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  But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. – 2 Peter 1:5-7 … Continue reading →

You shall set apart a district for the Lord, a holy section of the land;  — Ezekiel 45:1 I remember as a kid that there were specific times and specific places I had to be.  Nearly all of these involved … Continue reading →

  And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord:  Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.  – Luke 19:8 … Continue reading →

  When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees saying, “Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” — Luke 5:8   Last week, I talked about Peter reluctantly obeying God. Through that obedience, … Continue reading →

But Simon answered and said to him, “Master we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.”  — Luke 5:5 Why do you obey God?  Really think about that question and … Continue reading →

Because of my integrity you uphold me, and you set me in your presence forever. –Psalm 41:12   I remember signing an academic honesty statement at Clemson University. It basically said that I would not cheat in any way whatsoever … Continue reading →

Before the Service Begins I was glad when they said unto me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” – Psalm 122:1 Psalms 122-134 are called the Psalms of Ascent.  I like to call them the songs of … Continue reading →

Whoever abides in Him does not sin.  Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.  – 1 John 3:6 I like hiking, but I do not love it.  Scott McGaha, the same one who happens to write the occasional … Continue reading →

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. – Psalm 51:11   I go through spells of not hearing from God. Sometimes I go immediately to war and wrestle with Him as Jacob did. … Continue reading →