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Greetings my friends. It is Sunday June 22ND 2025, 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.

This is my 365TH #SundayScripture over the past 7 years. I always look forward to writing this blog post each week to share the Glory of God.

When I was working full-time I knew that I wanted to write more once I retired. And now I’m doing it. I’m a modern-day writer – a “digital creator” as it’s known today. Many digital creators specialize in short videos. Others showcase their photography skills online. I write Facebook posts, blog posts, and sermons. I’m the Social Media Director for the Sebring Historical Society, and I run our Facebook page. I also run my own Facebook page – CountUp – (same name as this blog). My Facebook page is an extension of this blog – specifically #TravelThursday. And I write sermons (and Communions – which are essentially mini-sermons).

I’ve written a lot of material online over the past 32 years, and I hope to continue to do so as long as it’s still enjoyable and people continue to read (or hear) what I’ve written.

I’m currently writing my 67TH sermon and 4TH in a row from First Timothy. It’s titled “Elders & Deacons”, and it’s based on 1 Timothy 3:1-13.

An elder must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall. Also – people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap. (1 Timothy 3:6-7 NLT)

It’s all about humility. Gotta be humble as a Pastor, Preacher, Teacher, Minister, Elder, Deacon, Christ Believer. Humility leads to trust and respect. God teaches us how to be humble.

Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other – making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. (Ephesians 4:2 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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday June 15TH 2025, 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.

This morning I’m waking up in a hotel room in Homestead Florida – my home from 1987 to 2023. I’m visiting my former church family – attending service and extending my birthday celebration. Afterwards a small group of us will gather together – probably at Longhorn Steakhouse – for fellowship and food. I’ll be on my way back home to Sebring after lunch.

Normally I watch my former Pastor on Facebook on Sunday afternoons. When I get home tonight – I’ll be watching my current Pastor on YouTube.

I like Psalm 96:3. The NLT uses the word “publish”. It says to “Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.” That’s what Pastors do when they publish their sermons online. That’s what Bloggers do when they publish God’s Word online. We tell everyone about the amazing things He does. Most other Bible translations use the word “declare” in lieu of “publish”. A few use the word “tell”. I like all 3 words, for we must tell, declare, and publish His Glory – starting inside the local church – and working our way outside the church and into the world – among all peoples. As Billy Graham famously said – “Christ belongs to all people – He belongs to the whole world !”

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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday June 08TH 2025, 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.

I looked back at my Sunday blog post from exactly 17 years ago today on Sunday June 08TH 2008. I starred in a promotional video following Praise & Worship and Communion that morning that was “absolutely gut-busting hilarious (and yet strangely informative at the same time)”. That’s how I described it back then. It was done in a “Wayne’s World” style, and I was the guest being interviewed. (I played myself.)

The Pastor’s message that morning was about loneliness. Here’s what I wrote on here post-service:

Everyone has been lonely at some point in their life, but when you have a personal relationship with God you should know that although you may be alone – you are never lonely. God will never allow you to be lonely. God is our Father, our Son, and our Holy Spirit. We must have a ‘Gospel Partnership’ with Him where He is the center of all of our relationships. He must always be our # 1 priority above everything else. Our human relationships should be patterned after our # 1 relationship with God. The Good News says ‘Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” (Genesis 1:26 NLT)

That’s some Good News from 2008 – back when I was nearing the end of my 2ND year of salvation. My first church met at the local movie theatre back then. We leased it out every Sunday morning for about 10 hours – from 2 AM to 12 PM. (Setup was done in shifts from 2 AM to 8 AM.)

I served with my brothers and sisters of my church family at the front door, at our information booth in the main lobby, at the door leading in to the sanctuary (one of the theatres), and in various other areas of hospitality. I learned the importance of a church family. That’s the key to avoiding loneliness – serving God and living life with others who are also serving God – and knowing that God is always there for us – and with us. He lives in us – if we believe and follow Him.

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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, CountUp