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“I come to the garden alone….” This hallowed hymn always strums an emotional chord deep within me. It beckons me to that place of sweet delight with the Lover of my soul. “And the joy we share, as we tarry there, none other can ever know.” It is there that we enter the Holy of [...]

INTRODUCTION When I was a baby Christian, a Bible teacher was inquiring which books we would like to study. I chimed in, “Isaiah!” His comment, however, was in the negative, saying it was a lot of dry history and judgments. That was certainly not my take on the prophet. Even as young in the Lord as I [...]

My precious granddaughter’s name is “Hephzibah”. It’s a beautiful name but it isn’t simple and it isn’t convenient. When people first hear it, they want it re-pronounced, spelt, and explained. But the meaning is lovely: “my delight is in her”. Would every child know that their parents delight in them! God placed this name in [...]

We confess this frequently at my church:  “Christ has died. Christ is risen.  Christ will come again.”   These are foundational Christian beliefs.  Do you believe Christ is coming again?   Many,many  Scriptures reference the Lord’s Coming.  Some of these just reference the “Day” or the “Revelation” but are included to show how foundational the Second Coming [...]

I was reading Philippians 3:7-11 this morning and reflecting on counting “all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (verse 8). I kept asking myself, what do I count as gain? What rubbish thing am I holding on to? Do I live like Christ is infinitely [...]

Someone mentioned to me after the sermon on Numbers 11 that it appears that both Israel and Moses complained, but Israel was judged and Moses was blessed. Why? What was the difference? Here are my thoughts as we compare Israel and Moses complaints. Lets first take a look at Israel’s complaint. Israel’s complaint seemed like [...]

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.  –Philippians 2:17

God calls us to not just give up a little bit of ourselves for His sake, but to give ALL of ourselves for Him. It [...]

I’ve been going a little crazy for the past two hours…typing away on my baby laptop, going in circles trying to figure out what it is that seems to have been bothering me all day… I’ve been thinking a lot about all that I’ve seen so far in these past two weeks in Africa… and now, seeing [...]

I love charts because it helps me to see the big picture in a glance. Years ago, I made a chart of the various characteristics of each Church as described in Revelation 2-3. Unfortunately, that style chart doesn’t fit into this blog format so I’ve revamped it somewhat. Because the Lord admonishes us to “hear what the Spirit says [...]

I woke up feeling sad this morning and didn’t know why until I looked at the calendar. (It seems that this happens every month on the 22nd.)  I asked God to encourage me in my QT and He was faithful as always.  This is not about Phil. 4, because I don’t really know how to do [...]

4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. If God is everywhere, how can He be at hand with some and far from others (unbelievers)?  If He is with and in all believers, how can we draw nearer to [...]

It seems that there are a lot of encouraging points about support raising in this chapter.  I was thinking particularly of Heidi and Derek as they are about to embark on support raising and how this chapter may give them a lot of encouragement. I think verses 4:14-20 are pertinent.  First, Paul commends the church [...]

Ok, I guess I can’t go to the bible part or else I lose all that I have written.  So, I will go to the Bible part first, copy, and then come back and paste.  I will make sure I don’t leave this page until I am done writing everything I want to. 1:1 Paul and [...]

I am so glad to blog with all of you!   I look forward to not only learning how to use Biblefox but also learning from each one of you!   Before I make my first post/comments, I want to say I will try to write my thoughts with upmost honesty (raw), yet I will also try [...]

I have been pondering verses 7-8 the past few days. Vs. 7-8 – “But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.  What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.  [...]

You know, I put off reading this for so long because of a fear that I’m just now realizing I have habitually: I’m afraid God won’t speak to me.  But yet again He has come through.  I need to start logging these instances. Several things struck me in this first chapter of Philippians: 1. Paul’s love [...]

Paul seems to feel more confident about the maturity of the Philippians than he seems in other epistles. He doesn’t have much rebuke for them, and he doesn’t spend much time talking about the basics. In chapter 3 he elaborates on what he seemed to consider a mature way of following Christ. He speaks of [...]