http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/ ]]> en-us 2007-11-20T12:28:08-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000075.html "Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart." [Eph 6:6] This day I have come upon the realization that my job... Journal entry ckelly 2007-11-20T12:28:08-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000074.html Daily Bread on Jeremiah 11:1-23 "`Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant---the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, 'Obey me... Jeremiah ckelly 2007-11-12T07:21:27-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000073.html 2 Chronicles 36:1-23 God had endured the sin of Israel and Judah enough. Now there was no remedy for them [16]. They were doomed. God would be with his remnant in Babylon. But the temple and the city was destroyed.... Journal entry ckelly 2007-10-16T06:10:09-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000072.html 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 "...from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory... Journal entry ckelly 2007-10-04T09:22:22-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000071.html Daily Bread on 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 There are so many reasons to give up the decision to be holy, devoted to the Lord, devout, pious. Why bother, when everyone else is going absolutely insane with sin---lust, greed, pride, filth, violence... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-27T10:39:43-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000070.html Daily Bread on 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 Paul was deeply thankful that the Thessalonians accepted the message of the gospel as the word of God. It's too easy to reject a message given by men as merely man's word. But God... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-24T06:44:06-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000069.html Whether we LIKE it or not, it IS fair for the cat to eat the bird and the bird to eat the worm and the cat to be caught and eaten by the fox, and so forth. Likewise, it is NATURAL and GOOD for man to eat a cow or deer or fish or worm or even a cat. That's How It Goes. Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-20T23:46:08-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000068.html My friend John Armstrong wrote an article called "Believers Living in the Desert," in which he says, "The longer I attempt to live in Christ the more I discover that many things that I thought were so clear need... Articles ckelly 2007-09-18T08:03:44-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000067.html John 4:16-26 Jesus had met a Samaritan woman. Not quite what we would call a minority, Samaritans had more the position of gypsies. They were despised. And she was a woman who had been married to five guys, and was... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-18T07:01:21-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000066.html I wrote my friend Curtis (who writes The Teen Conservative) that I'm not in agreement with Ron Paul that the US can "simply walk out" of Iraq. But I agree with R.P. that we never should have been there without... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-12T06:40:30-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000065.html John 2:1-11 Jesus' first miraculous sign was to change water into wine. I don't think Jesus went out of his way to do a miracle or prove himself. Mary involved him. The servants obeyed him wholeheartedly. They even dipped out... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-12T06:29:37-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000064.html I really want someone to know me. But it's too dangerous to reveal too much of myself to anyone less than Jesus. I want a place "under the fig tree" where I can lie completely naked before God. There is no shame there, for I am clothed with Christ Himself. He accepts me, though He knows all about me. I need not hide from Jesus. I am free in Him because he knows me through and through. Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-11T06:42:13-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000063.html John 1:35-42 When John saw Jesus and said, "Look, the Lamb of God!" the two of his disciples who were with him that day LEFT him to follow Jesus. They were gone. John's ministry was in decline BECAUSE it was... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-10T12:22:15-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000062.html John 1:14-18 One of the most beautiful passages of Scripture is John chapter 1, in which John introduces Jesus as "The Word" who became flesh and made his dwelling among us. How beautiful that God would come down in flesh... Journal entry ckelly 2007-09-07T10:05:53-05:00 http://fledge.net/my-journal/ck/archives/000059.html Daily Bread on Ezra 4:1-24 Ezra 4 records the opposition that the Jew met while trying to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. It was intense. First the enemies tried to infiltrate them by volunteering to help them with the work.... Journal entry ckelly 2007-08-30T06:40:23-05:00