Spiritual Vitamin

WRAPPING IT UP I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7   On the third Sunday of June, 1999, LeeAnne and I came to our first worship service at Clay Church. We experienced many wonderful things that day: welcomes, smiles, hugs, and best wishes. One thing stands out.   As [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Nov 23 Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Jesus, Matthew 25:40   Working for God is a compelling adventure.   Touching Jesus as we touch the poor is a humbling mystery.   Being the body of Christ is a profound privilege. [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Nov 16 But since you excel in everything-in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you -see that you also excel in this grace of giving. 2 Corinthians 8:7     Bishop Coyner (Indiana Conference) years ago said: “I really like the ‘stewardship’ campaign [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Nov 9 Excel in the grace of giving! II Corinthians 8:7B   Please pray for the children. Please pray for the youth. Please pray for the young adults. Please pray for the poor. Please pray for the staff. Please pray for us to “Close the Gap!”   ************************* Please pray daily for the [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Nov 3   Six Things If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves… Proverbs 29: 18, The Message This text (Proverbs 29: 18) is one of the first verses of scripture (not too far behind John 3:16!) that I learned as a child. It was likely one of [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Oct 25 This week: A “Borrowed” Vitamin!   A new friend at Clay forwarded this to me during the OUTLIVE YOUR LIFE series (Thank you, Judy!). Since I quoted Steve Jobs several times in the last month, I thought it would make a good “Follow-up Vitamin” to the series. It’s longer than usual [...]

God so loved the world, that he gave….John 3:16   Generosity is a beautiful word.   On the “giving” end, we’re not always very good: we’re not sure it matters, not sure we’re interested, not sure it’s important. We might decide to sit out.   But, on the “receiving” end, we know better. When we [...]

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Spiritual Vitamin Oct 5 Peter, with John at his side, looked straight in the eye…He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. Acts 3:4, 7 (MSG)   It happened in Grapevine, Texas. No one had ever seen anything quite like it. No one had ever heard anything like it.   It was [...]

A few weeks ago, I was at the store because I’d run out of deodorant and needed to buy some more. You can thank me for that later.   It was a frustrating trip. After I discovered that the store had moved the deodorant aisle, I quickly learned that my deodorant manufacturer had introduced all new [...]