Comments for nKurEdge http://www.nkuredge.com encouragement and information for pastors and church leaders Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Alone? by John Zadina http://www.nkuredge.com/2010/02/23/alone/comment-page-1/#comment-3446 John Zadina Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:02:34 +0000 http://www.nkuredge.com/2010/02/23/alone/#comment-3446 It seems from where I stand that our culture is desiring community more than it has in the past couple of decades but there is a huge problem. We humans are great at falling prey to the temptation to sabatoge those dessires that are good for us while getting involved in those which destroy what we desire most. What I have experienced in my life is the desire to escape hurt. That desire drove me to stay away from church or when I did go, to not get envolved to the point I had to get close to people. The fact is we hurt people we shouldn't but we do. If we will stay together work together and grow together we will find we all hurt each other less and the world will know us by our love. The other problem that I see which may be even bigger is our american run run always going lifestyle. We go so much when sunday comes around we are beat. We do need a rest. The problem is not church the problem is we are addicted to busieness. God convicted me a few years ago about this. He seemed to say if you want to worship me why do you tire yourself out so much you can't stay awake in worship. If I were to train for a sports event I wouldn't aproach it as we do sunday morning worship. Our husbands and wives do need to spend time alone. Plan ahead do away with things in the shedule. Let's go against the culture and have time to truely be with people. Our job in this life is to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God. That takes a person who has left the addiction to the busy life behind. It seems from where I stand that our culture is desiring community more than it has in the past couple of decades but there is a huge problem. We humans are great at falling prey to the temptation to sabatoge those dessires that are good for us while getting involved in those which destroy what we desire most. What I have experienced in my life is the desire to escape hurt. That desire drove me to stay away from church or when I did go, to not get envolved to the point I had to get close to people. The fact is we hurt people we shouldn’t but we do. If we will stay together work together and grow together we will find we all hurt each other less and the world will know us by our love. The other problem that I see which may be even bigger is our american run run always going lifestyle. We go so much when sunday comes around we are beat. We do need a rest. The problem is not church the problem is we are addicted to busieness. God convicted me a few years ago about this. He seemed to say if you want to worship me why do you tire yourself out so much you can’t stay awake in worship. If I were to train for a sports event I wouldn’t aproach it as we do sunday morning worship. Our husbands and wives do need to spend time alone. Plan ahead do away with things in the shedule. Let’s go against the culture and have time to truely be with people. Our job in this life is to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God. That takes a person who has left the addiction to the busy life behind.

]]> Comment on Leaving? So Soon? by Bethany Goodman http://www.nkuredge.com/2010/01/25/leaving-so-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-3184 Bethany Goodman Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:53:53 +0000 http://www.nkuredge.com/2010/01/25/leaving-so-soon/#comment-3184 I just added nKurEdge to my google homepage! Isn't technology cool! Thanks again for sharing! Bethany I just added nKurEdge to my google homepage! Isn’t technology cool! Thanks again for sharing! Bethany

]]> Comment on Leaving? So Soon? by Mike http://www.nkuredge.com/2010/01/25/leaving-so-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 Mike Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:01:07 +0000 http://www.nkuredge.com/2010/01/25/leaving-so-soon/#comment-3174 God used this article to tell me exactly what I've needed to hear. Thanks! God used this article to tell me exactly what I’ve needed to hear. Thanks!

]]> Comment on A New Appreciation of Christmas by Donna Shewmaker http://www.nkuredge.com/2009/12/23/a-new-appreciation-of-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2973 Donna Shewmaker Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:33:09 +0000 http://www.nkuredge.com/2009/12/23/a-new-appreciation-of-christmas/#comment-2973 Hi Jim, What a wonderful message you have written for all of us to be blessed. I am so thankful for the body of Christ during our mountains and valleys. They come in all forms, but each of us have them. I trust for the Love of God to surround you and your family in this New Year 2010. May you behold the glory of His Presence in your everyday living and be richly renewed in His Word. Sincerely, Donna Hi Jim,
What a wonderful message you have written for all of us to be blessed.
I am so thankful for the body of Christ during our mountains and valleys. They come in all forms, but each of us have them.
I trust for the Love of God to surround you and your family in this New Year 2010. May you behold the glory of His Presence in your everyday living and be richly renewed in His Word. Sincerely, Donna

]]> Comment on Nearing the End by mary lou oakley http://www.nkuredge.com/2009/09/11/nearing-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 mary lou oakley Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:09:11 +0000 http://www.nkuredge.com/2009/09/11/nearing-the-end/#comment-2948 I have been blessed just by reading you accounts of Lois's final days and the loving comments made by thosr who knew and loved her. She has a loving legacy and God can use her life story to reach other souls. Mary Lou I have been blessed just by reading you accounts of Lois’s final days and the loving comments made by thosr who knew and loved her. She has a loving legacy and God can use her life story to reach other souls. Mary Lou

]]> Comment on December 31 – “When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.” by Daniel http://www.nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-31-%e2%80%9cwhen-joseph-and-mary-had-done-everything-required-by-the-law-of-the-lord-they-returned-to-galilee-to-their-own-town-of-nazareth%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2844 Daniel Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:04:48 +0000 http://nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-31-%e2%80%9cwhen-joseph-and-mary-had-done-everything-required-by-the-law-of-the-lord-they-returned-to-galilee-to-their-own-town-of-nazareth%e2%80%9d/#comment-2844 Hey Jim. Thanks for the advent devotions this month. Today's gives a hint of realness and authenticity.Here are some nuggets that your words provoked in me. Faithfulness when all seems futile. Worshiping when it doesn't make sence. Working without all the hype of being noticed. And to quote pastor Bob, watering our grass when it looks greener on the other side! :D Thanks brother for your encouragment. Hey Jim. Thanks for the advent devotions this month. Today’s gives a hint of realness and authenticity.Here are some nuggets that your words provoked in me. Faithfulness when all seems futile. Worshiping when it doesn’t make sence. Working without all the hype of being noticed. And to quote pastor Bob, watering our grass when it looks greener on the other side! :D Thanks brother for your encouragment.

]]> Comment on December 30 – “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” by Judi Iverson-Gilbert http://www.nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-30-%e2%80%9ca-voice-is-heard-in-ramah-weeping-and-great-mourning-rachel-weeping-for-her-children-and-refusing-to-be-comforted-because-they-are-no-more%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 Judi Iverson-Gilbert Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:32 +0000 http://nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-30-%e2%80%9ca-voice-is-heard-in-ramah-weeping-and-great-mourning-rachel-weeping-for-her-children-and-refusing-to-be-comforted-because-they-are-no-more%e2%80%9d/#comment-2833 An eternal perspective is all that makes temporal life possible some days, isn't it? As I struggle with both the painful stuff in my own life that I can't make sense of and the burden of sin and non-sense that the greater world stumbles under each day, it helps me to remember that physical death is not the ultimate tragedy from God's perspective -- and we must all go through that door at sometime and in some way. Isaiah echos God's voice, "My thoughts are higher than your thoughts and my ways are higher than your ways." An eternal perspective is all that makes temporal life possible some days, isn’t it?

As I struggle with both the painful stuff in my own life that I can’t make sense of and the burden of sin and non-sense that the greater world stumbles under each day, it helps me to remember that physical death is not the ultimate tragedy from God’s perspective — and we must all go through that door at sometime and in some way. Isaiah echos God’s voice, “My thoughts are higher than your thoughts and my ways are higher than your ways.”

]]> Comment on December 29 – “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” by Melba Collins http://www.nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-29-%e2%80%9cwhere-is-the-one-who-has-been-born-king-of-the-jews-we-saw-his-star-in-the-east-and-have-come-to-worship-him%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 Melba Collins Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:38:03 +0000 http://nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-29-%e2%80%9cwhere-is-the-one-who-has-been-born-king-of-the-jews-we-saw-his-star-in-the-east-and-have-come-to-worship-him%e2%80%9d/#comment-2828 Jim, Again I enjoy these devotionals so much. I look forward to them everyday. Thank you for taking the time to do them. Happy New year and God blessings. Jim, Again I enjoy these devotionals so much. I look forward to them everyday. Thank you for taking the time to do them. Happy New year and God blessings.

]]> Comment on Blessed Be the Name of the Lord by Randy Somers http://www.nkuredge.com/2009/10/23/blessed-be-the-name-of-the-lord/comment-page-1/#comment-2810 Randy Somers Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:33:40 +0000 http://www.nkuredge.com/2009/10/23/blessed-be-the-name-of-the-lord/#comment-2810 I sit here trying to write out a graveside service for my wife. She took 8 years to die of a rare brain disease. She died on 21 Dec. My 3 children want the verse of Job 1/21 inscribed on a cross to remind them of the bitter sweet experience of the death of their believing mother. The words come easy. Most of the time we can mean them. We look forward to heaven. I sit here trying to write out a graveside service for my wife. She took 8 years to die of a rare brain disease. She died on 21 Dec. My 3 children want the verse of Job 1/21 inscribed on a cross to remind them of the bitter sweet experience of the death of their believing mother. The words come easy. Most of the time we can mean them. We look forward to heaven.

]]> Comment on December 26 – “He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.” by Doug Webster http://www.nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-26-%e2%80%9che-was-wailing-for-the-consolation-of-israel-and-the-holy-spirit-was-upon-him%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 Doug Webster Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:53:08 +0000 http://nkuredge.com/2007/12/01/december-26-%e2%80%9che-was-wailing-for-the-consolation-of-israel-and-the-holy-spirit-was-upon-him%e2%80%9d/#comment-2806 Hi Jim, the verse at the beginning should read "waiting" not wailing (for future ref.). thanks for your work on this. blessings, Doug Hi Jim, the verse at the beginning should read “waiting” not wailing (for future ref.). thanks for your work on this. blessings, Doug

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