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Category Archives: trust
more than watchmen waiting.
You are waiting. You aren’t sure what’s happening. You can’t see to the end of today. And you are waiting. It reminds you of that summer before your senior year of high school, the summer that you worked third shift. … Continue reading
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Trust
(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) A lesson I’ve been learning again is how to trust. One of my favorite passages in the Bible is Paul’s request for us to not worry in Philippians 4:6-7. He gives a great … Continue reading
Formulas
Donald Miller got me thinking. I’ve been reading Searching for God Knows What. He talks about how we can’t use formulas for how we relate to God. We can’t just pray for X and expect it to appear on our … Continue reading
Way to listen
(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday.) “My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.’ ” (Psalm 20:7) That’s a great way to start a day. Or end a … Continue reading
Five years
“What do you want to be true of you as a leader in five years? What do you want your wife to say about you as a church leader? What do you want your kids to say about you as … Continue reading
Prayer. Again.
(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) I constantly seem to forget how important and real prayer is. A few months back, I wrote about a friend who was facing foreclosure because he had not received a paycheck in over … Continue reading
who else is there?
What makes you stay? When you are part of a group and public opinion shifts, what makes you stay? How much attention do you pay to the way people are talking? If lots of people are talking positively about your … Continue reading
someday you will understand
Much happens in our lives that we don’t understand right away. We have conversations, we watch things happen, we see things in the moment. We think we understand. A person is cranky. We think they are mad at us. Or … Continue reading
What does it mean to trust?
(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” Solomon, the man who many consider to be the wisest man ever, said that in Proverbs 3:5. Jesus … Continue reading
God is bigger than all that
(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) As the new year and the new decade begin, it is great to feel like we have a fresh start. That’s a wonderful thing. But how long will that feeling last? In a … Continue reading
