Author Archives: jwfisch

The race isn’t over until it’s over

So don’t sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet! Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other … Continue reading

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Thank you Veterans

We cleared our desk today to examine how best we might acknowledge our gratitude for the generous contributions to the Catch Ministry. If we worked with paper, the floor would be littered with sheets that had crumpled beginnings such as … … Continue reading

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Grace interrupted

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God. Hebrews 12:15 How can you fall short of the grace of God? I can understand falling short of the law of God, since we all do that, … Continue reading

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Making room for the Spirit

We’re having a revival. Why? Because it’s revival time? No. Because in your “Your Participation Matters” comments, enough of you asked for it in as many words that we figured we’d better pay attention. “Revival.” “Fresh move of the Spirit.” … Continue reading

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Lighten the load

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the … Continue reading

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What does God want you to do?

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. Hebrews 11:31 Listed with all those greats of the faith is a prostitute named Rahab. There were a number of strikes against … Continue reading

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Faith is …

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Faith is:      A. Spiritual exertion      B. Mustered up feeling      C. A choice to believe      D. A strongly held … Continue reading

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So how are we doing?

All these people were still living by faith when they died. Hebrews 11:13 This is my new favorite verse from Hebrews 11. It tells us something incredible. I think of the Old Testament characters as those who had the Spirit of … Continue reading

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The Hebrews Eleven Hall of Fame

As a member of the Board of Directors, I wish to thank everyone who made a contribution to the Catch Ministry’s Fall fund-raising campaign and, at the same time, wish to encourage those who have yet to contribute.  We are … Continue reading

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Come Alive

We call out to dry bones, come alive, come alive We call out to dead hearts, come alive, come alive Up out of the ashes, let us see an army rise We call out to dry bones, come alive From … Continue reading

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