Happy New Year…Ask, Seek, Knock

January 1, 2018 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

It is a new day, a new time and a new year. As you look around your life…think about when in your daily routine can you commit to spending a few minutes with God every day. What is a comfortable place for you to sit or kneel? What time of day is it? Do you have a devotional book to guide you?

Make a plan to start a new daily habit. For me it started as coffee with God each morning, because if I could spend that much effort to have coffee for myself I sure as heck better be able to spend a few minutes in the quiet of the morning with my Creator…and it has grown into a time in the morning I look forward to every day.

The best part is you can start without the plan…just find a quiet moment and ask God to help you find a way to meet with Him each day and then pay attention for the opportunities…May the peace of God be with you!

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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

(This photo was taken in April of 2016 at a lake place in central Minnesota)

Alone With God

August 23, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

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“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”

Mark 1:35

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington)

Be Open To The Word

August 7, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

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“For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”

Proverbs 2:6

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 at Sapphire Point near Dillon, Colorado)

The Light Of Life

July 29, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

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“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”

Psalm 119:105

(This photo was taken in June of 2013 near Pike’s Peak in Colorado)

The Word Of Life

July 27, 2017 / mcalcagno / 1 Comment

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“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteous, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 in Glacier National Park in Montana)

Spend Time With God

July 24, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

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The words of Jesus as recorded in the Gospel according to Matthew…

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Matthew 11:28

(This photo was taken in July of 2016 in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming)

Keep First Things, First

July 17, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

1 Peter 1:8-9

(This photo was taken in July of 2017 near a lake in northwestern Wisconsin)

The Word Of God

June 22, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

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“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17

(This photo was taken in July of 2016 in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming)

Spiritual Growth

May 31, 2017 / mcalcagno / Leave a comment

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“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

1 Peter 2:1-3

(This photo was taken in October of 2014 on the island of Maui)