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point of personal privilege

Zechariah 10:12   NLT By my power I will make my people strong , and by my authority they will go wherever they wish. I, the Lord, have spoken!” You have encountered them as I have.   Maybe it was at church or some event that you came face to face with one of their kind.   They are strong and confident, kind and compassionate, hopeful and patient.   I am talking about some who have chosen to serve God through serving others. I am calling this post a “point of personal privilege” because there are some people I want to draw attention to, but before I get to the point I want to remind you that I am human.   Some people make me mad, tick me off and even get my mind so wrapped up that I have to back off and ask God for help.   You have met some of those people too. This week God has sent me several reminders, but in the midst of being reminded I have run in to and spent time with some of the most negative and difficult people in the world. ...

happy moments

Acts 11:23   NLT When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord. Thank you for spending some time with today’s devotion, but I am going to take some time today sharing personal moments from Easter weekend.   I am calling them “happy moments” because I saw the hand of God that also brought big encouragement my way. Soon time after worship ended on Easter Sunday one of our children’s teachers came up to see me with one of our young guys.   What I heard next was worth more than you may know.   Logan had accepted Jesus as his Savior in our children’s worship.   That made our Easter celebration incredible.   A few minutes later I was talking with two ladies.   They are the same age, and when we moved to Virginia, almost 13 years ago, both helped baby sit our girls.   They have grown in to two beautiful ladies with kids of their own.   I am...