Morning Minute

A Rich Fool

“And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”‘ Luke 12:19 May 26, 2023 Decades ago there was a TV series called “The Millionaire.” A million dollars was then considered quite a sum of money. In every episode a gift of one […]

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Stuck in the Mud

“Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 1:3 May 25, 2023 “Man stuck in Alaska mud flats reportedly drowns as tide comes in.” In

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If Possible

“If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” Romans 12:18 May 23, 2023 The ideal for believers in Jesus Christ is to live at peace with others, if they will let you. The best option is what may be called full reconciliation. This is when needed forgiveness has been given

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Brothers

“So his brothers said to him, ‘Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.’” John 7:3 May 19, 2023 There are families and then there are families. There are siblings and there are siblings. These are not riddles but statements that reflect spiritual realities. In the

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Rain and Humble Pie

“Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?” Job 38:28 May 18, 2023 Job tried to box with God about his troubles. Job’s suffering had clouded his mind about God. Personal misery can do that. But Job needed a lesson regarding God’s awesome sovereignty over all things. God had been

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Drinking the Cup

“In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” 1 Corinthians 11:25 May 16, 2023 Participation in the Communion service is a public demonstration of a spiritual reality. It is saying

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A Broken Body

“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body , which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’” 1 Corinthians 11:23-24

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