. . . danger was always at its most lethal when disguised as respectability.
The greatest resource a worship leader has is his relationship with his wife.
The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way to express it and share it with others is in community singing.
My wife never knew she'd be married to a 90-year-old. And I've prayed that I wouldn't be a crabby old coot, but a happy, joyous man who would let her know each day how much I love her and thank her for her loving care.
I've been moved in recent days by Psalm 104:34-35: "I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will give praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him will be sweet. I will be glad in the Lord. " And with my song I want to praise Him.
There is not a situation in life where there isn't a hymn and a Scripture to meet the need. I'm thankful for the Word of God, and I praise Him for the privilege of still being able to memorize.
Ephesians 3:20 says that God is able to do "exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. " And I'm praying that Ephesians 3:20 will be fulfilled-in my life personally, and also in the church.
She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face and fond of dancing. She looked at the oak: he would be a wizened, but hearty, old man with a frizzled beard and warts on his fact and hands, with hair growing out of the warts. She looked at the beech under which she was standing. Ah! --she would be the best of all. She would be a gracious goddess, smooth and stately, the Lady of the Wood.
One of the greatest failures of our generation is not living out the biblical precepts which we so clearly articulate.
Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing.
I believe that marriage isn't between a man and woman; but between love and love.