Entries by Lynn Burton

What comes into your mind when you think about God?

Let us live life “without murmuring and arguing, so that we may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, that we may shine like stars in the world.” Philippians 1:15 Can you make a difference “in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation?” […]

Mountain-moving Praying

Jesus said to them, Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. For this reason I tell you, whatever […]

Ask for the Ancient Paths

Thus says the LORD: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies, and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, “We will not walk in it.” Jeremiah 6:16 A couple of weeks ago I wrote about taking a few dirt roads […]

Jesus wept

Jesus wept. – John 11:35 A little kiss, a little coffee A little moment to pray Our Sunday mornings always started that way Make up in the mirror Humming a gospel song When I came down the stairs I knew that something was wrong He was lying on the floor He was in a better […]

Walking Dirt Roads

Amazement seized all of them, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things today.” Luke 5:26 Have you booked your flight yet?  Virgin Galactic (www.virgingalactic.com) is taking reservations for future spaceflights. The flight will take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico and will last about 90 minutes. […]

Tell the Next Generation

After the plague the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, “Take a census of the whole congregation of the Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their ancestral house, everyone in Israel able to go to war.  Numbers 26:1-2 Florida State University legendary coach Bobby Bowden died last […]

Almost!

Then Agrippa said to Paul “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”  Acts 26:28-29 NKJV Lots of words could fall into the […]

Burning Bush Moments

There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush, he looked, and the bush was blazing yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight.” Exodus 3:2-3 How many times have you desired to have a burning […]

Calming the storm

Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” Genesis 27:41 Hatred is a pattern that repeats itself for generations; often a pattern that is never broken. One […]