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How to Serve Christ

By breep • Sep 8th, 2010

For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, [...]



Renewing Biblical Passion

By breep • Sep 7th, 2010

O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his [...]



Keeping the Passion

By breep • Sep 6th, 2010

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. –REVELATION 2:4
The Ephesian church started out with fervor and zeal to serve the Lord. Yet, as time went by, that zeal diminished, and they lost their passion for Christ. As new Christians, most of us were on fire for God and wanted [...]



A Labor of Love

By breep • Sep 5th, 2010

I know thy works, and they labour, and thy patience, and how…for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. –REVELATION 2:2-3
David Brainerd, missionary to the Native Americans, once said, “I care not where I go or how I live or what I endure so that I may save souls. When I sleep, I [...]



Forgiven and Restored

By breep • Sep 4th, 2010

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. –PSALM 86:5-7
I once saw [...]



You Can’t Just Sit There

By breep • Sep 3rd, 2010

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. –EZEKIEL 22:30
Larry Walters, a 33-year-old man, wanted to see his neighborhood from a new perspective. One morning, he purchased forty-five used [...]



Work the Works

By breep • Sep 2nd, 2010

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. –JOHN 9:4
Do you ever feel overworked, over-regulated, under-leisured, or under-benefited? Take heart. This notice, dated 1852, was found in the ruins of a London office building.

This firm has [...]



Pay the Price

By breep • Sep 1st, 2010

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. –PROVERBS 14:5
Bob Harris, weatherman for New York television station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979.
Though Harris had studied at three colleges, he left school without a degree but [...]



Did You Do Your Best

By breep • Aug 31st, 2010

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. –I CORINTHIANS 10:31
For many years, every officer aboard a nuclear submarine was personally interviewed and approved by Admiral Hyman Rickover, the head of the U.S. Nuclear Navy. Among them was former President Jimmy Carter who, years ago, applied [...]



Resting Grace

By breep • Aug 30th, 2010

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. –I PETER 5:10
I once read these words on rest: “Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back [...]