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Wake Up, Sleeper!

"...for it is light that makes everything visible.  This is why it is said: 'Wake up O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'  Be very careful, then, how you live-- not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is."  Ephesians 5:14-17   Some people are morning people.  Some are not.  As we get older, responsibility and obligations do not not allow us to stay in our particular niche, but kids and teens, however, simply can't hide it.  I have two children who are night owls ... who, subsequently, are not morning people.  In their world, mornings are pure torture.  They are nothing short of angry if they have to get up before noon.  They despise being woken up and have no problem communicating that fact.  Whichever parent is charged with the unenviable task of waking them up is quick to receive barbed objections from the disgr

Tom's Weekly Devotional - 9.20.11

"For you, dear friends have been called to live in freedom--not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.  For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'   But instead of showing love among yourselves you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out!  Beware of destroying one another.  Galatians 5:13-15 "Ouch!!", was all I could say.  It was a subconscious response to the wound that I had just received.  In this instance, however, it was not a hammer to my thumb, nor was it a stubbed toe on the dresser.  It was an attempt of a friend to be funny that went wrong.  Later, when we were by ourselves, I told them that I knew they didn't intend to hurt me, but that the words they spoke really stung.  They knew that and were very apologetic and both us are careful these days to speak well to and about each other.  There are times though when the challenging moments do n

Men's Weekly Devotional - 9.13.11

Gentlemen! ANNOUNCEMENTS:   Men's Breakfast /Bible Study / Wednesday Mornings / 6:30am - 7:30am / Burger King at Hwy 38 and I 69 Men's Basketball / Thursday Nights / 8:30 - 10:00pm Men's Bent Club Classic / Sunday, September 25 / $35 / Kilbuck Golf Course / 1:30pm Good to see everyone signing up at church for the event!  Be sure to do so over the next two weeks if you haven't yet.  Also, be sure to sign up any friends that you are bringing with you.  We want to do our best to create the teams before that day.  ESPN coverage begins at 1pm with interviews and behind the scenes human interest stories. :0) "The Lord Almighty has sworn, 'Surely, as I have planned so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.  I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down.  His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.'  This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretch