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Notes from my brief public devotional in Psalm 119:105-112

Psalm 119:105-112 was my early morning reading this past Sunday (May 5, 2019).

I knew I was on to have the evening devotional in our home church. I decided I would use this passage. I also decided I would just wing my public commentary based on my early morning thoughts (an approach that’s very out of the ordinary for me).

I had a Mission Board meeting to attend that afternoon, so I went early and spent some time rereading the passage and gathering my thoughts better.

Well, it was a relatively short meeting and I got home much earlier than I had anticipated. I decided to quickly “pencil out” a few notes for myself.

That evening, after some introductory comments regarding this particular Psalm, I read Psalm 119:105-112: Continue reading →

When acknowledging Jesus' wisdom and power is not enough (Mark 6:1-6)

My minister friend has been teaching the men’s Sunday School class in our church this month. He is to preach this Sunday morning and asked me to substitute for him. (No, not the preaching — the SS teaching.)

I haven’t made much headway yet in preparing for the class, but here are some of the preliminary notes I have so far. (Maybe taking the time to post them in this format will help cement them in my own mind in preparation to teach…and live.)

“And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him” (Mark 6:1).

Am I enough of a disciple to do what disciples do — follow the Master? For some reason, that reminds me of a little saying I saw recently:

“Rather than putting Christ back in Christmas, I’d settle for putting Christ back in Christians.”

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