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"If you would hit the mark you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the earth."  --  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Colossians 3:1-4 ... Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Communion is a time to aim a little higher -- to set our sights a little higher -- because the attraction of earth is all around us. Posted from WordPress for Android

Perhaps you've heard of Corrie ten Boom, a young Dutch lady whose family helped hide Jews during the height of Nazi persecution.  After the war, she went on to become a powerful and inspiration speaker and writer. You may not know much about her family, particularly her father: Casper ten Boom.  While operating a successful jewelry business, he also started a ministry to the poor in Amsterdam.  It was called "For the Salvation of the People."  When the Nazi's began their persecution of the Jews and required the Jews to wear the star of David, Casper ten Boom wore one, too. In 1942 he became an active part of the Dutch Resistance, helping hide Jews as they traveled to safety.  Two years later, the Gestapo raided his house, arresting Casper and his family.  He was 84 years old when they sent him to prison. Here's how his last few days…

Do you live like a person who has been rescued? I've never been carried from a burning building or pulled from a car wreck.  No near-death or light-at-the-end of the tunnel experiences ... so far. But I've been rescued from something far more dangerous, something more deadly than death itself.  Here's how Paul describes it: For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins (Colossians 1:13-14). "The dominion of darkness."  It just sounds bad, doesn't it.  Yet that's where each of us lived prior to surrendering our lives to Jesus.  We lived under the control and mastery of darkness -- not just in darkness but controlled by it. The substitionary death Jesus died on the cross was to set us free from darkness.  Simply put, God rescued us.  He…