What you think about at night...
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March 10, 2011 |
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“I think of you through the watches of the night.” Psalm 63:6
Has it ever struck you that what we think about at night is an indicator of who we are? Somehow the night has a knack of stripping away bravado, tearing the pajamas off false confidences. It leaves our mind naked and, when our clever defenses are asleep, our true thoughts emerge. When we let the sun go down on our...
Rejoicing in…...
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December 21, 2010 |
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The end of the year is a time of introspection. We wonder whether we made enough money: were we a success? Single people look at their relationships and wonder how long the loneliness will go on. Non-profit leaders contemplate whether the outcomes warrant the effort. Holidays, Christmas and New Year in particular, can be reminders of the progress we did not make.
Part of my challenge is...
Antidote to anxiety...
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December 2, 2010 |
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Know my anxious thoughts. Psalm 139:23
Sometimes the motivation for the psalm is not revealed until the end. Have you ever wondered whether God is still with you? Have you been flummoxed about the progress of your enemies, while you have languished in mediocrity? Or have you found yourself at the other end of the world and wondered how you got there? Has your career tacked from left...
Watch out for miracles...
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November 24, 2010 |
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Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in man’s behalf! Psalm 66:5
Miracles can be a good thing, but they are not inconsequential. Miracles can get us out of a pickle, but they can also create their own dilemma. Miracles can be just what gets us out of trouble, and exactly what condemns us. Watch out for miracles. To understand this let’s unpack Psalm 66 a little,...
Assumptions, exceptions...
Have you ever wondered if we are not seeing the results to which we think we are entitled because we are living off the wrong premise? Could we be expecting certain outputs, and calling it faith, when our inputs are wrong? Could we have the wrong set of assumptions? I have been thinking about some “Assumption Phrases” in the Bible: “Since you are…” and...A whale could ruin your day...
Last night I was sharing with a group of friends the strategy that Jesus used when he met a young businessman. The man was rough around the edges, an outdoor kind of guy, running a blue collar business. He had dirt under his finger nails and smelled of fish and nets and boat. No one got points for hanging around his business. There was no, “I had lunch with the mayor”-factor...Why didn’t they put that in the mo...
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June 3, 2010 |
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I am now officially NOT a fan of the movie, Invictus! I admit that, apart from the appalling rugby scenes and the absence of humorous banter (which I know to be common among South Africans), I did enjoy the movie. Then I read the book!
This morning I sat in bed in a Lagos hotel and finished the chapter where the SA rugby team learned to sing the new national anthem (which the author...
Comfort, or Comforter?...
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April 18, 2010 |
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There is no question that we all need comfort from time to time. How we get it is the question. It seems that there are several options:
We find our own comfort in whatever… food, distractions, you name it.
We let God comfort us.
We stay worried.
This last week or so I have been thinking about how God comforts us. First, I want to point out that God may not be as committed to us...
Topsy-turvy...
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March 20, 2010 |
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When the earth goes topsy-turvy
And nobody knows which end is up,
I nail it all down,
I put everything in place again. GOD
God made this observation in Psalm 75. Pity he is not running for office, or sorting out the healthcare malaise, or the budget mess. What if we had Godspan instead of Greenspan? Would the world be in this sorry state? The answer is, “Of course not,”...
In favor of the Saints!...
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February 9, 2010 |
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Even the non football fans have probably been watching the day-after advertisements, which were generally not very exciting. But isn’t it great that the saints won!?
Actually, I don’t give a rip who wins the Super Bowl (ever since Joe Montana retired, or the Young guy who replaced him) but I do like the parallel: in the end the underdog, the saints… we win.
This...
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