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Continue reading →: Living With the Spirit
Living With the Holy Spirit Suppose you received a notice that the president of the United States of America was coming to your house in the next few days. In addition, the President desires to stay a few days with you. Would you leave everything as it was inside and…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 12 “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Paul has the resurrection in his viewer but he knows he has to walk the pathway to get…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 11 “…that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.” Is Paul questioning his chances of resurrection from the dead? I think not. More likely he is expressing his desire to win through whatever plan God has ahead of him. He is sure of…
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the Spring
Shootout at the Spring Episode Twenty Nancy Nancy washed the last dish from the previous two days and set it on a towel to drain. She had not eaten a big meal at supper time, and so there weren’t that many dishes to wash. She was mostly trying to find…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 10 “…that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,” There is a bit of now and not yet in this verse. Paul wants to know Jesus in the here and now, in his everyday…
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Continue reading →: Welcoming the Holy Spirit
Welcoming the Holy Spirit How would you describe your relationship with the Holy Spirit? Would you say you know about the Holy Spirit or that you know the Holy Spirit? When you were baptized the Holy Spirit of God came to live in you. What was that like for you?…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 9 “…and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—” Paul doubles down on separating his present following of Christ from his previous following…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 8 “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ…” Listen to what Paul is saying. “I…
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Continue reading →: No Blog Friday
There will be no blog Friday. Grandson getting married. Philippians will resume next Monday. Shootout a day earlier for those fans.
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the Spring
Shootout at the Spring Episode Nineteen The two lawmen cleaned the campsite, and in minutes, everyone and everything was loaded up. The small caravan set out across the river. The water rose to the horses’ cinch straps when they reached the middle of the current. Luckily, Old Joe was tall…
