Jay McCarl
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The world doesn’t need more Christianity. Really. It needs Holy men and Holy women who shine in the darkness because they are with Jesus and He is in them and it shows. They are alive and of another world ruled by an invincible King; they practice a heavenly culture and speak the language of eternity and salvation; and they are thankful—always
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Bernard of Clairvaux was sainted because he loved Jesus, but everyone who follows Jesus is a saint, too. How can you tell? They are completely taken by Him, they do what He says because they love Him and they are thankful—really thankful. Like St. Bernard… What language shall I borrow to thank You, dearest Friend, For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity
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A college professor once told a pompous student, “Young man, I suggest you plunge your finger into a bowl of water and remove it—the hole that remains will show you how significant you really are.” Our world is driven by the fleeting and superficial—people, ideas and things that pave the way to human insignificance, but it was never meant to
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Jesus said. “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” “Love your enemy…” “Do good to those who hate you…” “Love one another as I have loved you.” “If you Love Me, you will obey what I command.” There’s your day. And the rest of your life. Any questions? —j
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Here I sit, recovering from a bad bout with food poisoning where the food won the first round. When your guts ache, news-watching seemed all the more painful, especially the blind and trendy attacks on the simple Good News that Jesus saves souls. But the message, simple as it is, is powerful beyond measure and in no danger
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Following Jesus? Wounds are assured. So is glory. Hast thou no scar? No hidden scar on foot or side or hand? I hear thee sung as mighty in the land, I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star; Hast thou no scar? Hast thou no wound? Yet, I was wounded by the archers, spent. Leaned
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What will we do with eternity? More than we know, I’m sure. But perhaps the Apostle John gave us a clue. He ended his gospel with these words: “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books
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A dear friend, Ken Needham, recently suffered a heart aliment and cancer—at the same time. He’s fine now (bless the Lord) and he received a brilliant insight during his time in hospital… “…While the surgeons and most of the nursing staff were excellent, there were a couple of exceptions, people who had some knowledge and experience who “knew what was best
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To the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the middle of the last century, we remember… MOURNER’S KADDISH Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world, which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, and within the life of the entire House of Israel,
Jay McCarl 