Thoughts

Thursday, November 24, 2005 Thanksgiving is a celebration of America where we spend time with family and friends, reflecting on the things that we are thankful for. This morning I read a devotional (Our Daily Bread) about a man in the 1800’s who had walked into the cold water of the ocean when there was…

Monday, October 31, 2005 Halloween, perhaps it is a harmless event for children but Satan has a lot of tricks that look like treats in real life. He always has a disguise for sin that looks good in artificial light. -Lyn Sahr -2 Cor 11:14-15 NIV “…for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.“…

Thursday, September 22, 2005 This Sunday at 2 PM our church is having a special dedication service for the building. It has been a long seven months of remodeling. But when one compares that to remodeling a life, it is a relatively short time. A changed person is a lifetime project and we should be…

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Much of what many people know about God and their Perspective of God is determined by what others say about the church they attend. Others often identify God in the attitude and behavior of believers. Considering this, we all should ask the questions, “What perspective of God do others get from…

Saturday March 26, 2005 “He’s not there….” The cries echo out through the empty tomb where Christ’s body was laid. The women were looking for Jesus’ body, and of course it wasn’t there. Shortly after Jesus was raised from the dead, he appeared to the women and to the disciples. Here in the United States…

Monday, December 27, 2004 The world in which we live makes a lot of nothing and little of something. If that were not the case we would see hours a day of dedicated time to Christ’s birth on television and few if any commercials from stores having their latest sale. The gift of things dominates…

Monday, November 22, 2004 It is difficult to be thankful for what we have until we are thankful for the God we have! -Lyn Sahr -Ps 69:30 NIV I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. Tuesday, November 16, 2004 The days of wine and roses end in most marriages when…

Tuesday, October 18, 2004 With the glimmer of greatest in the eyes of optimistic young people, it is dim compared to the light of eternity in the eyes of the saints in their later years waiting to enter heaven’s gates! -Lyn Sahr -Rev 21:22-27 NIV I did not see a temple in the city, because…

Thursday, September 30, 2004 When thinking of a better tomorrow, you better do something about it today! -Lyn Sahr -Prov 4:25 NIV Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Helping others may not be on your agenda today but it may be on God’s agenda for…

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 Mercy is something we seek but difficult to give. -Lyn Sahr -Ps 86:5-7 NIV You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you. 6 Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. 7 In the day of my trouble I will…