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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday January 25TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Last Sunday morning at my home church we began our (probable) year-long message series from the Book of Acts. We covered Acts 1:1-11 which documents the promise of the Holy Spirit and the Ascension of Jesus. The Book of Acts is a continuation of the Gospel of Luke – written by Luke the Physician. It begins where the Gospel of Luke ends. The Gospel of Luke and The Book of Acts are essentially a two-part chronicle from the birth of Jesus to the spread of Christianity led by the Apostle Paul. He wrote it between 60 and 62 A.D.

We’ll also be discussing The Book of Acts each week at Friday Night Bible Study at my church. It will essentially be a “look back” at the previous Sunday’s message.

Here in my neighborhood a friend of mine leads Thursday Night Bible Study at our clubhouse. We just started studying Peter’s first letter. Back in 2021 and 2022 I preached 5 sermons from 1 Peter – “Salvation & Hope” (1:3-12), “Holy & Redeemed” (1:13-23), “Stones & Stumbles” (1:23-2:9), “Honor & Respect” (2:10-25), and “Good & Evil” (3:8-4:8).

I’ve been asked if I prefer preaching and studying with a traditional Bible or an electronic Bible.

I love traditional Bibles. I keep 2 in my car at all times. I have my very first Bible that I bought 19 years ago in my car, and I have a very worn and weathered New Testament / Proverbs / Psalms Bible that I usually bring into church on Sunday mornings and Friday evenings. I usually bring in my original first Bible to Thursday Night Bible Study. I also have a large-print Study Bible that I keep next to my desktop computer that I utilize frequently during the week – especially when I’m writing new sermons.

But I also love YouVersion. It’s the most downloaded and used Bible app worldwide with over 1 billion installs on smart phones and tablets since 2008. I’ve been using it on my own devices for most of that time. So – if I’m ever more than a few feet away from any of my traditional Bibles – then I’ve always got my electronic Bible in every translation.

Thanks to modern technology – you never have to worry about having the Bible away from you. And since that’s the case – the most important thing to do is to open it, read it, and study it daily. Read God’s Word. I love the quote – “Don’t say God is silent when your Bible is closed”.

As the Bible says in Isaiah 29:11-13 (NLT):

All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read – they will say – “We can’t read it because it is sealed.” When you give it to those who cannot read – they will say – “We don’t know how to read.”

And so the Lord says – “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

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My Final Morning In The DFW

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. Last week I wrote about the start of my last full day in North Texas from November 26TH to December 06TH. (It was another movie and another lunch out for me and my brother.) We saw the movie in the longtime movie theatre building that we saw many movies from the Summer of 2007 to the Summer of 2013 – Cinemark Legacy in north Plano along U.S. 75. It’s been there since the late-1990s. My brother used to live in neighboring Allen, and that’s where we enjoyed our West Philly-style cheesesteak lunch after.

Fun Facts: Over 400,000 residents live in Plano and Allen combined. They are located about 25 miles NNE of Downtown Dallas – a straight shot down U.S. 75 (also known as the North Central Expressway). The frequently congested freeway was built in the 1950s and 1960s from south to north. It greatly contributed to suburban sprawl northeastward from Dallas into Collin County. About 1.3 million residents call Collin County home. In 1960 the population was a little over 41,000.

On that Friday December 05TH I spent much of the rest of the day packing and preparing for my return trip back home to Florida the next day.

My last morning was the start of yet another cold, cloudy, and foggy day in the #DFW. Hopefully incoming and outgoing flights wouldn’t be affected by the low ceiling. No need for me to worry about things I can’t control.

My brother went out early in the fog to his favorite local family-owned donut shop. (There are lots of them all around the area – most of them in strip shopping centers. They all seem to have a nondescript sign in front of their space that simply says “DONUT” or “DONUTS”.)

My brother got me a cronut and an apple fritter. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a cronut before, and my brother wanted me to try one. Mine was like an extra-thick honey-glazed donut, or two such donuts fried together as one. (It’s essentially a croissant-donut hybrid that’s made with croissant dough and then deep-fried like a donut.) I would eat another one if my brother got me another one on my next visit to Texas. The apple fritter is just a personal favorite pastry of mine.

After short hugs and goodbyes to my best canine friend, my two nieces, and my sister-in-law – me and my brother headed to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (#DFW). The fog continued the entire way, but it wasn’t too thick.

I checked-in at Terminal B. My checked suitcase was a few pounds heavier than it was 10 days earlier when I flew into Texas. (I think it was up to 36½ pounds.) TSA PreCheck was a bit weird. It had its own dedicated line, but it ended up at the exact same CT X-ray bag scanner line for everyone else. The TSA agent simply took turns with both lines asking the next person to step forward. So – it was weird, but I only had to wait an extra minute or two to place my carry-on bags in the bins to be scanned. I did receive a card that identified me as TSA PreCheck. I gave that card to the next agent, and I went through a dedicated body scanner.

I had to wait awhile on the other (secure) side, as the bag scanner was “hiccupping” as my bag was being scanned – as well as the bag ahead of mine (belonging to someone else). So – they had to pick-up those bags / bins and rescan them. All was good after that.

I headed to my gate after that, and then when the gate changed to a few gates away – I moved there too. (It actually changed from B18 to B17 to B14 to B11 in less than 2½ hours that morning.)

And then it changed to a completely different terminal (D) just 38 minutes before boarding would begin. That annoyed those of us who were sitting comfortably at Gate B11 – including a pilot. Now we had to walk fast to pick-up the Skylink to reach the new terminal and gate. I’ll let you know how that went – next #TravelThursday. Let’s keep traveling together.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 466

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday January 18TH 2026 – the 466TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 11 World On Fire
[2ND week @ # 1]		 for King + Country Ft. Taylor Hill
2 2 14 How Good It Is Chris Tomlin
3 3 15 Dusty Bibles Josiah Queen
4 4 25 Can’t Steal My Joy Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
5 5 6 God Did ! Sons Of Sunday
6 6 31 What An Awesome God Phil Wickham
7 9 3 Heaven On My Mind TobyMac
8 – 1 Homesick For Heaven Phil Wickham
9 – 1 Finished Caleb & John
10 – 1 Where Would I Be Peter Burton

# 1 This Week In:
2025 – “Running Back To You” – Seph Schlueter
2024 – “Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John
2023 – “Who I Am” – Ben Fuller
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody Loves Me Like You” – Chris Tomlin
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

PHIL WICKHAM – “What An Awesome God” – last year’s # 1 smash overall – spends its 31ST week on my chart. It’s just 2 weeks shy of tying the record-breaking 33-week chart run of Patrick Mayberry’s “Lead On Good Shepherd” – 2024’s # 1 smash overall. Meanwhile – Phil’s follow-up hit -“Homesick For Heaven” – is new at # 8. Look for it to be huge during this first-half of 2026.

CALEB & JOHN – Welcome to the area. (They performed LIVE last night at the Manatee County Fair about 75 miles away from my Florida home.) Their 3RD hit is new at # 9, and it – is – “Finished”.

ONE-HIT WONDER – Apollo LTD have been making music together for the past decade. They spent 9 non-consecutive weeks on my chart during the Summer of 2021 with their soulful track for Christ that has that “Sunday Morning Feeling”. They got Ryan Stevenson to assist on it.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday January 18TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Last #SundayScripture I wrote about the weeks and days leading up to that local Miami Christian pop radio station rock concert – at a church – on a Saturday night – in Homestead (my longtime home). God gave me the courage to actually go to that church and attend that rock concert – knowing not a single person there – and being an introvert – and rarely going out after dark.

The 2½-hour concert was loud and amazing, but I soon realized that I was probably the youngest person there; although, I kind of blended in. At the age of 39 – I looked more like 25. (I’m almost 59 now, and I’ve been told that I could pass for a 40-year-old.)

I discovered that the church building was no longer being used for church services. It was being used for special events, weekly meetings, and office space. The Sunday morning church service was being held in the local movie theatre a couple of miles away. Say what ? Church ? In a movie theatre ? To this baby Christian that sounded as weird as a rock concert in a church.

I went to that movie theatre the very next morning – on Sunday January 21ST 2007 – about 20 minutes before the start of the 10 AM (and only) service. I was greeted and hugged at the front door. The Hospitality Director greeted me and introduced herself to me in the main lobby. She directed me to the fresh-brewed Starbucks-branded coffee (behind the curtain on the movie theatre’s concession stand). She also led me to the specific theatre where service would soon begin. There were a few dozen of us in that theatre for that service. Within the first 10 minutes of that experience – I knew that I was exactly where God wanted me to be. I also knew that I would indeed return the following Sunday.

Today marks my 19TH anniversary of being part of a church family. I’ve attended over 900 church services since that first one in 2007. I was with my first church family for over 8 years, and I was with my second church family for the next 9 years. I’ve been with my fourth and current church family for the past 27½ months.

After salvation started I went 5 months without being part of a church family. I went just about as far as I could go on this fantastic journey by myself. That rock concert at that church, and that church service at that movie theatre 19 years ago this weekend changed my life forever. And now – in my 20TH year of salvation – I now enter my 20TH year of being the church and bringing the church in everything I do and everywhere I go.

All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:
first are apostles,
second are prophets,
third are teachers,
then those who do miracles,
those who have the gift of healing,
those who can help others,
those who have the gift of leadership,
those who speak in unknown languages.
(1 Corinthians 12:27-28 NLT)

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp