April 18, 2015
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: 2 Timothy
Thirteen years ago I had a hunting accident that caused me to be unable to umpire baseball games, something that I had done for several years during basketball off-season. Due to a new teaching assignment and some renewed strength found through a physical therapist, I started calling baseball games again. I soon saw a problem developing. Due to my pride and arrogance , I f...
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July 26, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Ephesians
Ephesians 5:15-1715 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Here are some words from of our SCW group's study of Ephesians BE RICH, by Warren Wiersbe.
...We cannot know what a day may bring forth (James 4:13-17)....
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July 23, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Ephesians
Vicky, her sister, their Mother, and I just got back from a week of traveling in central California. Didn't get through the first day without falling to my biggest weakness (sin)--anger and bitterness. Over what? Getting on the wrong road due to none of us having ever been in this area, and wrong directions given to the directionally challenged driver.
As our community gr...
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April 22, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Ephesians
In recent times of trial, I was looking through a study of Ephesians by Warren Wiersbe and read the following words:
"Christ is equipping us for our walk and our work here on earth. To do this, He uses three special tools: the Word (1 Thes. 2:13 And we thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as th...
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January 17, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
Desiring God Ministries--8th aim that should drive every Christian's career path.
8. Aspire to Work for What Lasts
Lastly, work for what lasts. Have in mind that this life is short, and everything not done for Christ will be in vain. Defy the deceitful notion that we have to build up and acquire here. Jesus says, "Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food ...
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January 16, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
Desiring God Ministries--part 6 7 of 8 aims that should drive every Christian's career path.
6. Aspire to Overflow to Others
For the glory of God, you should aspire to provide for yourselves, but it shouldn't end there. God has much more in mind for your money than simply your family's food, rent, and gasoline. "Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, d...
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January 15, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
Desiring God Ministries-- Part 4 5 Aims that should drive every Christian's career path
4. Aspire to Confound the World
With Paul, I appeal to you, future employers and employees, "present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" (Romans 12:1). Your life your whole life, including your work is an act of worship. H...
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January 14, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
Desiring God Ministries-- part 3 of 8 aims that should drive every Christian's career path
3. Aspire to Find Your Joy in God, Not Money
You were created to know, love, display, and enjoy God (Psalm 37:4). But there are a thousand other things vying for that place in your heart and priorities. Perhaps no deadly distraction will be more subtly compelling than your career (...
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January 13, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
The second of eight aims that should drive every Christian's career path--by Desiring God Ministries.
2. Aspire to Do God's Work
If the only category you have for the Lord's work is Christian ministry, it won't take long for you to functionally disconnect your life's vocation from your life's mission to make much of God. All work is God's work prepared by him, carried ...
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January 12, 2014
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
My son-in-law posted an interesting writing from Desiring God Ministries, written by Marshall Segal--the executive assistant to John Piper. Thought it was a great outlook on living our daily walk with God. It has several parts, so I will be adding some each day.
What should I do with my life?
It's one of the biggest questions on most young minds, especially during and af...
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July 16, 2013
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Acts
Acts 20: 1-4 "After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return...
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April 19, 2013
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Luke
A couple of things that I got out of studying this passage were 1) The father ran to the son. The father seeks out his son as the sovereign God seeks out unworthy sinners. 2) The father did not ask him to "earn" his forgiveness, because no amount of good works can save us from our sins.
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April 18, 2013
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
I only had one opportunity to meet and visit with Lowell when he attended a Christmas party at our home that had our community group having a shared fellowship with his community group. I could tell that he was a Godly man and enjoyed getting to visit with him. Little did I know that after he moved back to live near his children that he would still be influencing my life. ...
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April 17, 2013
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: james, humility, Proverbs, Luke
LUKE 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
JAMES 4:6....God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
PROVERBS 3:34Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.
"Many writers in the Bible advise us to be humble, but we often think that our status in society or church carries so...
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April 15, 2013
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Luke
When I read today's reading from Luke 13:1-22, I always find myself guilty of inspecting other's fruit production instead of examining my own.
Luke 13:6-8And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tr...
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April 14, 2013
by Randy Smith
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Word of the Day
| Tags: Philippians
Philippians 1:27
Only let your manner of life be worth of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel.
Paul reminds us how important it is to live our daily lives living for Christ. We should be behaving like the citiz...
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December 30, 2012
by Randy Smith
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Category:
Word of the Day
| Tags: Creation, Geology, Dinosaurs
About 20 years ago in an Oklahoma Baptist Church, I listened to a high school science teacher share the importance of being able to explain how science and the Bible fit together. After his presentation, I started reading and studying more. Ken Ham, the president and CEO of answers in Genesis, seemed to have the best resources in this area, and much of my reading has been ...
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