Posted in humility on Sep 10th, 2012
Sept. 10, 2012
We’d probably be surprised if we knew all the grueling, faith-testing trials that have come against the strong Christians we admire.
Some of what these believers have had to overcome might actually shock us if we knew the whole story.
But we don’t.
You see, the humble, mature Christian doesn’t walk around handing out persecution/affliction […]
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Posted in God's grace on Jul 24th, 2012
A teen girl, loved by her parents, graduates from high school and goes off to college. Three months into the college life, while reading the professor’s notes on a flunked test as she walked down dorm stairs, she tripped, fell and broke her leg.
Did her parents stop loving her because of the fall? […]
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Posted in spiritual strength on Jul 2nd, 2012
When it comes to playing a game of tag in the school yard or back yard, you’d better be faster than the other kids or you’d better stay close to “base.”
You remember, of course, the relief of touching the tree or the jungle gym or the specified wall or wherever “base” had been established […]
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Posted in peace on Jun 26th, 2012
Sometimes the stories of scripture are reminiscent of a Hollywood “bustin’ heads, kickin’ tails” guy flick.
Such is the case with the exploits of Jehu, an Old Testament character who was fed up with the scheming, compromising kings of the northern and southern kingdoms for Israel.
You can read about it in today’s One-Year Bible segment but […]
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Posted in testimony on Jun 15th, 2012
It’s always good to look for faith-sharing opportunities at work.
For you never know how the Lord might use a newly converted co-worker.
That seed you plant and that the Lord germinates might actually sprout into a ministry partnership that changes the world.
That’s certainly what happened, in a sense, with a man named Cornelius.
Acts 10 tells of […]
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