“Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind” (Psalm 26:2 NIV). I just had my annual physical. I’ve never enjoyed going to the doctor. After my latest visit, I must say, I like it even less. “Ahh you’ve had a birthday since your last visit.” My physician said with unexpected glee,
Author: Gary Combs
Business cards and Bible study
“… he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, … It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and
Use S.O.A.P. daily
“Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23 NIV). “Daily.” There’s something about daily habits. What we do every day eventually adds up to weeks, months, years, and even a lifetime. Daily habits, while seemingly small
Time to Grow Up
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20 NIV). The above Scripture
The time is now
This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come for the Lord’s house to be built.’ ” Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”
Great day for a snow day
I was up early yesterday, making phone calls and cancelling meetings and appointments. No drive to a morning meeting in Raleigh. No rush back to the office for afternoon appointments. Really, no rushing at all. I stayed home, drank coffee, watched every detail of the inauguration and enjoyed the visits of my kids (who provided snow
Honoring the King on YouTube
If you weren't able to attend the worship service this past Monday evening celebrating Martin Luther King Day, then we've given you a couple of links to get a taste of how the evening went. My daughter-in-law, Caroline, was thoughtful enough to take a couple of short videos from her seat in the congregation. We've
An opportunity to honor the King
“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10 KJV). This past Monday night, on the occasion of the national holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Day, I was privileged to be the featured speaker at the NAACP’s worship service and celebration. Several weeks ago, when the Rev. Alonzo
A gracious farewell by another George
“The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to
Focusing on one thing
“… this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14 KJV). The apostle Paul said, “This one thing I do.” He didn’t say, “These 100