Refresh
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Take Your Pencils Out
Alright, ladies and gentlemen it’s test time. Take out your pencils. Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of your paper and write today’s date underneath your name. Has everyone completed that task? Let’s begin. Anyone remember those days? We followed our teacher’s instructions and filled out all the easy information. We know our names and the date (most of the time…LOL). But the test…Some of us dreaded the test. We had studied feverishly and just wanted to make sure that we got the right answers. Others forgot all about the test and broke out in a nervous sweat. Some were confident because the material was easy for them. …
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I Know I’ve Been Changed
LaShun Pace Rhodes sings “I Know I’ve Been Changed.” It’s a down home, foot stomping gospel song. You can find it on YouTube if you’ve never heard it. Back in the days of cassette tapes, LaShun was on heavy rotation in my mother’s car. At Bible study on Wednesday night, pastor taught about spiritual transformation. As soon as I got home and thought about the lesson, the song sprang to mind. At one point in the song, she says, “God’s chemical laboratory of redemption took my black soul and dipped it in red blood, and I came out white as snow.” It’s an awesome visual description of just how changed…
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Not Far and Still Too Far
Wednesday night Bible study at my church is called “Refresh.” It’s a wonderful opportunity to get you over the hump until you get the Word on Sunday. For a great portion of my life, it was the only time I’d crack open the Bible outside of Sundays. I’m just being honest. I still struggle to spend time just studying. Writing the blog has helped my faith walk tremendously because I find myself getting interested in the stories of the people in the Bible. The reality of their situations. I’m looking at events with new eyes. Enough about me. On to the topic of this week’s Bible Study. My pastor didn’t…
