Posted in God's leading on Feb 12th, 2013
I was just a few seconds into reading my online, One-Year Bible when it became clear to me what the Morning Devotion topic would be today — God’s amazing grace.
In Exodus 34, God and Moses had just been through a time of intense anger toward the Israelites because of their shameful, carnal abandonment of trust […]
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Posted in God's leading on Jan 2nd, 2013
It’s one of the most vivid word pictures painted by Jesus during His ministry.
Jesus had entered the last week of His ministry with the heart-thumping triumphal entry into Jerusalem. So many were so excited about what they thought was the imminent end to Roman rule as their long-desired political/military messianic kingdom was being launched.
The people […]
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Posted in God's leading on Nov 14th, 2012
We like it when a friend says things that lift our spirits.
But we typically don’t like it when the friend says things that burden our spirits.
Fortunately, there’s more of the former than the latter.
Or else, perhaps the person really isn’t our friend.
Count it a blessing when a friend is willing to be unpopular with you […]
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Posted in God's leading on Oct 15th, 2012
Two things that we Christians should desire most cannot be ours simply we want them.
The fact is that we sometimes have to change how we think and act if we’re to have any hope of having them.
I’m talking about the love of God and the capacity for the perseverance of Christ.
A brief verse in […]
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Posted in God's leading on Sep 14th, 2012
Some people seem afraid to make a peep if somebody else is not going to like it.
And other people act as if they could care less what others thought about their choices.
Where are you in that panorama of peer opinions?
It’s a life philosophy that we have to deal with all through our lives, it […]
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