Posted in intercession on Dec 5th, 2014
As a kid on the playground, I couldn’t stand it when a bully was picking on another kid.
Sometimes, I even got into trouble because I invited the bully to leave the kid alone and pick on me instead.
It didn’t turn out well for either of us at such moments.
Even as an adult in ministry, I’ve […]
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Posted in gossip on Oct 29th, 2014
No believer should add fuel to the fires of gossip at work or home or school or at church.
Gossip is so clearly opposed to God’s will and fuels division, not unity.
Of course, you already know this so why am I bringing it up again?
Because God keeps bringing it up in the teachings of scripture.
Apparently, gossip […]
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Posted in temptation on Oct 23rd, 2014
It’s so easy to get tangled up in multiple messes of everyday life to the point of distraction from God stuff.
It happens to us all.
Health woes.
Money woes.
Job woes.
Family conflict woes.
Car woes.
Personal morality — or immorality — woes.
Real estate or house repair woes.
The list goes on and on.
So […]
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Posted in money on Oct 7th, 2014
There was an article on the Internet yesterday that described the financial struggles that many Baby Boomer retirees are encountering now because of past misplaced priorities.
It is an article that confirms the housing strategy that Lori and I want to have in place whenever our retirement day comes.
As I recall, retired couples who have […]
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Posted in endurance on Sep 11th, 2014
They had lost their homes, their jobs and many of their family and friends. And they had been forced to leave their beloved Jerusalem.
In fact, one of their beloved leaders had been murdered and countless numbers of people they loved had been thrown into prison.
All because of loving and living for a man who […]
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