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15 May Sat, 2010 Charlie’s List [ Psalms 119:9 - 119:16 ] - hymn485 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. - Colossians 3:16 When Charles Hayward died last May at the age of 87, he left a legacy for his children and grandchildren. He and his wife Virginia had faithfully served as missionaries for many years both in India and South Africa. But at age 73, he began to select and memorize po..

14 May Fri, 2010 Silence And Trust [ John 11:1 - 11:10 ] - hymn338 When [Jesus] heard that [Lazarus] was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. - John 11:6 In one of Joe Morgenstern’s weekly Wall Street Journal columns about movies, he considered the impact of the great film stars in close-up scenes where they said nothing at all. “Movie stars,” he wrote, “can do as li..

13 May Thu, 2010 Don’t Forget [ Deuteronomy 24:17 - 24:22 ] - hymn185 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share. - 1 Timothy 6:18 Some mornings as I leave for work, my wife says to me, “Don’t forget to ...” Later in the day, she’ll phone me and ask, “Did you forget?” We all have a tendency to forget. I think that may be why God repeats impo..

12 May Wed, 2010 The Boat [ Acts 6:1 - 6:7 ] - hymn397 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. - 1 Peter 4:10 A group of teenagers on a ministry trip in Jamaica were enjoying some downtime with a game of Ultimate Frisbee. But when someone noticed that a boat had overturned off a nearby beach, the game ended and the teens eagerl..

11 May Tue, 2010 Dilbert [ Ephesians 6:1 - 6:6 ] - hymn505 ... not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. - Ephesians 6:6 Cartoonist Scott Adams has become famous for his humorous cartoon strip “Dilbert.” He also wrote a book in the 1990s called The Dilbert Principle. In it he mocks technology, leadership fads, and incompetent ..

10 May Mon, 2010 A Little Piece Of Heaven [ Exodus 25:1 - 25:9 ] - hymn514 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? - 1 Corinthians 3:16 A couple of weeks ago my wife met a woman who needed a ride. She sensed that this could be from God, so she agreed to take her to her destination. During the ride, the woman revealed to my wife that she was a bel..

09 May Sun, 2010 Tangible Love [ John 19:25 - 19:30 ] - hymn304 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” -John 19:26 The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland, houses a wonderful collection of ancient Bible fragments. One very small fragment is a portion of John 19. This piece of John’s gospel des..

08 May Sat, 2010 Safety Zone [ Samuel 2:1 - 1:12 ] - hymn478 A full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge. - Ruth 2:12 When the horrors of war visited the civilians of Nanjing, China, women were not spared in the mounting violence and many were assaulted and killed. In this threatening environment, Minnie Vautrin took heroic measures to protec..

07 May Fri, 2010 Becoming Inclined To God [ Colossians 3:12 - 3:17 ] - hymn348 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. - Colossians 3:17 I have learned much about the conscious remembrance of God from Brother Lawrence, a cook in a 17th-century monastery. In his book The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence mentioned practical ways to “offer God your..

06 May Thu, 2010 God Has Time For You [ Psalms 34:4 - 34:18 ] - hymn453 This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. -Psalm 34:6 Historian Cassius Dio recorded a revealing event from the life of Hadrian, the Roman Emperor from ad 117–138: “Once, when a woman made a request of [Hadrian] as he passed by on a journey, he at first said to her, ‘I hav..