– What I’m Thankful for in 2020 – At the close of 2020, some may voice the sentiment that they are glad it’s behind us. It would be easy to focus on all that was bad in 2020. But, today at the end of the Sunday worship service at Faith UMC in Fort Myers, FL, Pastor Dennis Lewis challenged us with a different view. He asked us to ponder the following question – “In the past year, what are you thankful...
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– Profound Learning Experiences – I read a recent devotional article where the author wrote about sharing a personal story about a profound experience that taught him something about himself. I thought about this statement and tried to conger up a personal experience where I learned something about myself. Try doing it. It’s not an easy task. But after a few moments, some connected experiences came back to me...
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– Surround Yourself with Good – This past Sunday I listened to two sermons on the internet. In the first, the pastor preached about John Wesley’s three simple rules – do not harm, do good, and love God. Her sermon focused on the “do good” rule and she gave several examples of simple things we can all do to do good. In the second, the sermon was about giving up sin. During the sermon, the pastor made a quick...
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– Chapter 24 of Luke Says It All – I usually learn something new each time that I read a passage in the Bible. Even if its a passage that I’ve read before. When I read a passage, something new stands out; a sentence, a word, or a message that I didn’t pick up on before. Chapter 24 of Luke Such was the case during a recent Bible study that I attended during Easter week. During this study, we were...
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