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    More Fruitful Work

    by TerryLema June 20, 2025

    After 10 days of devotions taken from that magnet on Bob’s gun safe (Ten Things God Wants You to Know), I woke up to a blank page. Now what? I love writing and could probably write about just anything. But I don’t want to write about “just anything.” I want to write what God tells me to write.

    I was reading in Philippians – there is so much good stuff that we quote and re-quote from that book. I could pick and choose probably enough to keep me busy for weeks. Instead, of picking and choosing on my own, I asked God to give me one thought from each chapter that I don’t always think about.

    Philippians 1:22: “I can do more fruitful work for Christ.” [NLT]

    That thought comes from the familiar paragraph where Paul is discussing his life for Christ … “for to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” [vs21 NKJV]

    Paul admits he was hard-pressed to know which was better, to be with the LORD or to remain in this life. Going to be with the LORD would be the ultimate joy. But remaining would mean Paul could do more “fruitful work for Christ.”

    We don’t know when we will go to be with the LORD, either through the grave or when Christ returns for His own. We can be certain, however, that this life is to be marked by “fruitful work for Christ.” I guess we should leave the timing to Him and concentrate on what our responsibility is. Amen.

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    Ten: I Will Give You Rest

    by TerryLema June 19, 2025
    June 19, 2025

    I will give you rest is the last of the 10 things the magnet in Bob’s office said God wants us to remember. We are to remember the rest God…

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    Nine: I Will Strengthen You

    by TerryLema June 18, 2025
    June 18, 2025

    I will strengthen you. Isaiah 40:29: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” [NIV] 2 Corinthians 12:9: “And He said to [Paul], ‘My grace…

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    Eight: I Will Answer You

    by TerryLema June 17, 2025
    June 17, 2025

    I will answer you. Psalm 91:14-16: “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon…

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    I Believe in You

    by TerryLema June 16, 2025
    June 16, 2025

    I believe in you. Most of those ten things God wants us to remember on that old magnet in Bob’s office were straight forward … even though God has taken…

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    I Am For You

    by TerryLema June 15, 2025
    June 15, 2025

    I am for you. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” [Romans 8:31 NIV] Ah, that little word IF? That little word IF makes us wonder, doesn’t…

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    Five: I Love You

    by TerryLema June 14, 2025
    June 14, 2025

    I love You.  “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong. They are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves…

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    Four: I Will Be With You

    by TerryLema June 13, 2025
    June 13, 2025

    I will be with you. What a delightful promise! Two Scriptures immediately came to mind. In the Old Testament, God’s promise to Israel in Isaiah 43:1-2: “Fear not, for I…

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    Three: I Will Provide For You

    by TerryLema June 12, 2025
    June 12, 2025

    I will provide for you. When I saw this on the magnet in Bob’s room my mind went immediately to the Scripture in Philippians 4:19: “And my God shall supply…

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    Two: I Will Not Fail You

    by TerryLema June 11, 2025
    June 11, 2025

    I will not fail you. That’s the second of 10 things I want to remember about God.  He will not fail us. Remember that wonderful Scripture in Lamentations 3:22? “Through…

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Pastor Terry Lema

Pastor Terry Lema has been married for 53 years, and has 3 children and 3 grandsons. Terry graduated from Trinity Bible College, and and recently retired as Lead Pastor at The Way Church in Middleton, Idaho.

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