by MJR | Dec 23, 2019 | Christianity, Focus on Living, Gratitude
This week I spoke with a man who expressed some doubts about his beliefs, especially during the Christmas season and you may have a few questions this Christmas as well. Why is there pain for some? Why are some of us lonely? Why are some relationships broken? I am...
by MJR | Aug 4, 2014 | Christianity, Commitment, Focus on Living
Read: 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Reflect: “There are rare Christians whose very presence incites others to be better Christians. I want to be that rare Christian.” AW Tozer Maybe that’s not the best example, but when...
by MJR | Dec 30, 2013 | Christianity, Focus on Living
Read: 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Reflect: In just a couple of days we will move headlong into another year and, while January 1, 2014 is literally nothing more another day on the calendar, this time...
by MJR | Nov 27, 2013 | Focus on Living, Gratitude
Read: Philippians 4: 11-13 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and...
by MJR | Sep 16, 2013 | Compromise, Focus on Living
Read: James 4: 13-16 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little...
by MJR | May 28, 2013 | Focus on Living
Read: Psalm 34:8 “Taste and see that the Lord is good…” Psalm 34:8 Reflect: After living in the Greater Cincinnati area for more than twenty years, on Monday, Patrina and I spent a couple of hours as the “Taste of Cincinnati” walking...
