Come and go With Me

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Come and go With Me

November 2, 2024 • Jim Kirk • Hebrews 13:5, Isaiah 56:7, Joshua 1:9

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As older people, we spend more time coming and going to places we haven’t always been. Earlier in life we spent more time making trips to destinations like school events, sporting venues, or even vacation spots. Now it seems our visits find us going to doctor’s offices, hospitals, or other places associated with the effects of aging. We may need others to come with us because we aren’t able to drive ourselves.

Thank God, our Lord not only invites himself to be with us in this journey called life, but he also invites us to his Holy house of prayer. He puts his eternal word in our hearts and lives as we read it or have it read to us. He also puts people

in our lives who will help us bear our burdens. That is his promise, and he always keeps his promises.

Before I Knew God ...

November 25, 2024 • Lori Hatcher • Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 46:10, Job 42:2

When I was 18 years old, I had to decide where to go to college and what to study. I opened a career catalog, read the job descriptions, and chose Dental Hygiene. For 40 years, I’ve worked in this profession, through my children’s early years, during our homeschooling journey, alongside my professional writing career, and now, as I help care for my parents and grandkids. The Holy Spirit didn’t bring me to faith in Christ until after I’d chosen my career, but I know God guided my decision. He led me into a profession that has allowed me to accomplish everything he’s called me to do while providing a reliable part-time income. As a Christian, I want to seek God for every decision, but I’m comforted to know that even before I knew God, he knew me and was ordering the circumstances of my life for good.

We Wish to See Jesus

November 24, 2024 • Jeremy Klaustermeier • John 12:21, Hebrews 12:1–3, Psalm 96

I’ll never forget the first time I saw the words, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus” etched in metal plates on the pulpit at our church. At first it struck me as quite odd, but as I’ve been a pastor now for many years, it makes perfect sense. As I get tempted to spend the precious few minutes I have in that pulpit talking about the latest trend or railing against the latest thing that offends, the Lord brings me back to those words. All of us, as Christians, need to have our hearts and minds refixed on this same request that the people made to Philip that day. We need to show people and tell people of Jesus, because he is what matters, and he alone is the way of salvation.

Tense Times

November 23, 2024 • Ed Grube • Psalm 90:1, Psalm 90:1–6, Matthew 24:36

Time sometimes makes us tense. There always seems a need to be somewhere on schedule. Some cultures are much less compelled by time. Languages operate by tenses. Some count it vital. (Like the astronaut adjusting to connect with the space station.) Does God ever let time get in the way of his loving us? Does he ever miss an “appointment?” God has his own time zone. He is the God of time, no matter what time it is or will be. Don’t get tense about your salvation. God has always been on time to take us to heaven. Remember “For while we were still weak ... Christ died for the ungodly ... while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8).