Author: donnie

  • Reading a book out of season

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    A little over 10 years ago our former General Superintendent, George O Wood, wrote a book, “Core Values: Serving Christ’s Cause with Effectiveness and Excellence.” The fellowship sent out a copy to all the licensed ministers. It was part of a denominational initiative. I received one and put it up, unread, in my bookcase for…

  • Peace

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    We need to be at peace in lifeAnd flee from all the strifeWisdom seeks peace and not the fightAnger is not real might Donnie Bryson August 2020

  • Love that Intercedes

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    International Sunday School October 4, 2020 Fall #5 1 Samuel 19:1-7 Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David (2) and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into…

  • Revealed Love

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    International Sunday School September 27, 2020 Genesis 45:1-8 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. (2) And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and…

  • Victorious Love

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    International Sunday School September 20, 2020 Fall Quarter #3 Genesis 42:6-25a(NIV) Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. (7) As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them,…

  • Obedient Love

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    International Sunday School September 13, 2020 Fall #2 Genesis 41:25-33 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. (26) The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is…

  • Biased Love

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    International Sunday School Lesson September 6, 2020 Fall Quarter #1 Genesis 37:2-11 This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. (3)…

  • Two Types of Wisdom

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    International Sunday School August 30, 2020 Summer Quarter #13 James 3:13-18 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. (14) But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or…

  • Taming the Tongue

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    International Sunday School August 23, 2020 Summer #12 James 3:1-12 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. (2) We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their…

  • Living Faith

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    International Sunday School August 16, 2020 Summer Quarter #11 James 2:14-26 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? (15) Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. (16) If one of you says to them,…