by Bill Elliff
March 19, 2019
There are many moments in life when the greatest need is to unleash your concerns to another. To let the deepest worries and burdens of your heart be known to another. Sometimes we need to just be heard or to process aloud before a caring heart. Often, we need some good counsel in response.
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by Bill Elliff
March 16, 2019
Life is a series of decisions. One after another, beginning in childhood, we are called upon to make choices. Some of these are minor and not harmful (“What shirt will I wear today?”), but others are life-altering (“Who will I marry?”). Our life is determined by these decisions. Even seemingly small decisions can determine the trajectory of our lives.
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by Bill Elliff
March 09, 2019
Jesus modeled or spoke of prayer over 25 times in the Scriptures. But perhaps the most profound model of prayer came in Gethsemane, hours before His crucifixion. It shows us how to pray at the darkest hours of our lives.
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by Bill Elliff
February 16, 2019
There was a habit that Jesus seemed to have acquired. We see it multiple places in Scripture, but it is most clearly seen in Mark 1:35:
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.
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by Bill Elliff
February 07, 2019
I was overwhelmed this morning with these five words in Matthew 25: "and the door was shut." It reminded me of God shutting the door on Noah's ark (which is a picture of our salvation) and no one could enter. Their opportunity forever ended. A horrifying prospect.
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by Bill Elliff
February 02, 2019
The mark of great men and women is their singularity of purpose. If you dissect them, you discover there is a consuming passion that drives them, making them what they are. This was true of David. And his Psalms reveal this again and again. We see this clearly in Psalm 27.
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by Bill Elliff
February 01, 2019
Where's your favorite place? Where would you rather be than anyplace else?
For David, this was a simple answer. He loved to be where God was. He loved to behold the beauty of the Lord. He loved the presence of God.
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by Bill Elliff
January 25, 2019
We rarely think of the long-term results of God's instructions. At the moment when we read any Biblical direction from God, we think, "Do I want to do that now? It doesn't seem to have a benefit for me in this moment." This is often the rationale behind our unwillingness to follow His directives.
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by Bill Elliff
January 24, 2019
I watched with horror this week as the New York legislature passed laws so that babies could be killed right up to the time of birth. They also broadened the scope of who could do this type of murderous infanticide.
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by Bill Elliff
January 23, 2019
It's hard to believe. God has committed Himself to communicate with His creation. In one of the greatest Psalms, David tells us two of the most profound ways in which this is done.
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by Bill Elliff
January 23, 2019
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by Bill Elliff
January 22, 2019
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