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Prayer for Busy People

Posted on June 18, 2014November 24, 2021 by Michael Rose
It’s a no-brainer to say life can be incredibly fast-paced and busy for many people! There are more demands for our time than time in a day, yet we strive to do it all, aware that many things fall through the cracks. Time with God (prayer) can be one of those things that fall through…
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Heroic Living

Posted on May 26, 2014February 8, 2018 by Michael Rose
 Ever feel like you are overrun by the mundane in your life?   Having dinner with some friends the other night and our conversation quickly turned to life and significance.  We all could agree that significance comes from something bigger than ourselves and for us around the table, we agreed, that something bigger was Jesus….
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Hypocrites: Always room for one more!

Posted on May 2, 2014August 22, 2017 by Michael Rose
Is the Church full of hypocrites? I hear it often. It seems like an auto-response for many when describing the Church;  “the Church is full of hypocrites.”  I usually end up smiling as I remember an old friend when faced with the same response. He would smile and warmly reply “Yes! And there is always…
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Legend of the Fire Maker

Posted on February 27, 2014May 2, 2017 by Michael Rose
Once upon a time, in a far away land, a wise man made a discovery.  He discovered fire and with fire, he could be warm, cook his food and have light through the dark of night.  He had heard of a people across the mountains; the people who lived on the plains and he wondered…
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Bruised and Broken? God has a Plan for You!

Posted on January 29, 2014July 1, 2017 by Michael Rose
Thornton Wilder’s play, “The Angel that Troubled the Waters” is based on the story found in John 5:1- 5 with an interesting twist. The play tells the story of a doctor who visits the pool of Bethesda in hopes that he could be the first in the water when the angel appears and troubles the…
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The Word that Lives

Posted on January 21, 2014September 13, 2016 by Michael Rose
Once upon a time there was a faithful man named Philip.  Philip loved God very much and spent his life serving and sharing the “Good News” in the foreign country of Zamzam.   Zamzam was a lovely place, and the people were even more lovely.   Philip spent many years traveling all over Zamzam telling…
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Looking at Jesus

Posted on January 14, 2014December 17, 2016 by Michael Rose
  They say that you become what you look at, and I think in many ways they’re right.  For example, if we spend a lot of time watching violent movies or video games we can become desensitized to violence, and some studies suggest that we are much more likely to behave violently.  If we focus…
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Why is God Good? – A Story

Posted on December 9, 2013August 23, 2016 by Michael Rose
There once was a priest, a lover of Jesus who served the people of his town well. Every time the town faced difficulties they would approach the priest and ask that he pray for them.  The priest loved the people and was happy to pray for the community, and he would withdraw to a special…
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The Least of These?

Posted on December 4, 2013March 31, 2018 by Michael Rose
Jesus tells a story in Matthews 25 of a King who calls a meeting of his subjects. He said to the group to the right of him, “I want to sincerely thank and commend you.  For I was sick, and you cared for me.  I was hungry and thirsty, and you fed me and gave…
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Speaking the Truth in Love

Posted on December 4, 2013July 11, 2017 by Michael Rose
There is a comedian who has a bit where he describes some of the idiosyncrasies of living in the Southern United States. He laughs as he describes how people would say things like “That baby sure is ugly! Bless his little heart” or “Betsy sure looks fat in that dress. Bless her heart!”  He jokes…
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