The words I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:63 There’s something wonderful about the real thing.  Plastic fruit has its place, but give me fresh fruit any day! Play money works in the Monopoly board game, but I’ll take the real dinero, thank you very much! Wearing clothes that […]

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Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Ps 127:1 Back in the mid 1990’s, I had the good fortune of working in the New Bedford Public School System as a facilitator in a federally funded Home School Goal Project. The primary purpose of this program was to cut costs […]

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God operates in commandments, not suggestions. Edwin Louis Cole Something of a question is stirring inside me that I pray will come across effectively in today’s message.  As confessed Christians, do we find ourselves simply working for Christ, with good intentions in our imagination, or are we actually walking in Him and co-laboring with Him?  […]

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Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts. Psalm 90:12 It’s easy, in this season of hard-nosed political and cultural warfare, to detect different party and group agendas.  In the midst of this obvious reality, may we focus on what is far more subtle and personal in […]

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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 What is success?  One of the minor ways some people measure success is yelling Bingo! on a Wednesday or Friday night.  There’s excitement in the caller naming the letter and number […]

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This then is the message which we have heard from Him and declare unto you: that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 Thomas Edison, one of the most famous inventors, conducted thousands of experiments before his first light bulb ever lit up.  At one critical point, his entire lab burned down causing him […]

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With God all things are possible. Matt 19:26 Sometime ago we received an educational advertisement in the mail heralding a new perspective with a catchy front cover headline that read….”Think Big”.  In smaller print, in the shadow of this “Think Big” promotion, was a sample of studies listed as course selections.  The courses mentioned were Winter Skate Boarding, Burlesque Dancing, and The Paranormal.  Without getting carried away with the […]

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Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.  Eph 3:20-21 Plastic fruit has its place, but give me fresh […]

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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. Rom 8:14                                                                                                                                                    Please allow me to establish a foundation with you.  It is safe to say that none of us knows everything.  It is even safe to say that all of us actually do know something.  The problem we face in […]

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Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. Prov. 28:26 There are three wise old sayings that help to corral our purpose in sharing this week.   The first is the easiest to harness:  “Time flies when we’re having fun.” The second is a little more […]

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