Tag Archives: Bible

My Retirement Announcement

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Joe Chambers

I entered a relationship with Jesus I was aware of when I was seven. I can still see my tears falling into the green gold shag carpet in my preacher father’s study where I said, “The sinner’s prayer.” And I … Continue reading →

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Getting Out of God’s Chair

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Joe Chambers

Resentment is the poison we swallow while we hope the other person dies. – Unknown To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. – Lewis Smedes Who is hard for you to love? … Continue reading →

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The Power of Love

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Joe Chambers

In 1985, Huey Lewis and The News released a hit single called The Power of Love. The song put them on the map of pop culture of the eighties. I’m not a huge fan of the song, but I looked … Continue reading →

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Living the With-God Life (part two)

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Joe Chambers

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. John 15:9 God is madly in love with you, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. You are His beloved. Do you … Continue reading →

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Living the With-God Life (part one)

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Joe Chambers

…Abide in me and my words abide in you…John 15:7 My son Caleb’s favorite musical group is Switchfoot. He played that music often when he lived with us before he married. He has been to many of their concerts. It’s a … Continue reading →

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The Wedding

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Joe Chambers

When they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” John 2v3 Most thirty-something singles who attend a wedding at some point imagine their wedding day.  Is this happening for Jesus as he … Continue reading →

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The Hope of Darkness

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Joe Chambers

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.  Matthew 27v45 On February 14th, 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost his beloved mother and, a few hours later, lost the love of his life, Alice, after giving birth … Continue reading →

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Inside-Out Living

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Joe Chambers

“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. - Jesus This week a man came by my study at the church. I was the only one there. He looked familiar, … Continue reading →

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Love Hurts

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Joe Chambers

“Ministry that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.” – John Henry Jowett A man is thinking about leaving his wife because she is difficult. He is correct. She is a very harsh woman. But we pray together, and I listen, and he stays with … Continue reading →

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The Book that We Love

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Joe Chambers

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. – Saint John It has been said that 125 people died for every word of Hitler’s Mein Kampf in WWII. It is a … Continue reading →

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