal, perhaps even an outright conversion.
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Monitoring ourselves and our own emotional landscape will help us to become aware of what’s happening inside us. And then, in turn, having our eyes opened enables us to truly see others and be aware of their needs.
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“I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.” Jesus
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Rationalizing disobedience never ends well. So, let’s do ourselves a favor, and seek the good, the right, and the just with a spirit of meekness.
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Old destructive practices must be replaced with new encouraging and supportive ways of being together.
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Whenever a people loses sight of their foundational stories and ethical points of reference, systemic evil arises to keep certain folks in power.
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Unity is not about keeping everyone happy.
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We must be quiet for the purpose of listening.
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People are much more ready for change than we think.
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Whenever folks go out and try to gather what isn’t there, they have lost their way and their very real needs will not really be met, at all.
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Let grumbling be turned to gratitude, murmuring to mercy, and complaining to consent.
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We need to evict the squatter of complaint.
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The world cannot survive without mercy.
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For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure.
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We must go through our problems, and not try to go around them.
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Ask, and it will be given; seek, and we will find; knock, and the answer will open to us.
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There is a spiritual dimension to every situation and trouble we face.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/03/04/the-true-nature-of-faith-luke-71-10/
Let us accept and adopt rhythms of life that are consistent with being human and caring for others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/03/03/learn-to-live-well-micah-718-20/
Be faithful to who you are, to what you have been called to, and especially to the good news.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/03/02/encouragement-to-be-faithful-2-timothy-13-7/
Our mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual issues usually show up in the body as physical problems.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/03/01/pain-stress-and-chickens-psalm-32/
Avoid violent speech and actions. Don't let hate master you.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/28/against-hate-genesis-41-16/
There is strength in weakness, and power in vulnerability.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/27/crisis-and-care-1-kings-191-8/
We all need deliverance from our disordered loves and misguided attempts to find Paradise.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/26/the-fall-of-humanity-genesis-215-17-31-7/
A person’s a person no matter how small.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/25/whos-the-greatest-matthew-181-7/
Any angry fool can rant and rave against another; but the wise and gracious person patiently and carefully prays and acts in ways that brings mercy and grace to others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/24/be-merciful-jonah-41-11/
There’s nothing romantic about genuine change; it’s typically messy, usually ugly, and often painful.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/23/anyone-can-change-jonah-31-10/
Consider the lilies and the birds of the air.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/22/ash-wednesday-matthew-616-34/
Waiting for the perfect time to deal with depression will only result in deeper despondency.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/21/dealing-with-depression-1-kings-199-18/
Scriptural rest is neither discretionary nor a luxury; a biblical sabbath rest is a vital necessity. It’s both lovingly encouraged and divinely commanded.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/20/i-will-give-you-rest-exodus-337-23/
We must live by conviction, and not by sticking our finger to the wind to see which way popular opinion is blowing.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/19/dont-be-afraid-matthew-171-9/
What goes down, must come up.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/18/what-must-come-mark-99-13/
Future hope, fueled by faith, gives shape to how we live today.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/17/faith-helps-us-take-the-long-view-of-life-hebrews-1123-28/
The work is finished; it's done.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/16/jesus-is-better-hebrews-81-7/
Life is always progressing and never stays the same; we all undergo many new beginnings throughout the course of our lives.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/15/on-divorce-matthew-191-12/
The whole person must be involved in obeying the teachings given to us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/14/how-can-i-live-a-pure-life-psalm-1199-16/
There is freedom in having a few basic rules for life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/13/the-ten-commandments-exodus-201-21/
We are to live responsibly by keeping our hearts large and soft.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/12/lynching-lusting-liquidating-and-lying-matthew-521-37/
Recall and remember who you are - where you came from and where you are going.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/11/spiritual-dementia-deuteronomy-301-9/
We are meant to practice good self-care, be good caregivers for others, and concern ourselves with caring for all creation.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/10/theres-a-price-to-pay-leviticus-2634-46/
To err is human; to blame it on the divine is even more human.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/09/how-to-deal-with-temptation-james-112-16/
Bend down and look at the busy ants. They work steadily, consistently, and carefully – and never lack.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/08/some-wise-warnings-proverbs-66-23/
It is our brokenness, and not the pretension of having it all together, that shows the grace of God to others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/07/dont-lose-heart-2-corinthians-41-12/
Life is a journey, an exploration into the unknown of the future.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/06/how-to-get-through-difficulty-psalm-119105-112/
Will you let your "precious" go in order to serve a greater good?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/05/let-go-and-give-isaiah-581-12/
The capacity for our hearts to enlarge with love is in direct relation to an awareness of the hidden motives buried within those hearts.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/04/exposing-hypocrisy-mark-71-8/
Our words and actions have real impact and consequences for others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/03/get-a-different-perspective-isaiah-291-12/
Living well means obeying well enough to see the best in others, seek the common good of everyone, and be resilient to deal with our personal foibles and the unforeseen pitfalls we sometimes experience.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/02/how-to-live-well-psalm-1121-9/
We all may come from different places, have differing experiences, and be at various points along the continuum of poverty and wealth. Yet, we are all human and we are all in this life together.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/02/01/receiving-blessings-or-woes-luke-617-26/
One’s inner well-being, peace of mind, emotional awareness, and spiritual health are worth infinitely more than any title, position, wealth, or delusions of control.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/31/some-well-ordered-wisdom-psalm-371-17/
Christian community is to be realized through respectful equality, mutual love, and caring fellowship.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/30/changing-the-system-philemon-1-25/
Humility is the cornerstone of all virtue and right living.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/29/christs-beatitudes-matthew-51-12/
It’s a leader’s responsibility to ensure that justice and freedom are established – and that there are no obstacles to all the people living successfully.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/28/leading-is-serving-micah-31-4/
We are to speak and act with mercy to all persons, without prejudice.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/27/remember-the-poor-and-needy-deuteronomy-2417-254/
Obedience is both duty and delight – and they go together in perfect harmony.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/26/obey-with-integrity-and-love-psalm-15/
Patience, perseverance, and confidence all come through adopting the long view of life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/25/take-the-long-view-genesis-491-2-8-13-21-26/
We all have our ways of trying to feel better and make some sense of the nonsensical situations we get put into.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/24/make-the-impossible-possible-judges-712-22/
Faith over fear. Calm over chaos. The divine presence makes all the difference.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/23/i-am-sending-you-judges-611-24/
"Come, follow me." Jesus
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/22/the-ministry-of-jesus-matthew-412-23/
It’s okay to be conflicted, to wonder what the heck is going on, to not know what’s up or down, to live with the seeming incongruence of emotions.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/21/shining-the-light-on-fear-psalm-271-6/
Christianity is more than set of beliefs and practices; it’s a way of life which can be summed up in three important words: faith, hope, and love.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/20/keep-the-main-thing-the-main-thing-galatians-21-10/
Grace makes all the difference and is what leads to a changed life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/19/a-changed-life-galatians-111-24/
We need structural systems which will accommodate our mission.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/18/why-did-jesus-come-matthew-914-17/
What kind of people are we to be?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/17/a-reality-check-hebrews-101-4/
The gospel is for all, not just some.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/16/good-news-for-all-acts-826-40/
No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/15/you-have-what-you-need-1-corinthians-11-9/
Let yourself be open to the ministry of others. Be a companion.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/14/companions-1-kings-1919-21/
New life comes from a change of heart, not a change of circumstances.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/13/out-of-the-slimy-pit-psalm-401-11/
Don't twist the good news into bad news.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/12/the-church-playground-galatians-16-12/
Will you let your bravery come out to play, or will you keep it hidden beneath layers of insecurity?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/11/let-it-out-isaiah-511-16/
A willing and humble spirit goes a lot farther than ability.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/10/a-divine-calling-jeremiah-14-10/
I tend to think that it all comes down to a matter of listening – of which we people have proven to be, at best, rather dull about; and, at worst, completely tone deaf to the continual voice of the universe.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/09/a-god-worth-exploring-psalm-895-37/
"Righteousness" means to have right relationships.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/08/remember-your-baptism-matthew-313-17/
The wise person knows there is always a shadow side to every good gift we have.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/07/be-wise-and-beware-1-kings-101-13/
The word “epiphany” means “manifestation” or “appearance” – which is exactly what happened with the Magi in visiting Jesus.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/06/epiphany-of-the-lord-matthew-21-12/
Courage and meditation are a package deal. Bravery and contemplation are meant to be wed together.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/05/be-courageous-joshua-11-9/
There are ways which transcend the five senses.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/04/sensing-the-divine-exodus-31-5/
Maybe our dreams are trying to tell us something.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/03/jacobs-dream-genesis-2810-22/
The best things in life are slow in coming; they require a great deal of blood, sweat, and tears.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/02/promise-and-pilgrimage-genesis-121-7/
The gospel is for everyone; the kingdom of heaven is not an exclusive country club.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2023/01/01/jesus-of-nazareth-matthew-213-23/
Humanity is a strange alchemy of both light and dark, hopefulness and hopelessness, awareness and ignorance, love and hate.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/31/the-light-of-the-world-john-812-19/
The search for peace is really the search within.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/30/perfect-peace-isaiah-261-9/
Death does not have the last word.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/29/hope-for-the-grieving-jeremiah-3115-22/
Seek the lost, the least, and the lonely.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/28/who-is-the-greatest-matthew-181-14/
Love means putting aside hate and serving others, even when it hurts.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/27/believe-love-and-obey-1-john-51-12/
Praise, gratitude, thanksgiving, and joy create a sense of unity and the practice of harmony with one another.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/26/the-who-what-when-why-where-and-how-of-praise-psalm-148/
Even a small flickering flame can illumine enough to make a way. And when many small flames come together, there is a great light for all to see.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/25/the-christ-candle-of-light-john-11-5/
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/24/the-mighty-god-isaiah-92-7/
It’s one thing to be kind and love others during a holiday season; it’s quite another thing to have that be your default character throughout the entire year.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/23/law-and-gospel-galatians-36-14/
O come, O Bright and Morning Star,
and bring us comfort from afar!
Dispel the shadows of the night
and turn our darkness into light.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/22/marys-song-of-praise-luke-146b-55/
Grace overcomes anything and everything.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/21/jesus-the-messiah-matthew-11-17/
Freedom means that we have no obstacles in expressing grace, love, and hope to others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/20/slave-or-free-galatians-421-51/
Divine ripples of blessing go out upon the earth.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/19/the-blessing-genesis-1715-22/
“True peace is not merely the absence of some negative force, tension or war – it is the presence of some positive force, justice, good will, brotherhood." Martin Luther King, Jr.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/18/the-angels-candle-of-peace-luke-168-79/
The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/17/a-testimony-of-faith-john-331-36/
An infinite abyss within can only be filled with an infinite object.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/16/the-time-is-ripe-galatians-41-7/
"Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain." Psalm 127:1
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/15/covenant-promises-2-samuel-71-17/
May we be people of hope and let hope live in our hearts now and always.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/14/messages-of-hope-zechariah-81-17/
"Those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again." Jesus
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/13/water-is-life-ezekiel-471-12/
Each individual person is worthy of basic human kindness and deserving of respect.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/12/future-hope-isaiah-2917-24/
I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/11/the-shepherds-candle-of-joy-luke-28-20/
Every valley shall be filled in. Every mountain and hill made low.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/10/repent-luke-31-18/
Our faith is rooted in the soil of grace, anchored and moored in the deep of faithful servants who have gone before us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/09/how-you-are-matters-ruth-413-17/
We should find ways of using our particular gifts and abilities to serve the common good of all persons.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/08/your-people-will-be-my-people-ruth-16-18/
Words reflect character.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/07/the-heart-of-words-matthew-1233-37/
If we desire Love, then let us go to the source of Love.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/06/because-of-love-psalm-21/
A disregard for the body creates a disregard for love.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/05/whole-person-love-1-thessalonians-41-12/
The incarnation of Christ is the hinge of a larger story of God’s good love and redemption for us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/04/the-bethlehem-candle-of-love-luke-21-7/
We must clear the road so that Jesus has a way into our hearts.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/03/preparing-the-way-john-119-28/
What is your real situation and the true realities of your life that need to be named?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/02/spiritual-renewal-isaiah-3019-26/
We have an incredible privilege; we get to ask.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/12/01/prayer-is-the-heartbeat-of-the-church-acts-112-17-21-26/
All things will change. Are you ready?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/30/learn-the-lesson-of-christs-coming-matthew-2423-35/
People overcome dark times, establish what is just and right, gain what is promised, and do incredible things because they are looking beyond the present here-and-now of their difficulty to see something better. They know that their actions now will connect to better times ahead.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/29/the-tension-of-advent-hebrews-1132-40/
The struggle against sin comes down to daily affirmations of faith that we belong to God through Jesus – and not to some other master.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/28/cyber-monday-is-not-my-master-romans-61-11/
It could be today.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/27/are-you-ready-for-advent-matthew-2436-44/
Guilt, shame, rebellion, disobedience, and violence need not define us. We can do better.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/26/the-effects-of-the-fall-genesis-611-22/
Journeying with Jesus throughout the Christian Year helps us to receive the gospel of grace, especially when our post-holiday budget begins judging us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/25/i-was-not-glad-when-they-said-lets-go-to-best-buy-psalm-122/
His steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/24/thanksgiving-day-psalm-100/
"Your mercy reigns through every land;
your grace is spread abroad;
forever firm, your truth shall stand.
We’ll praise our faithful God!" Isaac Watts
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/23/a-sacred-service-announcement-psalm-117/
Grace gives us courage to face both our present troubles and future uncertainties, no matter the anxiety which fills the earth.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/22/the-time-is-near-revelation-228-21/
Everything wrong will be made right; all that is crooked shall be made straight; and the endless struggle to do what is right and just will prevail once and for all.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/21/jesus-is-lord-revelation-215-27/
Jesus is the great sovereign King, and this is a good thing – because in Christ we find authority to redeem and reconcile.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/20/worship-that-is-fit-for-a-king-colossians-111-20/
“Jesus does not only save repentant adults; he also saves dependent children and all those whom we think are incompetent to respond to Jesus.” Frederick Dale Bruner
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/19/let-the-little-children-come-luke-1815-17/
Hope is kept alive because of suffering. Faith is strengthened by means of adversity. And both originate because of mercy and grace.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/18/a-living-hope-1-peter-13-9/
Real forgiveness opens our minds, hearts, and energies.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/17/real-forgiveness-hebrews-923-28/
Truly humble folk dig a hole, throw their ego into it, and pour concrete on top of it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/16/the-longing-of-christs-heart-matthew-2337-2414/
Freedom is only freedom when it has the well-being of everyone in mind.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/15/think-of-the-needs-of-the-group-1-corinthians-1023-111/
If ever in doubt, love is always the best choice.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/14/stop-the-bad-start-the-good-ephesians-425-52/
Jesus came to release us from our obsessive need to be right, our compulsion to be rewarded, and our demands to be respected.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/13/grace-changes-everything-isaiah-121-6/
No one is anonymous in God's kingdom.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/12/the-divine-warrior-isaiah-5915b-21/
Evil is temporary. Love is eternal.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/11/whats-the-point-of-all-this-suffering-2-thessalonians-13-12/
Emotions aren’t to blame when things are rough. Neither is God to blame when bad stuff happens. Both our emotions and God are realities we must deal with.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/10/god-and-the-human-condition-romans-118-25/
Sometimes we need to remember how important our spiritual resources are to living in this world – and to clarify what’s really of ultimate significance in this old broken world.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/09/john-519-29-like-father-like-son/
The telltale sign of the deceiver, the false teacher, is that he proclaims only one without the other, either truth or love, but never both together.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/08/to-the-family-of-god-2-john-11-16/
Careful reading, focused listening, meditative reflection, and memorizing large chunks of Scripture makes a large difference in how we live our lives.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/07/pay-attention-to-the-word-2-peter-116-21/
Developing a sense of God as both far and near, helps us remember who we are and why are here.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/06/god-is-both-near-and-far-psalm-1451-5-17-21/
The Lord is doing a new thing.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/05/build-it-now-haggai-11-15a/
Pay attention to your conscience. Keep it clean and clear. It’s there to serve you well. So, let it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/04/keep-your-conscience-clear-acts-2410-23/
The happiest, fully rested, and most peaceful people and nations on earth continually find a steady stream of joy in their families, their rituals/traditions, and their religion.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/03/take-the-path-of-peace-zechariah-11-17/
Everyone has faith. It’s just a matter of whom and what we place that faith in.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/02/a-parable-about-faithfulness-luke-1911-27/
It is sage to recall events of rescue and pull them forward into the present.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/11/01/all-saints-day-psalm-149/
The weak, the distressed, and the spiritually tired in this corrupt world have the chance for appeal.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/31/get-me-out-of-this-scary-dungeon-cave-psalm-142/
In God’s kingdom, the tall are short, and the short are tall.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/30/i-want-to-see-jesus-luke-191-10/
Though millions have come, there's still room for one.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/29/make-room-for-jesus-john-839-47/
Effectiveness in living a virtuous life is not a matter of more but better.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/28/live-into-your-calling-2-peter-11-11/
We can only give from what we have.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/27/comfort-for-those-with-troubles-2-corinthians-11-11/
The door of mercy is flung wide open for the people who are seemingly far from God.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/26/a-parable-of-two-sons-matthew-2128-32/
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending." St. Augustine
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/25/on-the-need-for-humble-leaders-1-peter-51-11/
How will you interpret your pain?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/24/dont-let-suffering-surprise-you-1-peter-412-19/
Both the paradox and irony of Christianity is that saints are sinners and sinners are saints.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/23/a-parable-on-being-right-with-god-luke-189-14/
Mary had her heart calibrated to detect the grace of God when it was present.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/22/he-has-done-great-things-for-me-luke-146-55/
A good long ministerial life isn’t happenstance; it’s the result of a solid foundation through a Paul-and-Timothy sort of relationship.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/21/the-necessity-of-mentoring-relationships-paul-tom-and-timothy-2-timothy-310-15/
The earth is beautiful. Yet, in our insistence upon merely using the temporal and physical, ugliness has come upon it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/20/the-finite-and-the-infinite-psalm-65/
“Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” Jesus
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/19/get-up-and-pray-luke-2239-46/
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/18/persevere-through-adversity-psalm-129/
Sin does not have the last word; grace does.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/17/get-rid-of-sin-1-corinthians-61-11/
"The value of persistent prayer is not that God will hear us, but that we will finally hear God." William McGill
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/16/the-parable-of-the-persistent-widow-luke-181-8/
With Love incarnate, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks around us; there is no pretense, no propping up a false self to present for others to see. The true self is able to express what is really on the inside.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/15/lord-have-mercy-mark-1046-52/
"Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." Mark Twain
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/14/dont-be-stupid-2-timothy-214-26/
The true needs and interests of our communities can never be addressed and lifted-up in the narrow self-serving interests of persons in power who turn a blind eye to anyone unlike them.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/13/speaking-truth-to-power-jeremiah-261-15/
If we have nothing with us, then we are able to see people for who they actually are; we can genuinely listen to what they are saying.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/12/the-kingdom-of-god-is-here-matthew-105-15/
Depression helps us all become more aware of ourselves and our society.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/11/depression-is-our-teacher-psalm-1021-17/
We need to put our will and energy into the things that matter most.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/10/whats-on-your-wish-list-acts-2624-29/
Our lives need to be punctuated with times of celebration, praise, gratitude, and even blowout parties. Otherwise, we become dull, boring, lifeless, and bereft of spiritual life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/09/give-thanks-and-praise-luke-1711-19/
We need good healthy rhythms of being with others in effective and prolonged interaction and extended times of being alone.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/08/jesus-introvert-or-extrovert-luke-512-16/
A good and godly spiritual father or mother is an absolute necessity to properly guide others, pass on sound teaching, and model how we ought to live.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/07/letters-to-the-old-and-the-young-2-timothy-21-7/
If we insist on making more noise than a couple of skeletons dancing on a tin roof, we will eventually be those skeletons – without any substance and only good for the grave.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/06/listen-to-the-prophets-jeremiah-251-14/
Every thought and feeling is a valid entry into prayer.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/05/heartfelt-prayer-lamentations-51-22/
Life is too short to sleepwalk through it with a constellation of unacknowledged emotions.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/04/coming-to-grips-with-grinding-adversity-psalm-137/
Will we pour our lives into things, or into people?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/03/how-to-cope-with-trials-of-faith-james-12-11/
Just a little bit of Jesus makes a large impact on the world.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/02/less-is-more-luke-175-10/
“I have surely seen the affliction of my people… I have heard their cry… for I know their sorrows.” (Exodus 3:7)
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/10/01/how-can-i-move-through-my-grief-lamentations-17-15/
Exile is temporary. Mercy is forever.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/30/exiled-jeremiah-5212-30/
Maybe we are always running, working, and playing because we are constantly trying to keep grief from catching up to us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/29/lament-your-losses-lamentations-319-26/
All spiritual restoration begins with silence… humility… repentance… return….
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/28/from-desolation-to-restoration-jeremiah-331-13/
We are stewards, accountable for our time, assets, and relationships.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/27/a-warning-about-wealth-james-51-6/
The only control I possess is self-control. Anything beyond this is nothing but a pathetic attempt at manipulation.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/26/night-prayer-psalm-11949-56/
Is there an acknowledgment that the measure we give to others shall eventually be given to us?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/25/how-then-shall-we-live-luke-1619-31/
"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes people as angels." St. Augustine
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/24/welcome-humility-luke-943b-48/
We bring our own situations and experiences to the Psalms and permit the psalter to reshape our thoughts and our prayers.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/23/how-to-fortify-your-faith-psalm-911-6-14-16/
What are our most cherished values, and where did we get them? Who are we listening to?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/22/who-are-we-listening-to-jeremiah-239-22/
If we will but aim for the heart, the hands will follow with sincere generosity and grace.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/21/the-heart-of-giving-luke-2045-214/
Being a servant means exactly that – serving others by listening, washing their feet, giving them time, and making compassionate connections.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/20/what-will-it-take-to-reach-others-1-corinthians-919-23/
An intrinsic motivation allows me to connect the task at hand as the good and beautiful thing to do.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/19/the-motivation-of-a-christian-acts-41-12/
Only in telling our story to another will any of us find relief and renewed hope.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/18/dealing-with-grinding-pain-psalm-791-9/
The generous person keeps temptation at bay by withholding love toward things so that love can be lavishly given to people.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/17/be-generous-mark-1241-44/
Change suffering from an adversary to fight to a companion to learn from.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/16/overwhelming-victory-in-overcoming-suffering-romans-831-39/
Solitary righteousness is an oxymoron. Righteousness can only be truly lived and expressed with other people.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/15/get-along-with-each-other-romans-31-8/
If you find yourself in a mess, whether it is of your own making or of somebody else, the only thing that can handle it is a close following of grace.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/14/pride-comes-before-the-fall-luke-2231-33-54-62/
What seems to be divine tardiness is really something else altogether.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/13/a-divine-perspective-of-time-2-peter-38-13/
Will you let your bravery come out to play, or will you keep it hidden beneath layers of insecurity?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/12/how-to-handle-trouble-psalm-94/
If any of us feels justified in our hate, then we are the lost one in need of repentance.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/11/the-parables-of-the-lost-sheep-and-the-lost-coin-luke-151-10/
When one is already low, there’s no looking down on another.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/10/john-1011-21-the-good-shepherd/
May you remain encouraged in faith, steadfast in hope, and forever in love with the Savior who has loved you and given himself to you.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/09/2-peter-21-10a-beware-of-spiritual-predators/
Please don’t turn the good news of grace into the bad news of judgment.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/08/1-timothy-11-11-a-plea-for-grace-and-truth/
Grace always has the last word.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/07/luke-1818-30-a-rich-mans-question/
Christianity is a marathon, not a 100-meter sprint. We persevere to the end, not flame out after taxing ourselves with expectations and responsibilities God never gave us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/06/1-timothy-46-16-train-yourself-to-be-godly/
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” G.K. Chesterton
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We must get back to basics and do what is essential.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/04/luke-1425-33-the-cost-of-being-a-disciple/
Facing trouble and opposition doesn’t make us fall; it actually lifts us up.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/03/matthew-1034-42-the-trouble-with-jesus/
In this day and age, encouragement is in short supply.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/02/colossians-47-17-lead-with-encouragement/
You are known and loved.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/09/01/psalm-1391-6-13-18-known-and-loved-by-god%ef%bf%bc/
It’s the people who outwardly have it all together that are being replaced wholesale with those who admit their guilt, shame, and brokenness.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/31/luke-1415-24-the-parable-of-the-great-banquet/
Despair with no voice and no one to hear will eventually transition to harming others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/30/psalm-58-curse-the-wicked/
Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices G-d is pleased.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/29/hebrews-137-21-keep-on-doing-good/
How can I be blessed? Not by posturing for the best place in the room but by being a blessing to the most vulnerable and needy amongst us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/28/luke-141-7-14-how-can-i-be-blessed/
This old world desperately needs leaders with a dutiful sense of public service which is compassionate and kind.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/27/matthew-2020-28-leadership-as-service-to-others/
True life is sharing both our resources and our hearts with one another.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/26/1-peter-47-11-be-hospitable/
God has called us to bless the world, not condemn it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/25/1-peter-38-12-bless-and-do-not-curse/
Stand firm and openly do what is good and right, every day, no matter who is watching or why they are watching.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/24/luke-66-11-every-day-is-meant-for-doing-good/
Don’t let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good. (Romans 12:21)
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/23/psalm-10-backstabbers/
For whom is given much, much will be required.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/22/jeremiah-71-15-holding-people-accountable/
Jesus is determined to uphold the spirit of the Law, to practice compassion, to do what leads to human betterment.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/21/luke-1310-17-healing-on-the-sabbath/
They think they are doing the right thing when they are actually leading others astray.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/20/luke-61-5-lord-of-the-sabbath/
We live in an age of envy.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/19/acts-171-9-beware-of-jealousy/
Antagonism cannot grow in the soil of grace and mercy.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/18/hebrews-123-17-dont-let-bitterness-take-over/
Systemic evil must be completely and thoroughly overturned.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/17/luke-1945-48-jesus-cleans-house/
Anytime someone believes they have piously figured out everything, they will soon find themselves fighting against God.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/16/acts-744-53-pickle-barrel-christians/
Although the temple and the city are important as visible structures, the invisible God transcends all the tangible things we hold so tightly to.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/15/psalm-74-a-devastating-loss/
Sour grapes come from a sourpuss.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/14/isaiah-51-7-a-parable-of-the-vineyard-2/
Seasons come and go. Eventually, the sky and the earth as we know it now will pass away. However, the words and ways of Jesus Christ will endure for all time.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/13/matthew-2415-27-everything-will-change/
The truth we all must eventually come around to is that joy and security is independent of what’s going on around us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/12/hebrews-1032-39-dont-throw-away-your-confidence/
I long to see this old fallen world restored to her original beauty.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/11/psalm-801-2-8-19-longing-for-restoration/
As much as some folks try to sanitize an evil situation with rainbows and butterflies, the evil is real, and it’s there.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/10/psalm-11-fight-flight-freeze-or-faith/
No matter what side one falls on, there is no biblical precedent or place to dehumanize another person or group of people, period.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/09/isaiah-241-13-dehumanization-pollutes-the-earth/
People of faith allow their belief in what is coming to shape how they live now in daily life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/08/hebrews-111-7-live-by-faith/
There’s always enough because God is enough.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/07/luke-1232-40-dont-be-afraid-to-give/
Who is your master?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/06/matthew-619-24-where-is-your-loyalty-placed/
The reality in front of us is one which demands confrontation, participation, and reformation.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/05/isaiah-918-104-the-reality-in-front-of-us/
The fragility of humanity is not ugly but beautiful.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/04/psalm-501-8-22-23-the-beauty-in-brokenness/
For the believer, there is to be no room for worry because we are busy with kingdom business.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/03/luke-1222-31-do-not-worry/
Circular praying takes practice, practice, practice.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/02/colossians-42-6-circular-praying/
May the God of life strengthen you for this day, and protect you through the coming night.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/08/01/psalm-60-a-prayer-for-deliverance/
We are merely stewards of everything we own.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/31/luke-1213-21-the-parable-of-the-rich-fool/
Jesus offered the rich man someone to be, rather than something to get.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/30/mark-1017-22-jesus-intervenes/
A lack of self-awareness, empathy, and understanding comes from being disconnected from community.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/29/ephesians-417-24-put-off-the-old-put-on-the-new/
Telling our spiritual stories to others is important – both for the storyteller, and also for those who listen.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/28/psalm-1071-9-43-let-the-redeemed-say-so/
“Maturity is looking at every person we meet and saying to yourself, ‘I will never, God helping me, do anything to harm you: not by angrily lashing out at you, lusting over you, faithlessly slipping away from you, verbally hitting back at you, or even justifiably disliking you.’” Frederick Dale Bruner
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/27/matthew-543-48-love-your-enemy/
One can never go wrong with mercy and grace.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/26/hosea-61-10-i-want-mercy-not-sacrifice/
If grace is not the answer, we are not asking the right question.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/25/colossians-216-31-get-rid-of-the-list/
Prayer is much like a wrestling match. It requires a great deal of effort. In fact, every good thing in life demands blood, sweat, and tears.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/24/luke-111-13-ask-seek-knock/
Even small faith is still faith.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/23/luke-822-25-where-is-your-faith/
What makes the difference between between being flaky and being fearless?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/22/acts-222-36-from-flake-to-fearless/
"His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men." Annie Johnson Flint
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/21/psalm-85-god-gives-grace/
Where will you find true satisfaction and hope?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/20/john-641-51-the-bread-of-life/
Grace and law are not antithetical. They go together like a hand in a glove and rely upon each other.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/19/psalm-11917-32-examine-the-wonders-of-gods-instructions/
So, what will you do today, even right now, to take charge of your life and make a step toward maturity and healthy spiritual wholeness?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/18/colossians-127-27-what-is-gods-goal-for-your-life/
"If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard." Proverbs 21:13
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/17/amos-81-12-a-prophets-perspective-on-power-and-poverty/
There is so much evil and injustice in this world that to forcefully and immediately pull up those nasty wicked weeds will end up taking out the good plants next to them. The cure ends up being the harm.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/16/psalm-52-deliver-us-from-evil/
Prayer is a gift.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/15/ephesians-314-21-a-prayer-for-every-believer/
Addressing poverty means removing the obstacles of malevolence, materialism, and militarism.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/14/amos-510-17-work-it-out-in-the-public-square/
"Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me." Jesus
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/13/matthew-2531-46-meeting-jesus/
Christians are people who put love where love is not – which means they brave death’s door to pull others from the flames.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/12/1-john-311-17-love-not-hate/
Getting rid of favoritism only happens whenever we adopt a ministry of mercy toward the poor.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/11/james-21-7-favoritism-is-foolish/
Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/10/luke-1025-37-the-parable-of-the-good-samaritan-2/
Beyond mere dispensing of benevolent funds, the poor also need relationships, connections, resources, and a chance to give back in ways they can contribute. That’s just part of being attentive to them and extending basic human respect and dignity.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/09/psalm-82-help-others-without-prejudice/
There is such a thing as universal human rights – and the godly person will care about this, at the least, because God cares.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/08/amos-24-11-pay-attention-to-the-poor/
"In God's eyes our words have only the value of our actions." St. Ignatius of Loyola
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/07/james-214-26-faith-is-active/
There are times when nice gets us nowhere and we must have hard conversations because of hard hearts.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/06/luke-1013-16-confronting-hard-hearts/
Many people wear plastic smiles, pretend they are strong, and insist on keeping up appearances… And it is killing us with unprecedented numbers of depression, anxiety, and outright despair with nowhere to place it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/05/psalm-6-our-tears-find-a-better-way/
No one ought to be wasting away in their grief and languishing in their tears when we have the means to acknowledge their suffering and to do something about it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/04/psalm-6-independence-day-celebration-or-mourning/
What is of central importance?
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Our past grief and our present troubles will give way to a future hope.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/02/2-kings-432-37-but-that-is-not-the-end-of-the-story/
“The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light.” St. John of the Cross
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/07/01/psalm-30-mourning-has-turned-to-joy/
Whenever the foundation of a house is about to crumble, it won’t do to rearrange the living room furniture and do a bit of spruce up painting.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/30/romans-714-25-our-existential-angst/
Facing trouble is really not the worst thing to be experienced.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/29/matthew-1016-25-the-place-of-trouble/
"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings." Henry Ward Beecher
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/28/psalm-75-dont-talk-out-the-side-of-your-neck/
We must be willing to face the shadowy parts of ourselves.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/27/1-john-27-11-love-not-hate/
Following Jesus is not for the faint of heart.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/26/luke-951-62-the-cost-of-following-jesus/
"All real living is meeting." Martin Buber
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/25/psalm-771-2-11-20-i-and-thou/
People of deep faith develop a high tolerance for ambiguity and find less and less a need for the certainty of rules and regulations.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/24/galatians-48-20-its-all-about-grace/
Hospitality, harmony, and help are all forms of love. And love is to be the guiding principle and practice of church and community.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/23/2-corinthians-135-10-examine-yourselves/
Despair with no voice and no one to hear will eventually transition to harming others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/22/psalm-59-victimization-needs-a-voice/
In Christianity, enmity, hate, and rage aren’t managed; they’re put to death – nailed to the cross and done away with.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/21/ephesians-211-22-included/
There is a transcendent reality behind it all that gives life meaning and purpose.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/20/1-corinthians-118-31-the-sixth-sense-of-spirituality/
The church is meant to be an egalitarian society, and not a place of insiders and outsiders.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/19/galatians-323-29-a-ministry-of-equals-2/
Healing and restoration will happen – just maybe not always how or when we think it will.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/18/matthew-927-34-how-to-use-your-faith/
Spiritual growth occurs in the soil of grace, not law.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/17/galatians-315-22-law-and-grace/
The psalmist did not get answers to his questions. But that was never the point of the asking.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/16/psalms-42-43-longing-for-another-world/
We need people who are willing to be curious and take the understanding we have about another culture and pursue changing something that isn’t right in our own culture.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/15/daniel-11-21-cultural-humility/
The maker of heaven and earth personally advocates for and helps us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/14/psalm-124-help-is-here/
We need one another. Going off and continually doing my own thing or picking up my marbles and going home because I’m mad or frustrated, is what children do. When adults act like children, we rightly discern they are immature and need to grow up.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/13/ephesians-47-16-be-mature/
When we practice abandonment of our wills and acceptance of our circumstances, the result gives us hope, the confident expectation that nothing in our lives happens in vain.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/12/romans-51-5-maybe-there-can-be-peace/
Wisdom is realized whenever there is learning that has come through both the head and the hands.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/11/proverbs-41-9-pay-attention-to-wisdom/
A common commitment to exercise humility is what realizes unity and enjoys peace.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/10/ephesians-41-6-realizing-unity-and-peace-through-humility/
The blessings of wisdom and strength come through dogged pursuit, of going hard after Madame Insight and sticking very close to her.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/09/ephesians-117-19-receive-the-spirit/
We are ordinary people who are given a very extraordinary task.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/08/luke-126-38-the-holy-spirit-will-come-on-you/
The ways we inhabit where we live, matters.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/07/psalm-48-our-place-matters/
The crucifixion of Christ was a past action with continuing and forceful ripples into the present time.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/06/1-corinthians-21-11-relying-on-spiritual-power/
Pentecost means that the Spirit came to shake things up and accomplish among God’s people what they could never do on their own.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/05/acts-21-21-the-day-of-pentecost/
We must discern that our connection with created things fosters a stronger and deeper connection to our fellow humanity.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/04/psalm-10424-35-listen-to-creation/
The way in which we talk to ourselves will eventually become the manner in which we talk to others. The care we learn to extend to ourselves will be the care we give to others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/03/galatians-67-10-you-harvest-what-you-plant/
A right and real confession of Jesus by his Church speaks a relevant word into the culture; proclaims the gospel of grace (not judgment); and consistently and lives what it believes.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/01/luke-918-27-jesus-makes-all-the-difference/
“What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.” John R.W. Stott
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/06/02/galatians-516-25-let-the-spirit-guide-you/
“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/31/psalm-29-the-power-of-language/
There are no guarantees in this life that things will turn out well, or that everything will go our way.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/30/exodus-4016-38-no-matter-where-we-go-god-is-with-us/
We believe that the unity of God's people must be manifested and be active in a variety of ways.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/29/john-1720-26-the-need-for-and-importance-of-unity/
“The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension - above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the knowledge of God.” St. Athanasius
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/28/john-114-18-this-is-the-one/
A big God ought to be worshiped with all the means available to us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/27/psalm-97-celebrate-the-lord/
Maybe the church has A.D.D. (Ascension Deficit Disorder).
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/26/acts-11-11-ascension-of-the-lord-3/
Listen and commit. Promise and do.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/25/2-chronicles-3420-33-renew-your-faith/
Faith is more than a possession; it is a gift to be unpacked and used.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/24/2-chronicles-151-15-revive-us-again/
Love has won the day and will have the eternal day forevermore.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/23/psalm-93-ultimate-power-belongs-to-the-lord/
The gift of peace needs to be unpacked.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/22/john-1423-29-spiritual-peace/
Do you have eyes to see?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/21/luke-191-10-i-want-to-see-jesus/
The psalms are meant to be used – repeatedly. One cannot overuse them.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/20/psalm-67-make-your-face-shine-upon-us/
“Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are and doing things as they ought to be done.” C.E. Stowe
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/19/proverbs-21-5-have-common-sense/
A good neighbor is one who seeks the common good of all persons.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/18/leviticus-199-18-be-a-good-neighbor/
Unexpressed grief neither disappears nor goes away. It eventually comes out sideways, usually harming both ourselves and others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/17/2-samuel-14-27-express-your-grief/
Harmony comes through a common mission and purpose which engages in the shared experiences of loving and caring for others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/16/psalm-133-the-blessing-of-unity-and-harmony-2/
As we break our fixation with the past, embrace our capacity for renewal in the present, it gives a future hope for better days.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/15/revelation-211-6-making-everything-new/
All of our collective experiences are meant not for harm, but for good so that we might realize spiritual growth and maturity.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/14/revelation-1116-19-be-encouraged/
We have got to become comfortable with talking about feelings because we are emotional creatures, created by a God with deep feeling and emotion.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/13/revelation-1115-he-will-reign-forever/
The message may be hard, but it should always be sweet.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/12/ezekiel-28-311-use-the-head-butt/
Take an honest look at Jesus.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/11/john-1031-42-the-real-mccoy/
Healing is for people. Fixing is for things and machines.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/10/acts-932-35-healed/
For the believer, everything in life, whether good or bad, is designed to help us know God better.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/09/psalm-100-know-that-the-lord-is-god/
We need generous rhythms of giving love and receiving love.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/08/revelation-79-17-enduring-love/
The wise way to live is one day at a time.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/07/luke-1229-32-be-content/
Lord, help me to relax.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/06/psalm-23-i-have-everything-i-need-2/
We need transformation of life, not life modification.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/05/ezekiel-111-25-a-new-heart/
We intuitively know, down deep in our gut, in the very marrow of our bones, when genuine Love is among us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/04/luke-51-11-surprised-by-generosity/
What we say and do testifies to our faith and beliefs.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/03/acts-261-18-tell-your-story/
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/02/psalm-121-the-divine-helper/
Sometimes, maybe oftentimes, it takes a bit of time to wrap both our heads and our hearts around a new reality.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/05/01/john-211-19-breakfast-in-the-liminal-space/
“If we are going to examine lives, we will never have mercy upon any human being; rather, hindered by this inopportune meddlesomeness, we will remain fruitless and destitute of all help ourselves.” St. John Chrysostom
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/30/luke-1412-14-abundance-and-inclusion-for-all/
Now is temporary; then is eternal.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/29/revelation-41-11-in-another-dimension/
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me." Jesus
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/28/revelation-314-22-here-i-am/
If God cares and is attentive to the least little things in my life, then how much more will the big issues in my life be handled!?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/27/luke-124-12-dealing-with-trouble/
Pilgrimage is about more than a long walk. It’s about the soul in community with others and God.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/26/psalm-122-a-spiritual-journey/
“The glory of God is a person fully alive, and the life of a person is the vision of God.” St. Irenaeus
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Can God change history?
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Faith comes to fruition when the head, the heart, and the hands all align together.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/23/luke-2436-40-peace-be-with-you/
The feeling of jealousy is meant to tell us something.
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God seeks to restore a life, and not just a malady.
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Trouble with God happens whenever we value efficiency and expediency over obedience and submission.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/20/2-samuel-61-15-be-careful-how-you-celebrate/
God is the expert on turning our song of lament into a song of victory.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/19/psalm-1181-2-14-24-jesus-is-the-cornerstone/
We have the hope of individual renewal, corporate revitalization, and worldwide revival because there is a risen Savior.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/18/1-corinthians-56b-8-easter-is-more-than-a-day/
Why do you look for the living among the dead?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/17/luke-241-12-the-wonder-of-christs-resurrection/
Christ died. And the shame he took on, died with him.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/16/psalm-311-4-15-16-holy-saturday/
Because Christ suffered, our suffering has meaning.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/15/isaiah-5213-5312-good-friday-3/
We need Love to rescue and redeem us from the muck and crud of injustice.
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The end game of Christ’s redemptive work on the cross was joy over deposing the ruler of this dark world and obliterating the obstacles to people’s faith.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/13/hebrews-121-3-wednesday-of-holy-week-2/
Those who die to self will discover eternal life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/12/john-1220-36-tuesday-of-holy-week-2/
Sometimes it takes a woman to show us the way.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/11/john-121-11-monday-of-holy-week/
What kind of world, what sort of people, would we be if we embraced humility and truly served one another with prejudice?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/10/philippians-25-11-descending-into-greatness/
Work is noble. But there is nothing noble about working without rest.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/09/leviticus-231-8-theres-more-to-life-than-work-2/
The biblical psalms give us structure and meaning when the world around us makes no sense.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/08/psalm-319-16-lord-have-mercy-2/
Ignorance does not come from a lack of education; it comes from a failure to pay attention to the most important things in life.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/07/hebrews-21-9-pay-attention/
"The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for." Albert Schweitzer
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/06/habakkuk-32-15-coming-to-grips-with-injustice/
“The moment someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association. And that's not the way to have a conversation.” Neil deGrasse Tyson
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/05/1-john-218-28-who-is-the-real-enemy/
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” G.K. Chesterton
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If we believe there is a better tomorrow, we can bear a hardship today.
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"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." Yoda
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/02/john-1145-57-gripped-by-worry-and-fear/
“We should therefore learn that the only good we have is what the Lord has given us gratuitously; that the only good we do is what He does in us; that it is not that we do nothing ourselves, but that we act only when we have been acted upon, in other words under the direction and influence of the Holy Spirit.” John Calvin
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/01/isaiah-438-15-the-supremacy-of-god-matters/
Seeds of repentance, carefully planted and watered with tears, shall bring an abundant harvest of joy.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/31/psalm-126-plant-in-tears-and-harvest-the-joy/
Most of our plans are humanly possible and doable. Maybe we ought, instead, to seek the impossible.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/30/luke-910-17-jesus-feeds-five-thousand/
We are commanded by God to rest.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/29/leviticus-251-19-your-well-being-is-a-priority-to-god/
Time is nothing more than the relationship between events.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/28/revelation-191-8-the-time-is-coming/
We are to all share the same heart of the father in the parable of the lost son – a heart of hospitable love, abundant grace, and open celebration.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/27/luke-151-3-11b-32-parable-of-the-lost-son/
If any of us feels justified in our hate, then we are the lost one in need of restoration.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/26/luke-151-10-the-parable-of-the-lost-sheep-and-the-lost-coin/
Tangible reminders help us recall why we are here and how important our work really is.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/25/joshua-414-24-the-importance-of-visual-reminders/
Shame cannot survive the light of day; regret typically happens when we fail to do something; and millions of others are struggling with the very same sort of things you are.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/24/psalm-32-dont-waste-away/
Spiritual formation and development are dependent upon slow growth over a long period of time.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/23/luke-1318-21-what-is-the-kingdom-of-god-like/
Jesus said, “The people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God’s message!” (Luke 11:28, CEV)
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/22/romans-212-16-doing-not-just-hearing-makes-the-difference/
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” Carl Jung
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/21/romans-21-11-against-criticism-and-judgment/
"Repentance is nothing else but a reformation of the whole life according to the Law of God." John Calvin
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Oftentimes something needs to be destroyed for a building to be erected.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/19/isaiah-51-7-a-parable-of-the-vineyard/
So, what is to be done about the situation of spiritual deadness in the church?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/18/revelation-31-6-remember-hold-on-and-change/
Spiritual endurance requires becoming comfortable with risk, vulnerability, accountability, and the steadfast love which is both received and given.
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Stand firm and see the deliverance come.
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One way of taking charge of our spiritual lives is beginning the day with some vitamin-packed whole grain goodness of the biblical psalms.
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The biblical character of Abraham is Exhibit A of faith.
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The chicks may scatter and refuse to be gathered. The builders might reject the crucial cornerstone and still try to build. Yet, it will not always be this way.
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Bask in the reality that you are a gift to a hungry world… that you are blessed to be on this earth.
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Doing the right thing, whether someone is watching, or not, is always a hallmark of a good example.
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The way to wait patiently is through hope. And hope is a reality which needs to be continually fortified.
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The truth is this: We just don’t always know why.
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Sleep can be elusive and hard to come by in difficult circumstances. The palpable stress can make it impossible to tone down the racing thoughts.
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Without love, whatever we do is worth nothing.
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Repentance involves both heart and mouth. And Lent is just the season for it.
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The times of testing, danger, risk, and hardship are the opportunities to put trust into practice.
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Don’t be your own worst enemy by sabotaging your thoughts with double-mindedness.
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The incongruence between what we believe and how things are actually turning out can be maddening.
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To not look evil square in the face and call it out for what it is, is at best denial, and at the worst allowing a bitter seed of unforgiveness to gestate in the depths of your soul.
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Heavy, man. Heavy.
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Worship is work. It’s active. It’s participative. And it’s a process which involves some tedious and sometimes slow patient effort.
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“If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two tongues and one ear.” Mark Twain
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The worms of guilt must be unearthed, spread before the heat of the Son, and destroyed.
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“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” Winston Churchill
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Arrogance isn’t an inbred personality trait; it’s the logical end of the successful person’s life who is convinced that everyone ought to adopt their particular set of societal mores, cultural values, political views, and personal disciplines.
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Guilt and shame are not erased by either ignoring them or by dismissing them as negative emotions.
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"We retaliate instead of reflect, and we burn hot in the flames of revenge rather than cool our heels in the pool of patience." Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Repentance and reconciliation are a way of life. They are necessary skills requiring development through continual practice and use.
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Those who have gone before us are passing the baton of leadership and the message of good news to us.
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Whenever personal relations go wrong, nine cases out of ten, immediate action will usually mend the problem.
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In what direction is your love aimed today?
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"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:1-2)
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Righteousness is profoundly social. It has to do with pursuing right relationships with people, not just people I like or who I feel deserve it.
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I wish we lived in a world where people always speak and live the truth in love, without lying, pretense, or posturing. But we don’t. Not everyone embraces a life of encouraging others through truthful affirmation and selfless acts of service.
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There’s a goofy and weird “ha, ha,” and then there’s a goofy and weird “uh, oh.” Keep the “ha, ha,” avoid the “uh, oh,” and you’ll be just fine.
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To “go” doesn’t exclusively mean to travel to another place. It mostly involves the willingness to get up, go, and walk across the street, or even just across the room.
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Our own inner emptiness needs to be filled with practicing the words of life we hear. This is the true path of blessing.
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The grace of God says to us, “Hush, child, I don’t need to know where you’ve been or what you’ve been up to; just let me love you.”
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Every day, we have a choice to make: The way of connection and life, or the way of disconnection and death.
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Our dining room tables are little mission stations.
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Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another.
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Whenever freedom and liberation were needed, women played a central role.
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Whether we believe someone deserves our help or not, all Christian ministry is to be driven by a spirit of love, compassion, and mercy.
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A domesticated Jesus is nothing more than a fictional character.
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Humility is the queen of all virtue, especially that of leadership.
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The Lord intentionally seeks the average commoner and draws near to them. The Creator bends down to meet lowly creatures at their level.
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Jesus stood and looked at the city in all of its religious piety, as well as its worldly pungencies, and he wept.
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Deciding about whom or what we will trust is the existential basis of living.
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There is a vast inner world that needs exploration, just as much as we need to explore the vastness of our earth and the immense space of the universe.
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Hate is temporary and will not last forever. Love is permanent, eternal, and ageless.
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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
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I found, and continue to find, in Jesus Christ a compelling person full of grace, truth, and love.
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Lament is a powerful and necessary form of coming to grips with change.
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Any old fool can complain about how bad things are in the world. But the one determined to make a difference amidst all the surrounding crud and helps to make things better – that is the wise person who is in touch with their own spirit, who is able to see the spiritual within others.
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One of the most fundamental truths about the person of Jesus is that he heals all kinds of people.
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Although life situations change, and we experience limitations in both our choices and our abilities, there are some bedrock realities which will never change that we can bank and build our lives upon.
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One of the great temptations of humanity is to finagle our efforts so that other people will notice and give props to our wonderful work.
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People are people. There doesn't need to be any adjectives in front of that noun in order to group others out of receiving love and justice.
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We all need some guidance and direction when it comes to confronting the problems which surround us.
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A healthy community is one where everyone works together for the common good of all.
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If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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True human satisfaction does not come through personal ingenuity or accumulation of more knowledge or more stuff.
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Believers need to put a whole lot more energy into using their spiritual gifts, rather than putting a crown on some worm of a preacher.
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We aren’t just supposed to hob-nob with people who can help us get where we want to go, or who feed our ambitions. Rather, we are expected to treat everyone with respect and attention.
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Some believers and churches need a question asked of them: Are you ready to throw Jesus off a cliff?
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Just as sitting in a garage doesn’t make someone a car, so sitting in a church worship service does not make someone a Christian.
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Salvation has come to all peoples because of God’s steadfast love – a love that never lets go no matter the circumstances.
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What matters most is the kind of person you are – it’s all about who you become.
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Your goals determine the direction of your life.
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Whenever there are uncertainties all around us, it’s necessary to return to the knowable, to hang our hat on some solid bedrock certainties we are convinced are always there.
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Women are the greatest and largest untapped resource in both the church and the world.
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Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Help people who are in trouble. Stand up for what you know is right and judge all people fairly. Protect the rights of the poor and those who need help. (Proverbs 31:8-9)
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Be very careful how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity.
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"With one simple word of promise, a person creates an island of certainty in a sea of uncertainty.” Lewis Smedes
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Epiphany means “manifestation” or “appearance.”
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True joy comes through hard suffering. The pains of childbirth give way to unspeakable joy.
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Some Christians seem like they were baptized in pickle juice.
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Righteousness and justice involve giving assistance with the hand as well as encouragement with the mouth so that needs are met with no residual bitterness of heart.
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The world is in desperate need of reconciliation and restoration.
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It is time for us to lay aside lesser pursuits and diligently pursue what is right, just, and good.
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In this next year, may you walk in the way of wisdom so that you will make good decisions and act in all good understanding.
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Wisdom is the ability to put truth into practice.
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To be holy means we are prepared and ready to engage in the highest of aims: Love.
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When all is stripped from our lives, and the world as we know it is done away with, what are we left with?
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Praise is not only for the joyful; it can happen no matter the circumstances.
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Have you lost God?
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“Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
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The good news is that a prominent place is given to the humble, for those attempting to make a difference in the world that gives them no place to belong.
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My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
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"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.
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While we look to elections and politicians for hope, the prophet Micah is jumping up and down, pointing us to a different leader – a shepherd leader.
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There is always room at the Table.
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Someone needs to have a vision to see the old become new. If not, then the drab discouragement of a gray and dreary environment can easily take over. We then forget the original shine of how things once were to the point where we cannot even imagine that it’s worth salvaging.
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Now, we have the privilege and opportunity of living into the new reality graciously provided for us. It is an era of great peace, joy, and goodwill. It is so good that it would be absolutely ridiculous to go back to the old way.
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There were times when Jesus got no respect during his earthly ministry.
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The New Testament book of Acts ends abruptly, with no resolution, no tidy conclusion – because the work is still being done and will carry on until Christ returns.
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Isaiah envisions a deep, radical, limitless transformation in which there will be no more desire to injure another; no need to dominate another; and no motive for selfish power over others.
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Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return.
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"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us." Anne Lamott
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Justice is the responsibility of everyone, and not just a few.
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“Unfortunately, there can be no doubt that man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. If an inferiority is conscious, one always has a chance to correct it.” Carl Jung
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As we paint the portrait of our lives, let's be sure to use the right colors.
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You already have everything you need.
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace to people of goodwill. We praise you; we bless you; we adore you; we give thanks to you for your great glory. Amen.
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"We are only as strong as we are united, and as weak as we are divided." J.K. Rowling
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"There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice." Plutarch
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"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain
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God’s love and kindness
will shine upon us
like the sun that rises
in the sky.
On us who live
in the dark shadow
of death
this light will shine
to guide us
into a life of peace. (Luke 1:78-79)
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“It’s better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.” Mahatma Gandhi
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"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself." Georges Bernanos
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There are times we get too focused on ourselves – our fears, inadequacies, weaknesses, failures – and lose sight of the big picture.
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So, what do you long for today?
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"Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms." C.S. Lewis
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"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." Melody Beattie
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"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia." Charles M. Schulz
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"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." Helen Keller
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The biblical psalms are like a fresh stream in a dry desert.
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We are to put off the old clothes of spiritual insensitivity and social injustice. We are to put on the new clothes of righteousness and peace.
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"My kingdom is not of this world." Jesus Christ
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Faith, a noun, is closely accompanied by it’s verb, believe. Together, as identical twin sisters, they let us know that both knowledge and action are needed.
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Humility is the cornerstone to every good thing in this life.
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Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.
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“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” Oswald Chambers
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“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope.” Reinhold Niebuhr
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Love isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Sometimes it’s downright tough, unabashedly truthful, and concerned for appropriate justice.
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It's our privilege to persevere through life using the spiritual gifts of faith, hope, and love.
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"All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Blaise Pascal
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Our knowledge, understanding, and sense of identity are vitally important because we tend to live up to how we view ourselves.
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"Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. Lose hope and you die. They may not bury you for awhile, but without hope you are dead inside. The only way to face the future is to fly straight into it on the wings of hope....hope is the energy of the soul. Hope is the power of tomorrow." Lewis Smedes
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Good news to the poor, the prisoner, the blind, and those who suffer is sometimes interpreted as bad news by the rich, the free, the sighted, and the healthy.
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Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.
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“Despite our earnest efforts, we couldn't climb all the way up to God. So what did God do? In an amazing act of condescension, God climbed down to us and became one with us." Will Willimon
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"Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God." Henri Nouwen
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"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden." Corrie Ten Boom
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There is a fine line between hard work that provides and enriches, and lonely work that is frenetic and fueled by anxiety about the future.
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"It is impossible for a person not to be puffed by his good works unless he has first been deflated and destroyed by suffering and evil until he knows that he is worthless and that his works are not his but God’s.” Martin Luther
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"Mission is putting love where love is not." St. John of the Cross
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The biblical psalms help give voice to our contemporary situations.
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"Love is the only thing that can turn an enemy into a friend." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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For some, the greatest prison is not tangible or physical – it is the prison of conscience, bound and wracked by guilt and shame.
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Mercy is not dependent on what kind of people we are but is simply based on need.
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We are meant to both receive and provide justice without prejudice or discrimination.
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The Bible is an unfolding drama of human redemption.
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Two blind men are marvelously and miraculously healed by Jesus. Ironically, the crowd remained unchanged and in the dark.
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Sometimes our expectations for the future become much too tethered to an extremely specific outcome, so that, when it doesn't happen, we become despaired.
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We must seek our better angels of humility, tolerance, and patience to guide our public discourse.
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Going back to the old obsolete system is like living in a tent, and believing you are home.
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"To touch is to give life." Michelangelo
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It is one thing to pray because of expectation or routine. It is altogether a different thing to pray out of desperation from the depths of your gut.
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Jesus serves people because they need his love, and not so they will love him back.
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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How do you handle missed expectations and grave disappointments?
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One of the great deceptions which can befall Christians is that Christianity is all about strength, victory, and glory. That, however, is only part of the story.
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We just don’t know as much as we think we do.
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Not everything is at it seems.
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We are inextricably connected to every atom in this universe.
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Is there an acknowledgment that the measure we give to others shall eventually be given to us?
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A daily regimen of reading at least one psalm out loud can have the effect of bringing our mind, spirit, and emotions into alignment so that they are not disparate parts inside us.
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"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." Christopher Reeve
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Everyone needs help. The issue is whether we ask for it, or not.
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It is okay to not be okay.
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Maybe instead of inventing new ways to overfill our schedules and erase any margin from our day to day existence, we ought to create ways of ruthlessly eliminating hurry from our lives.
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To encourage means to smile and give direct eye contact, listen to each other with focused attention, validate one another’s honest strivings toward the spiritual life, offer gratitude, and acknowledge each person’s gifts, strengths, and abilities.
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Boundaries – making and keeping promises – deals with outside forces trying to compromise our values. Accountability in naming our struggles mitigates covetousness.
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"Truth makes love possible. Love makes truth bearable." Rowan Williams
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In all pain, the story we tell ourselves about the reason for the hurt is significant. We have a relationship with our pain.
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The purpose of the Lord’s Table is to participate in the blessings of Christ by visually re-creating the story of Jesus.
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Silence from God, when in throes of grief, makes suffering seem pathetically senseless.
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“Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.” St. John of the Cross
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Christ’s cross has done so much more than bring personal salvation; it has completely eradicated prejudice, discrimination, and division.
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Your self-care is always a valid excuse to say "no."
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“The moment someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association. And that's not the way to have a conversation.” Neil deGrasse Tyson
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"A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him." Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
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Prayer is not a strictly private affair; it is a communal activity.
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Christianity is meant to be therapeutic and helpful, adding value to culture and society – and not an added burden to an already bad situation.
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Accountability is important. People need to be held to a clear, right, and just standard of attitude and behavior – especially when they mess with the food supply.
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Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
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Humanity is hard-wired for blessing, for a steady diet of encouragement, acceptance, and approval.
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May we all use whatever resources, gifts, abilities, and time we have to bless others and contribute to the common good of all persons.
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“The man who tries to walk two roads will split his pants.” African Proverb
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"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." John Wooden
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A hypocrite is one who conveniently forgets their faults to point out someone else's.
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Although there is a wide range of creative choices we have for most everything, we as humans best function and discover happiness when we are in sync with our Creator.
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"The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy." Herodotus
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Holding people accountable for their words and behavior, and doing it without a critical spirit, is at the heart of godly living.
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My mind and my body may grow weak, but G-d is my strength; he is all I ever need.
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Even God had rebellious children.
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Words and speech are the most powerful tools we have in life.
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There was once a Pastor in the 1890’s, Pastor Wright, who pronounced from his pulpit and wrote an article for his denomination’s newsletter on how people flying was both impossible and contrary to the will of God. Pastor Wright had two sons named Orville and Wilbur. The Pastor was so sure of himself, but he was surely wrong.
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Maybe we need to expand our understanding of faith to include people we might typically exclude.
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To keep going, to endure and persevere, demands sustained faith over the course of a lifetime.
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All of life requires faith. The real issue is in whom or what it is placed.
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Christianity isn’t a matter of doing more. It is a way of life – a continuous evaluation of beliefs and thinking, addressing the shadows of the heart, and listening to the compassion deep in our gut.
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Lady Wisdom invites people to consult, collaborate, converse, and cooperate with well-worn bodies of teaching passed down through the ages – to drink deeply and eat heartily of truth.
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Showing mercy, instead of favoritism, is the way love expresses itself.
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Faith, coupled with urgency, doggedly persists.
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Perhaps we need to become adept at being spiritual mountain goats, using our wide cloven hooves of faith to negotiate the immense crags and rocks of God.
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"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." Carl Jung
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Since there is wickedness found in all places and with all people, evil needs to be dealt with and expunged from both heinous hearts as well as the hoarding habitations of injustice.
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God loves me as I am, and not as I should be.
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Be safe. Be strong. Be smart. Be spiritual. We are all in this together.
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Pay attention to the person in the mirror.
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Sometimes you have to get your behind in the past before you can put your past behind you.
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“There are two eras in American history: the passing of the buffalo and the passing of the buck.” Will Rogers
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Faith is active and dynamic. It’s always either developing or degenerating.
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If we endure abuse because of being humble, merciful, gentle, pure in heart, and an unflinching peacemaker amid conflict, then we can enjoy the smile of heaven.
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"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." Corrie Ten Boom
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If we are persecuted, let’s make sure it is because we are advocating for others who need mercy and are facing injustice.
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Submitting to one another means we must cooperate with one another instead of competing against each other.
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Our fight is not with flesh and blood; it is with hearts and minds.
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Prayer has veracity because of whom those prayers are directed.
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Just as good nutrition, hygiene, diet, and exercise are part of caring for the body, a personal sacred space for prayer, meditation and spiritual thought is part of the spiritual self-care that can enrich and support our lives.
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Building faith is tedious and patient work. It happens through encouraging one another.
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We grow in and into faith.
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Routine and repetition might seem tedious and boring, yet are indispensable.
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We must have a zero tolerance policy toward evil.
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"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Have faith in me, and you will have life-giving water flowing from deep inside you," Jesus
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True spirituality is not always staid and silent. It is also boisterous and loud.
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Death ought to teach us how to live, how to face our limitations, and how to accept hardship and the inevitable.
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It requires faith to take and eat.
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One thing we all share about the human experience is that, sooner or later, someone or a group of people will let us down.
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"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A stalk of corn might look good, but if you shuck it and it’s filled with worms, it isn’t going to be worth much.
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We might too often neglect to ask, seek, and knock because we rely on our own determination, abilities, education, or observations.
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Grace lived out in real experiences knows when to get under a load and help carry it. And grace also knows when to be kind to self and share the heavy burden with others who can help shoulder it for a bit.
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"With great power comes great responsibility." Stan Lee
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If we keep our feet happy through dancing our thankfulness, then we will not walk into trouble.
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I am because we are.
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"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." Winston Churchill
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"Bad teaching is teaching which presents an endless procession of meaningless signs, words, and rules, and fails to arouse the imagination." W.W. Sawyer
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True community means there are not to be divisions of special interest groups or a separation of class, ethnicity, race, or gender.
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Sin is like a permanent putrid abscess that never quite heals and goes away.
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“I don’t…” “I’m not…” “I can’t…” comes from a very limited vantage point.
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The angle from which we view self, others, and problems is really important.
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“It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.” Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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"Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all." George Washington
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Food has both the power to bring us together, as well as separate us.
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Be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient. Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong. Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.
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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." John Wooden
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Celebration is a spiritual practice.
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Tears are often the telescope by which humanity sees far into heaven.
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Human renewal will not come through the latest seminar or becoming savvy webmasters. Instead, sustainable human thriving will come through a renewal of spirituality.
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It is such a beautiful thing whenever someone refuses to be shamed by another and embraces their own need.
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“Focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging,” Marshall Rosenberg
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What is happening with our outward bodily movements needs to be congruent with what is occurring inside our spirits.
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"God wants worshipers before workers; indeed the only acceptable workers are those who have learned the lost art of worship." A.W. Tozer
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God's presence and power make me happier than a gopher in soft dirt.
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Doing the wrong thing for the right reason is still the wrong thing to do.
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"The most important feature of sacred space is found in what it is by definition: the place of God’s presence. The cosmic-temple idea recognizes that God is here and that all of this is his. It is this theology that becomes the basis for our respect of our world." John Walton
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"The whole reason why we pray is to be united into the vision and contemplation of God to whom we pray." Julian of Norwich
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“Whatever people may do, to whatever they may apply their hands - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or in mind, in the world of art, and science – they are, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. They are employed in the service of God. They have strictly to obey God. And above all, they must aim at the glory of his God.” Abraham Kuyper
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When it comes to our prayers, we ought to expect the unexpected.
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The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
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“The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” Robert F. Kennedy
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It is the meek who will inherit the earth – not aggressive people who believe in survival of the fittest, stepping on people to get where they want to go, or badgering others in order to get their way.
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In God’s upside-down kingdom, the eager beavers are turned away, and the half-hearted are called.
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Listening, praying, and acting with justice and kindness are essential pathways to moral leadership.
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Leadership devoid of spiritual awareness will inevitably result in short-sighted and self-serving leaders. Conversely, devout leadership which evidences an integration of mind, emotions, and spirit will surely bring life and happiness to many.
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Faith involves information and action. Both are needed for genuine belief.
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Premeditated, deliberate, conscious wrongdoing can only expect a predictable process of moral failure.
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Sometimes we just need a darned good friend.
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“Through the prism of my tears I have seen a suffering God. It is said of God that no one can behold his face and live. I always thought this meant that no one could see his splendor and live. But I have come to see that it more likely means that no one can see his sorrow and survive.” Nicholas Wolsterstorff
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“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.” E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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When deliverance and rescue seem slim. And hopelessness begins to calcify the spirit. love can release the hardening situation.
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True sorrow leads to the careful, tedious, and patient work of repentance with all its vulnerability, awkwardness, and courage.
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Ultimately, fear has to do with disconnection. It is to feel powerless, separated from any resources, unable to do anything about what is presently staring us in the face and scaring us.
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The way to avoid wrongdoing is by hating sin.
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Anxiety can warp our thinking, cause pain in our gut, and darken our heart.
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The issue is not how much faith we have, but in whom our faith is placed.
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Anger is an emotional response to injustice. Whenever we are wronged or treated unfairly – or observe another person or group of people experiencing injustice – it stirs up our anger.
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A true friend is one whom you know always has your back; is the first person you call in the middle of the night in an emergency; and is the confidant you can say anything to, and they won’t freak out about it.
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If anyone claims to know precisely what God is doing and should do, they are a spiritual huckster speaking from ignorant pride.
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Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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We must see beyond or through the world’s crud to a Divine Being who is there, reachable, and very much, cares about the state of humanity.
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The human brain is hard-wired, in such a way, that it works its best when healthy rhythms of giving and receiving occur.
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Folks who are enamored with outward displays of spirituality and righteousness tend to be compulsive about maintaining appearances – for both themselves, and everyone else.
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Solitude is important because it is the true path to listening well.
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Human flourishing occurs deliberately, not by happenstance. It takes intentional work in attending to the development of the soul, the needs of the body, educating the mind, and feeling deeply about things so that the whole person thrives and enjoys life.
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Belief transcends time.
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An admission of weakness, trouble, hardship, or suffering is neither a lack of faith nor the unpardonable sin.
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"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace." William Gladstone
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"No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it." Oliver Goldsmith
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If we lived by the whims of what fancies us in the moment, many of us would never get out of bed in the morning, and not even bother to put on pants when we do.
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It is our brokenness – not having it all together – which shows grace to others.
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"There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak." Simon Sinek
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The difference between the proud and the lowly is evidenced by their prayers.
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“Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines.” Henri Nouwen
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Speaking words of blessing and backing up those words with an active commitment, is vital to humanity’s spiritual and emotional health.
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Any worldly success we gain, and getting the things we want, may lead us to the delusion we have the power to do whatever we want.
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It is my sincere and ardent desire that you will experience a good life, even when that life has a bevy of challenges, stresses, and difficulties baked into it.
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“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” G-d
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Connect. Abide. Remain. Stay grounded in love.
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My grandson once remarked when I was talking to him about being cautious at the playground, “How am I supposed to meet new people if I can’t talk to strangers?”
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The Spirit is the distinguishing mark of the Christian life.
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“I discovered that the meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Yes, we all need one another – even if it doesn’t seem that way at first.
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We are to take initiative in identifying our abilities and gifts, unpacking them, and indiscriminately using them for the common good of all persons.
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There is so much groaning going on because we realize there is such a large gap between where we are and where we want to be.
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We don’t always get what we want in life. But we won’t get it if we don’t ask. It’s good to focus on what you want or need in life, instead of questioning whether you’re worthy to receive it.
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“I worked hard for my money and I will do whatever I want with it!” and the even more crass, “It wasn’t God who put food on my table!” are just a few of the power delusions I have heard from others, as if personal accomplishments are disconnected to any other force in the universe.
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Faith isn't just a spiritual thing; it's also embodied.
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You will suffer, but your pain will turn to joy.
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"True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you." J. Oswald Sanders
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People become like the objects of their worship.
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“It is impossible for a person not to be puffed by his good works unless he has first been deflated and destroyed by suffering and evil until he knows that he is worthless and that his works are not his but God’s.” Martin Luther
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More important than our doing, is our way of being together, how we are with one another.
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It is both physically and spiritually healthy to clap and shout with joy.
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The miracle of Christ's ascension to heaven is not in the lifting off from earth to another realm. It is in the reality that though being far away, the Lord is actually near.
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Passing the spiritual baton and leaving a heritage for future generations is a sacred trust.
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"Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins." Henry Cloud
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The practical working of perseverance in one’s life is marked by gentleness. When we take the long view, we can be gentle, not rushing or hurrying people to be godly beyond their own personal growth capacity.
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“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were not limitations to overcome. The mountaintop would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.” Helen Keller
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Leadership is more about being than about doing. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/08/mark-1042-45-true-leadership/
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The glory of God is a person fully alive. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/07/acts-1034-43-alive-with-a-new-vision/
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Open yourself to the possibility of smelling colors, talking to trees, and listening to what animals have to say to you. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/06/psalm-98-sing-a-new-song/
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Some things can’t be intellectually explained. They just are. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/05/john-1418-31-i-will-come/
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Wisdom is, first, pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/04/james-317-18-be-wise/
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Living the spiritual life can be scary and unpredictable. Yet, such a life produces a variety of good fruit. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/03/galatians-516-26-let-the-spirit-guide-you/
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Show me a sourpuss Christian, and I’ll show you a Christian who is not close to Christ. Show me a sweet Christian and I’ll show you a believer who daily works at their connection with Jesus. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/02/stay-connected/
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The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/01/amos-97-15-a-promise-of-restoration/
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We all do better when we all do better. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/30/amos-811-13-not-just-some/
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Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/29/amos-81-7-a-prophets-perspective-on-the-powerful-and-the-poor/
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If you find yourself in a mess, whether it is of your own making or of somebody else’s, grace is the thing that can handle it. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/28/mark-1426-31-pride-comes-before-the-fall/
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Sometimes the difficult circumstances of life seem to have no end. Yet, they will eventually pass, and we must continually keep this in mind. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/27/revelation-713-17-your-tears-will-not-last-forever/
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Real worship is a divine conversation between God and humanity. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/26/psalm-95-worship-and-whining/
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Anyone or any profession in which we might deem a person in that line of work as of dubious character – that is how a shepherd and their work were viewed by ancient people. It is the lowly of society who get down and dirty. Because of their work, they get a suspicious and contemptuous reputation. Remarkably, Jesus unabashedly aligned himself with such people. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/25/john-1011-18-good-shepherd/
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The axis of the world does not spin on effort and working harder but on grace and love. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/24/mark-630-34-the-ethics-of-rest-and-work/
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The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, usually do. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/23/acts-41-4-the-message-of-resurrection/
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God is big enough, strong enough, and loving enough to handle whatever overwhelming circumstance we face. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/22/psalm-23-god-is-bigger-than-your-valley/
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The immature simpleton refuses to wait on the lessons that wisdom tries to teach us. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/21/proverbs-91-6-lady-wisdoms-invitation/
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To embrace truth is to love a group of people wherever they are, and not where we want them to be. It is to see them, listen to them, then act on their behalf. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/20/2-john-11-6-love-must-have-its-way-or-it-isnt-love/
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Having moved through the ups and downs of doubt, curiosity, anger, lament, and trust, it is appropriate that the biblical psalter ends with lots of joyful noise. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/04/19/psalm-150-praising-god/
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