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Category: Bible Thoughts

  • If You Could Go Back in Time, What Would You Tell Your 18 Year Old Self?

    If You Could Go Back in Time, What Would You Tell Your 18 Year Old Self?

    “If you could go back in time and talk to your 18 year old self, what would you say?” That’s the question I asked a few people back in 2019 when I was 18. I don’t remember most of the responses, but one of them stuck with me. “Don’t be so selfish.” That answer came…

  • Six Lessons from Joseph’s Slavery

    Six Lessons from Joseph’s Slavery

    I learned six Lessons from Joseph’s slavery in my church’s Young Adult Bible Study this week. Joseph’s Brothers Sold Him Into Slavery “So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand…

  • The Little Things

    The Little Things

    The Little Things God sometimes gives us joy in the little things. The little graces. A hassle I was expecting to have to deal with was resolved before I woke up. I was able to talk to 7 medical (two were billing) people and left messages for another four today. I had been putting that…

  • How Can We Live in Sin if We Died to It?

    How Can We Live in Sin if We Died to It?

    How Can We Live in Sin if We Died to It? “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus…

  • Adversity is an Opportunity.

    Adversity is an Opportunity.

    Adversity is an opportunity. My blog going down for a few hours gave me the idea of using it as an opportunity to talk about adversity. By blog going down was a very minor “trial”, but it got me thinking about the many ways God uses adversity to bring about good. God Brings Good through…

  • What is one lesson that changed you for the better?

    I was talking to my Uncle and he was telling me about a workshop he participated in at his church. At one point during the workshop, he said “If I’ve been doing it wrong for 40 years, and you’ve been doing it right for 20 years, I want to learn from you”. There was a…

  • Shane and Shane: An Easter Family Night of Worship

    Shane and Shane: An Easter Family Night of Worship

    This a paper I wrote for my music class that I lightly edited for this post. I listened to Shane and Shane’s “Easter Family Night of Worship” concert on YouTube: Easter Family Night of Worship | Concert and Communion with Shane & Shane. Shane & Shane (Shane Barnard and Shane Everett) were joined by Adrian…

  • Suffering: A Different Take on Thanksgiving

    Suffering: A Different Take on Thanksgiving

    The First Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a special time of year for giving thanks as we reflect on all God has given us. The cliche is that everything is great, therefore I praise God. When the harvest is in, the table is full, and we have no apparent lack of anything. What about when the harvest…

  • A Letter to a Friend

    A Letter to a Friend

    The following is a lightly edited excerpt from a letter I wrote to a friend on joy, suffering and making our lives count. I recommend reading it as if I wrote it to you. “…I will be praying for you and encourage you to focus on what cannot be seen. What God is doing in…

  • While We’re Waiting

    “What God is doing in us while we wait is more important than what we’re waiting for.” – Unknown