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The way Peter separated himself from Jesus was to cuss!
What a lesson that is for us this morning. I was doing some reading and it was like the Lord stepped right out and said, “What is in your life that separates you from Me?”
Matthew 26:74, “Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” (KJV)
Peter was afraid. No doubt when Jesus looked him in the eye, he was immediately repentant. Not like one who gets caught doing as he always does but like one who has disappointed the One he claims to love.
The world is filled with the illogical. It is contradictory. I’ll offer one example. In Bible study last night, it was mentioned that the internet is great for a lot of things like how to install a fixture in the home or change the oil in a lawnmower. Even then, you have to be careful who you listen to. It is also a virtual birthplace for the deception, fraud and underhandedness. It is all of this that leads to more and more confusion. The Bible tells us that God is not the author of confusion but of peace. But I think some find it so hard to accept peace because they no longer trust the package that it comes in.
I guess you’re wondering where that came from. Let me try to explain it this way. Do you know how big a contradiction it is to believe that one can party it up on Saturday then go to church on Sunday? If you are a believer who sees nothing wrong with that, you have been deceived. And, I’d wager that you have no peace because it’s the contradictions in your life, a lack of surety or guarantee that consumes a large part of your thinking. You’re trying to make right what isn’t. Been there, done that. Never works. Believe me, the mind is where the aggravation starts and when something ain’t right, just like Peter, a man knows it ain’t right.
The Word of God, the Bible, will teach us to find the truth. Even in the deception. It is focused on one subject and that is life eternal with the Father. God has set the requirements for us to live in His house. The gift of salvation is free to all who will accept it. The Word tells us how to live in His grace.
So ask yourself this morning what is in your life that separates you from Jesus. What in your own life is illogical and contradictory to the word of God? What is it that when it’s preached on, causes you to be upset and unsettled?
Give it to God. Let Him heal that divide today. Let Him have your burden today. Jesus will give you the victory. He said in His word, “…if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
Have a great Thursday!
I love ya!
-Pastor Butch
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When they want you to think they’ve got it together, it may be all that they can do to hold it together.

You know, for everything I've done. Every sin, every evil thought, every judgment and every bad decision when it was over, only the scar remained.
What’s funny to me is how much time I wasted trying to cover them up. I mean, we’ve all got them. We may not have deserved some of them but wherever they came from we earned them.
So the question becomes, do you allow them to shackle you to a long past hurt or use them as a reminder of future blessing? 🤔
Diane and I talked to a lady yesterday. She just praised God for His goodness. She was sincere and we could feel her strength. She said it wasn’t always this way. She asked for nothing. No pity. We just listened. She said that there was a time when she and her family were homeless. They just could not get it together. Then one day, they began to pray. That simple. She and her family began to pray. Then they began to seek God for a path out of their desperation. That hadn’t a clue what they were doing. They just sought God.
With a newfound peace, they went to work. Fast forward. Together they put a daughter through college. She works in a hospital today and their son is in his first year. And this is but a small part of her testimony. They still pray together.
The Lord is still doing it y’all. We can’t call on Him and just sit down. If we will only trust Him, He will bring wholeness to our lives and use our scars to help others who are hurting.
Our every scar should remind us not only what we learned through the experience but that even when we are at our best, of how far we have yet to go.
I’ll choose the blessings.
Oh yeah, the lady’s dad and I have the same nickname. Poor fellow! 😁
Thank you Lord for your finishing work!
-Pastor Butch

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2 Chronicles 33:3 - "For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them."

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