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Morning Devotion — Get serious!

We’ve all faced skeptics who told us we were crazy for considering a bold plan to go for a certain job or a certain team or a certain relationship or a certain address or, yes, a certain act of Christian ministry.
“Get serious!” they told us, adding that we’d be out of our league […]

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Morning Devotion: Glorified risk

Let’s do what Joseph of Arimathea did on Good Friday.
Let’s leave our comfort zone for God’s sake.
Let’s take a glorified risk.
“Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.” (Mark 15:43)
Joseph understood what was at stake socially, financially and spiritually when he decided to place godly faith […]

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Morning Devotion: No other explanation

The D-Day invasion seventy years ago — the greatest invasion the world had ever seen — wouldn’t have happened if those involved had not been convinced that their actions were needed for setting free a nation gripped by darkness and evil.
It was a history-defining moment involving a horrible battle within which thousands of “good guys” […]

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Morning Devotion: Stand your ground

As Christians, we are called to be humble. We are called to be patient. And we are called to be forgiving.
But we are never called to be wimps.
Sometimes, the battle against darkness involves calling out others for the wrongs they’ve done – or are doing – to us.
The Apostle Paul’s and his helper […]

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Morning Devotion: Be bold

Be bold today.
Intercede today for that discouraged co-worker by praising him or her for something, even when other workers spout criticism.
Forgive that friend’s random, calloused words, even when Satan is whispering that you should get even.
Reclaim that moral high ground within your personal life even when loneliness or insults of others push you toward […]

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