EXPECTING ANNOUNCEMENT

“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” (I Thessalonians 5:18 NLT) Rid your face of the “can’t believe it” expression!  Right from the start, let me assure you that the title above does is not a birth announcement!  No way is this an Abraham-type story where, by divine intervention, a baby is on the way at my house!  This is a...

“GENERATE A ‘THANK YOU’ OR TWO OR…”

“As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.  As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”  He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.  One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came...

WHY WAIT!

“And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.  So Jesus answered and said, ‘Were there not ten cleansed?  But where are the nine?’” (Luke 10:15-17 NKJV) Friday morning, as I sat quietly at a viewing that preceded a Celebration of Life service for an...