Posted in spiritual strength on Dec 6th, 2011
It’s been one of those days when the agenda was set for me by circumstances, both forseen and unforseen.
You’ve had plenty of such days, I’m sure.
I’m glad, though, for the opportunity before bedtime to share a brief message from scripture.
As in the truth that a man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life [...]
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Posted in spiritual strength on Nov 3rd, 2011
A teenager who alternated between sucking on a pacifier and drinking milk from a baby bottle would need some serious counseling.
And so would any parent who enabled such behavior.
Fortunately, I’ve never seen such behavior.
At least not in the physical realm.
I wish I could say the same in the spiritual realm.
We’re called by God to grow [...]
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Posted in spiritual strength on Jul 26th, 2011
When I was a kid, my family would periodically visit a lake in northwest Indiana that had hundreds of houses along its shoreline.
Well, you know how boys are…. my brothers and I would go exploring in our aluminum jon boat, sometimes to fish, sometimes to swim, and sometimes to check out properties that appeared abandoned.
One [...]
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Posted in spiritual strength on Jul 21st, 2011
We all know a few people who have a real gift for remaining calm and contented, even when chaos swirls through their corners of the world.
Job loss? They calmly start cutting back their lifestyle and crank up their prayer lives, with contentment characterizing their interactions with others.
Medical problems? They calmly — and without [...]
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Posted in spiritual strength on Jul 18th, 2011
A lot of athletes have been getting in trouble because of secretly taking steroids to artificially boost their strength and gain a competitive strength advantage over other athletes.
There’s no denying that strength is increased, but the consequences of being caught are very high. As in shame and stripping of victories and even [...]
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