Grumpy men and Hungry Tree-planters – Merry Saturday by Parris Bailey “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.” SOS 2:15 I started seeing the little foxes sneaking into my vineyard way back in bible school. I was so young! In some way it was easy […]
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WORSHIPPING HIS NAME – PART 2 Matt. 6:9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Worshipping the Name of the Lord is the beginning of prayer. In the place of worship the distraction, temptations, and worries of life begin to be washed away by His Presence. As we saw
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WORSHIPPING HIS NAME – PART 1 Matt. 6:9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. I love the Lord’s prayer. In it we find discipline and spontaneity. This prayer can be used daily for the rest of your life and find a model to keep you on track as
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TEACH US TO PRAY Luke 11:1 Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” We were at church in Coos Bay, Oregon for a Sunday morning service, there
UNCOOKED PANCAKES Hosea 7:8 “Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned. Have you ever seen a poorly cooked pancake? One side is burnt and the other side is doughy. There is an art to cooking a good pancake. You have to get the griddle the exact right temperature and turn
SYNERGY Merry Monday! Parris Bailey -Synergy is two or more things functioning together to produce a result not independently obtainable. (Wikipedia) Rom. 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Enjoy the read! “Either directly or indirectly,
MOVED WITH COMPASSION Matt. 14:14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. What a beautiful, practical description of the effect of the love of God. The greek word for ‘moved with compassion’ is quite descriptive. It literally means to me
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WHITER THAN SNOW Psalm 51:7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. How can anything be whiter than snow? That’s what the Bible says happens to us through the forgiveness of sins found in the blood of Jesus Christ. The Bible is actually a
“Finding him in the Clefts of the Rock” Merry Friday by Parris Bailey-“O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.” Song of Solomon 2:14 There
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REFLECTED GLORY James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Most of the commentaries I have read about this verse say that this passage is poetic, like the words to a song. Several
