Tag: Samaritan

July 25 @ 2 Kings 16-20

2 Kings 16-20 (NLT link)  Discover His heart: He accepts our worship that is untainted by the worship of any other One afternoon several years ago I watched an interesting exchange on the Oprah Winfrey show between Oprah and guest Shirley MacLaine regarding Shirley’s religious beliefs.  As Shirley explained her belief that anything or all things can be god if…

July 8 @ Luke 17-18

Luke 17-18 (NLT link)  Discover His heart: He responds to our heartfelt praise and thanksgiving My husband and I didn’t stay in youth ministry for 40 years because of the spontaneous and habitual outbursts of gratitude from teenagers.  No, it was because we just couldn’t help ourselves – we loved those kids.  But when those words of thanks came on…