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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Tuesday, May
16, 2023
![]() We
enjoyed the
sunsets over
the Pacific
Ocean out in
San Diego but
it sure is
good to have
our country
sunsets again.
Farmers
planted the
corn across
the road which
is always
interesting to
watch - the
sowing,
growing and
harvesting.
Click to enlarge "A
Well-Worn Bible"
Message
summary: A
well-worn
Bible is a
sign of a
spiritual
well-being,
for the Living
Word gives
spiritual
life.
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to our message
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player.
"For
you have been
born again,
not of
perishable
seed, but of
imperishable,
through the
living and
enduring Word
of God" (1
Peter 1:23).
After
our church
service Sunday
we stopped by
to see our
long-time
friends Jim
and Dorothy
Schmidt. We
first met them
at a
conference in
Boston nearly
25 years ago
and then over
the years
visited them
several times
at their home
near Ocean
City, New
Jersey. About
seven years
ago they moved
to Lancaster
County to live
at "Calvary
Homes", one of
our many
retirement
communities.
![]() He
seemed pleased
to see me and
we chatted for
a few minutes.
He will soon
turn 89 and
told me he
would really
like to make
it to 90 but
has assurance
of his
salvation and
destination no
matter when
God calls him
home. He
showed me his
well-worn
Bible and
indicated that
it is wearing
out. I told
him a
well-worn
Bible is a
sign of
spiritual
well-being,
especially if
the reader not
only reads but
meditates,
memorizes and
applies the
Living Word to
his spiritual
life.
![]() Early
in my ministry
Brooksyne gave
me a Thompson
Chain
Reference
Bible that's
now nearly 40
years old.
For many years
it was both my
study Bible
and my
preaching
Bible so it is
also pretty
well-worn.
The binding is
coming apart
and the pages
are yellowed
and somewhat
tattered. However
for the last
20+ years in
chaplain work
I have not
preached as
much and I
tend to use
the Bible
online when I
study so my
paper-bound
Bibles don't
get as much
use as they
once did.
Through
the years I
have often
used the daily
verse in
regard
especially to
the term "born
again".
But today
let's consider
the phrase "living
and enduring
word of God".
Note
these two
powerful
qualities of
God's Word:
1) The Word of God is living. The writer of Hebrews uses this very phrase when he says "The word of God is living" (4:12). The living God imparts spiritual life through His living Word. It came to life to me this morning even as I pondered on these phrases. I read a story about a street evangelist who placed his hat on the ground and drew a crowd by pointing at it and shouting excitedly, "It's alive". After a group had gathered around him he lifted up his hat to reveal a Bible! 2) The Word of God is enduring. The Psalmist wrote, "All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal" (119:160). No other written work comes even remotely close to the Bible in its enduring qualities. Today we join hundreds of millions of believers around the world who will be reading it and applying its truths to their lives. And today scores of highly dedicated translators will be working in the remotest areas of the world to translate God's Word so that all might know the person of Jesus and the gospel message of salvation. Praise God for the "living and enduring Word of God"! Continue to subject yourself to its life-giving qualities! Indeed, a well-worn Bible is a sign of spiritual well-being, for the Living Word gives spiritual life when one begins to trust the Author and receives His plan of salvation. Be
encouraged
today, (Hebrews
3:13)
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![]() This
last Saturday
afternoon we
went over to
the Country
View
Greenhouse, a
large
Amish-owned
business for
our flowers
that Brooksyne
enjoys
planting each
year. We are
scaling back a
bit as we age
but it's still
something she
still very
much enjoys
and this year
we have been
working
together more
than usual.
She does the
planting and I
do the digging
so we both get
dirty
together!
Country View Greenhouse is located here on Google Map ![]() At
the greenhouse
we saw this is
a sign we are
accustomed to
in our area.
The Plain
people treat
these days as
special and
close their
businesses
which we
certainly do
respect.
Even
spell-check
wouldn't have
necessarily
helped here
but I'm pretty
sure what they
mean is this
plant is good
to keep ants
away. Perhaps,
but extremely
unlikely, they
had seen this
commercial (Video)
![]() Lamar
Dourte took
this photo and
we feature it
today since it
actually looks
like a drawing
or painting
rather than a
photo. Seeing
the mules in
the foreground
indicates that
this is an
Amish farm.
Many farmers
do not put
their cattle
out to pasture
so we take
special notice
when we see
cows or steer
grazing in the
pastureland.
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