Meditation Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. “This is eternal life, that […]

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Jesus: The Everliving One –Creator of All Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed. But You […]

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PENTECOST SUNDAY HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues. – Acts 2:4 During a mission trip to Vancouver, our hosts told us that God gave us a chance to rest first and have some form of recreation. So they toured us […]

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We are to bear fruit for Him!Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in […]

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Meditation Paul’s Exhortation to be Steadfast Finally, dear brothers and sisters, I ask you to pray for us. Pray first that the Lord’s message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you. Pray, too, that we will be saved from wicked and evil people, for not everyone […]

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God – The Great Divider___________________Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.Luke 12:51 NIV___________________ Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? […]

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Grace To Persevere Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20,21 KJV__________________ Now unto him that is able to keep you […]

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Feast of St. Joseph the worker TOUGH ACT FOR CONRAD “A prophet is respected everywhere except in his hometown and by his own family.” – Matthew 13:57 My friend Conrad (not his real name) recently became a lay minister. Now 52, he and his wife, Emily, have three teenage kids. Ten years before he became […]

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MASTERAL PROGRAM “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now…” – John 16:12 I just finished a two-year masteral program that is a zillion miles unrelated to my being a dentist. Naturally, it was very difficult for me to absorb the new concepts which my mind was not accustomed to. […]

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Meditation The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom Why are the nations in an uproarAnd the peoples devising a vain thing?The kings of the earth take their standAnd the rulers take counsel togetherAgainst the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us tear their fetters apartAnd cast away their cords from us!”He who [b]sits in the heavens […]

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