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The God of Psalm 95

by: Denise Robinson

04/26/2024

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O come, let us sing to the Lord;let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!For the Lord is a great God,and a great King above all gods.In his hand are the depths of the earth;the heights of the mountains are his also.The sea is his, for he made it,and the dry land, which his hands have formed.O come, let us worship and bow down,let us kneel before the Lord, o...
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What You Talkin' About?

by: Denise Robinson

04/25/2024

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"What you talkin' about Willis?" was a famous line from a forgettable sitcom that aired more than a few years ago. But if we drop the "Willis," it's the question that Jesus asks the two men walking away from Jerusalem and to Emmaus as told in Luke 24. The scene takes place on a Sunday (the one we know as Easter), and the two men are walking along lost in their thoughts of what had happened to Jesus that week. They were focused on the arrest, crucifixion, and burial. They h...
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Role Models

by: Denise Robinson

04/24/2024

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Did you have a role model growing up? Do you have one now? Perhaps it was/is a parent or grandparent, a teacher or mentor, a coach, or ... you fill in the blank. I think we see people we admire or think we might want to be like on television - the movie or TV star, the famous athlete, the politician - but because we don't really know them, they're not our role models. I know I have my faults and limitations and I know my role models have them as well, but they overcome or ...
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Burdens and Blessings from the Book of Ruth

by: Denise Robinson

04/23/2024

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Tonight is my last class studying the Book of Ruth. When I began the class a few months ago, I wondered how a short four-chapter book could capture my attention for a semester. Now I realize I could easily spend another semester immersing myself in this little gem. If you're not familiar with the story, Ruth was a Moabite (from a country east of Israel and there were, historically, unfriendly relations between the two countries). A woman named Naomi, her husband, and her t...
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There Are Days...

by: Denise Robinson

04/22/2024

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I feel it may be time to let you in on a little secret ... I don't wake up every morning "pondering." Some mornings, like this one, the brain doesn't want to engage. The most that I am "pondering" right now is whether I want to get off the couch and make a cup of coffee. I want a cup of coffee - I'm just not sure I want it bad enough to get up and go make it. Ps. 46:10 fits perfectly on a day like today: "Be still and know that I am God." I can do that! Do you ever have da...
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Time

by: Denise Robinson

04/19/2024

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There's not enough time in the day. Time flies when you're having fun. A stitch in time saves nine (that one always confused me). I've got too much time on my hands vs. There's never enough time. All in good time. Living on borrowed time. Killing time. Time is of the essence. We have some strange idioms about time. We know, logically, that time doesn't fly or crawl; it's established and predictable. There are twenty-four hours in a day, sixty minutes to an hour, sixty seco...
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Getting Rid of "Stuff"

by: Denise Robinson

04/18/2024

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Give ear to my prayer, O God;    do not hide yourself from my supplication.Attend to me and answer me;    I am troubled in my complaint.My heart is in anguish within me ...Fear and trembling come upon me,    and horror overwhelms me.And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove!    I would fly away and be at rest;truly, I would flee far away ...But I call upon God,    and the Lord will save me.Cast your burdens on the Lord,    and he will sustain you;he will never permit    t...
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Opening Our Eyes to God

by: Denise Robinson

04/17/2024

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I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!  (Job 19:25-27).Sometimes I don't see things that happen right in front of me. Do you ever feel the same way? I don't see the step and so I trip up or fall down. I can't find my phone on the counter six mere inches from my hand. Then ther...
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Return to Me

by: Denise Robinson

04/15/2024

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I thought how I would set you among my children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful heritage of all the nations. And I thought you would call to me, “My Father,” and would not turn from following me. Instead, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so you have been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord. Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness. “Here we come to you, for you are the Lord our God. Truly in the Lord our God is the ...
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Hymn of Promise

by: Denise Robinson

04/09/2024

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Is your faith something that God alone can see? So many of us who call ourselves Christians do an excellent job of "hiding" our faith. We live so perfectly and seamlessly in this world that no one would suspect. Paul says this about faith in Ephesians 2:8-10: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good ...
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Eclipse!

by: Denise Robinson

04/08/2024

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Have you heard the news about the total solar eclipse? If not, where have you been hiding? It's been all over the news lately in case you hadn't noticed. Businesses are closing for the afternoon, people are flocking to prime viewing areas, hotels are charging crazy rates, and eclipse events are planned. I bought my $1 pair of glasses, so I'm good to go!Psalm 19:1 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God!" and that will be true today. The word “eclipse” doesn't appear in...
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Feeling Sorry for Jeremiah

by: Denise Robinson

04/04/2024

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This Sunday we are starting a new sermon series, Lessons from Jeremiah (spoiler alert!). Jeremiah didn't have an easy life. He is known as the "weeping prophet" because of all the times he warned the people of Israel to turn away from their wrongdoing and was ignored. He could see that God wasn't going to let them get away with the way they were living for much longer - they were worshipping other gods, ignoring widows and children who were starving, taking advantage of po...
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Rain and Snow as God Sees Them

by: Denise Robinson

04/03/2024

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I just came back inside from letting the dogs out and it's cold out there! It seems we have either sprung or fallen back into winter. I even am seeing the four-letter "S" word in the forecast today and tomorrow. On the other hand, because of the warm weather we've had, my yard needs to be mowed. This is the time, in Indiana, of the almost but not quite. The calendar says it's spring and it almost is, but then we get a reminder that we haven't arrived yet. "There is a time ...
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Singing and Dancing in the Rain

by: Denise Robinson

04/02/2024

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If you live around Indy, you probably know that it's raining (storming might be a better word). My dogs, one in particular, let me know that a few times during the night. She doesn't like thunder or lightning or hard rain or, for that matter, about everything that was going on around 3 am. She, of course, doesn't understand that we need rain ... and just think what we'd be facing if this was snow or ice! Just as the gray clouds produce the rain that the earth needs for lif...
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Easter Isn't Over

by: Denise Robinson

04/01/2024

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Holy Week has come to a close. Most of us honored Easter traditions from Easter egg hunts to baskets with candy to large dinners ... and hopefully, a church service as well. There's just something about hearing "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" on a pipe organ. Many pastors made it into the afternoon before falling asleep on the couch or in a recliner. Those first followers of Jesus didn't, of course, think of the events that had just gone through as "Holy Week." It sure wa...
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