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Christmas is about the zeal of the Lord of hosts

Christmas is about the zeal of the Lord of hosts

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Christmas is about the zeal of the Lord of hosts accomplishing his eternally determined ends for his creation. “Unto us a son is given” is a line popularized by Handel in his famous musical work, Messiah. Our common vision of Christmas involves snow, Christmas carols, a tree with presents under it, and a fire in the fireplace with the family drinking hot chocolate with a small nativity scene under or alongside that tree. It generates a warm fuzzy feeling like a Currier and Ives painting.

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What more could you want than joy and gladness forever?

What more could you want than joy and gladness forever?

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Psalm 90 is a prayer of Moses in which he acknowledges God for who he is and complains that the Lord disciplines Israel. He pleads for the favor of God. In the middle of this prayer is a glistening jewel to be mined for our personal and familial wealth. It is the prayer request in verse fourteen, quoted above. I want to break down this powerful one-sentence prayer and open up some of the riches in this single sentence.

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Bless the Lord

Bless the Lord

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It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior (Hebrews 7:7). It is natural that we should be blessed by God who is the ultimate superior one. He is also the ultimately blessed one. He is the embodiment of blessedness.

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The amazing power of best-friendship

The amazing power of best-friendship

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It seems to be part of the universal human experience that we go through times when our life is mundane, dry, unfruitful, unfulfilling, and feels like a waste. I know I have times like that. I also know that most, if not all, of those time periods of dryness, are my own fault. There is a formula, if you will, for living a life that is fruitful, joyful, extraordinary, and fulfilling, an exhilarating life that we all want to live.

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Maintaining sanity in the midst of insanity

Maintaining sanity in the midst of insanity

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We humans cannot live a life of sanity if we are untethered from anything solid and unchangeable. Imagine if you weren’t confident that tomorrow morning the sun would rise. What if gravity didn’t exist? What if 2 plus 2 didn’t equal 4? It would not be possible to live lives of sanity. We live in a time of insanity, but there is a way of maintaining sanity amid insanity.

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My story in brief…

Christ first came into my life at the age of 5 during a series of evangelistic meetings in our tiny country Quaker church house in Gate, Oklahoma. Since then it has been a process of “Stumbling forward by grace, through faith in Christ.” I experienced a significant personal revival at the age of 19 and have been much in love with the Lord ever since…five decades-plus.

My passion is to enjoy the Lord by encouraging others to make progress in their lives…living life successfully. I do that primarily through my disciple-making efforts and through my writing.

I spent about 20 years in public ministry and at the age of 40 decided that I had allowed my passion for ministry to impede my prior duty to my family, so I stepped aside. I found a new career as a financial advisor and now make my living serving my financial planning clients.

I now consider myself to be a bi-vocational minister of the gospel.

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