For many days I have been chewing on II Corinthians 13:5-6.

”Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. ⁶ But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.”

The first part arrested my attention.  Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith.  As Paul writes I can’t help but think that there is a litmus test to which we test ourselves by.  Something to reveal to us whether we are in the faith or not. 

I know that this “EXAM” is found in the pages of Scripture.  I am searching out the test questions so we can know the answers to this exam.  I feel a sermon series coming up!

Here is a great blog post by Mark Batterson:

“I recently mentioned that I’m falling in love with the Bible all over again. Honestly, I think reading through a one-year Bible in different translations will become an annual ritual. I feel like it sets the tone for the day. And it keeps me consistent.
Having said that let me say this: not all parts of the Bible are equally exciting. Is that ok to say? Or to put it another way, all Scripture is equally inspired but not all Scripture is equally applicable. By the way, I think I heard Andy Stanley say something or write something along those lines. Wanna give credit where credit is due.
So I just finished reading through Leviticus. And I’m not gonna lie, it’s not the easiest read in the Bible. Reading thru Leviticus is like driving thru Iowa. My apologies to all Iowans, but after a while, the flat land and corn rows can get a little mind numbing. But you’ve got to keep driving. Eventually you’ll get out of Iowa. Again, my apologies. And you’ll come to some scenic overlooks in Colorado. And honestly, it’s the flat lands of Iowa that help you appreciate the mountain ranges of Colorado.
For what it’s worth, my big take away from Leviticus was a renewed gratitude that we don’t have to make all of those sacrifices because Jesus made one sacrifice for all people for all time.”

HT: Batterson Blog

Sonya and I will be leaving after our morning service for vacation.  We will be going south to Houston to spend the week with my family.  It has been several months since my parents have seen the grandkids, if I wait any longer I will be erased from the will.  Please pray for our safe travel.  I will be blogging some but not as much.  Keep checking back throughout the week for more writings.

This morning is week 3 of our Stories Series.  It has been a great series!  We hear a testimony (story) from someone in our congregation and then I share a message that relates to that story.  This week we are talking about Transformed Marriages.  Bill and Susie will share their testimony which happens to be an incredible story of restoration.

When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…

‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’