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Like Joseph, we must trust and obey
Well, it’s Christmas. Merry Christmas. I pray that this day will be blessed for you, filled with peace and hope. The Christmas story in Luke ...
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Part of Advent is learning to wait for God
Waiting. That’s something we’re not very good at, is it? Much of our technology today is designed to keep us from waiting. We get ...
by Dale Brown, Sunday, November 29, 2020 6:00 am
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Repentance is a daily task
The Psalms often have a short statement at the beginning, sometimes identifying their composer, sometimes with a musical or liturgical instruction, sometimes with a description ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, October 30, 2020 6:00 am
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What are you looking at?
During this devotional I would like to think about what we look at and what we should be looking at, using a passage from 2 ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, October 2, 2020 6:00 am
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Money, what is it good for?
What do we really need? In Paul’s first letter to Timothy he sets it out in Chapter 6. He says what we need is to ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, September 4, 2020 6:00 am
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Unclean spirits testify to Jesus’ identity
In Mark, Jesus begins his ministry with a bang. His first act of ministry after his baptism, his temptation, and the calling of his disciples ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, August 7, 2020 6:00 am
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To keep receiving, we need to give
In Luke Chapter 7, verses 11-17 Jesus tells his disciples and us about prayer and forgiveness. There are some familiar things in this passage, aren’t ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, July 3, 2020 6:00 am
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Rhythm is a vital part of who we are
Our very existence is based on rhythm. There is the beat, beat, beat of the heart, absolutely necessary for our lives – when that stops, ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, June 5, 2020 6:00 am
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Must we see to truly believe?
Do you believe in Easter? Do you believe in the resurrection? Some say, seeing is believing. Much of the description of the resurrection in chapter ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, April 10, 2020 6:00 am
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The root of peace
I grew up as the son of missionaries in Pakistan, and when we were on furlough in the U.S. my parents would go to churches ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, March 13, 2020 6:00 am
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It’s wonderful we have a God who searches for us
In Luke 15:1-7 there is the parable of the lost sheep. A shepherd has 100 sheep, and as he’s out there in the wilderness, he ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:20 pm
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Overwhelming, abundant grace
A few years ago I visited St. Petersburg, Russia, the city the Czar Peter the Great had built on the delta of the Neva River. ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, January 16, 2020 11:57 am
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Saved by grace
In Ephesians 2:8-10 Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved, and this is not your doing, it is the gift of God — ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, November 22, 2019 8:55 am
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Praise the Lord
Psalm 146 tells us we should praise the Lord in everything we do, as long as we live, for the Lord is the one we ...
by Dale Brown, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:19 am
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Worry no longer
In Philippians 4:6-9 Paul gives us a four-step process to handling life, not only when things are easy, but especially when things are tough as ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, September 27, 2019 5:00 pm
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Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you
What do you think of Nicodemus? He’s kind of an interesting guy, isn’t he? John tells us that he was a Pharisee, a leader of ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, August 29, 2019 1:35 pm
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Focus on the positive
In his letter to the Romans, Paul sets out the things that God had done through Christ for them and for us — that Christ ...
by Dale Brown, Saturday, August 3, 2019 5:00 am
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You are the one
In 1 Samuel 16, we see how David was selected to be the next King of Israel after Saul had turned out so disappointing. Samuel ...
by Dale Brown, Sunday, July 7, 2019 5:00 am
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Give and ye shall receive
In his book “Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving,” Miroslav Volf talks about giving and forgiving. Volf says that God’s essential nature is about giving, ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, June 6, 2019 8:14 am
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The keys to the Kingdom
In Matthew 16:13-20, when Jesus asks the disciples, “Who do you say I am?” Peter answers, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:50 am
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A father’s approval
Right at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark, at the very beginning of his ministry, Jesus does something which is so characteristic of his ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, April 11, 2019 8:05 am
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Ready to be tempted?
Are you ready to be tempted? Jesus was. In Luke, Chapter 4, we are told that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert ...
by Dale Brown, Friday, March 15, 2019 4:40 pm
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The gift
In the Ten Commandments God has given us a gift by setting forth how we can and should live in relationship and community with God, ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:58 am
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The wonderful news of Christmas
For Christmas we have wonderful images, particularly from Luke and Matthew. From Luke we get the image of the baby in the manger, with the ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, December 20, 2018 12:10 pm
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Turn your worries over to God
This seems to be a season of worry, doesn’t it? Do we have enough food for the Thanksgiving dinner? Are the kids coming home for ...
by Dale Brown, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:37 pm
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The image of God
What does God look like? Remember what happened when the Israelites were waiting for Moses to come down from Mount Sinai. This was after they’d ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:31 pm
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A rock you can count on
Have you ever been in an earthquake? I’ve been through several earthquakes. The area in Pakistan where I grew up as a missionary child was ...