Posted in family on Jun 19th, 2013
It’s a tragic thing when a person exchanges a heritage of faith for a wad of “here today, gone tomorrow” cash.
How does this happen? Here are a few examples:
Rampant missing of church in order to make money.
Destroying a personal testimony via unethical actions that boost sales or job promotion prospects but corrupt faith.
Refusal to […]
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Posted in God's supremacy on Dec 20th, 2012
It’s a beautiful thing when you’re about to say something and then the person with you speaks the very words that you were about to say.
Not beautiful in the sense that they stole your line, but instead because they know you so well.
This is a rare privilege and capacity that few people in our lives […]
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Posted in family on Aug 21st, 2012
Not every Christian adult has biological young adult children. But every Christian adult knows young adults who need prayer.
With all the moral and vocational and social challenges faced today by the young adults we love, there’s no doubt that an abundance of prayer is needed in their behalf, whether they’re carrying our DNA or […]
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Posted in prayer on Aug 17th, 2012
Wow.
There were so many directions to take this Morning Devotion based on the daily Bible reading for today.
I was led to address a particularly challenging passage in Psalm 35:11-16 that deals with random inequity we face if we’re acting in a Christlike manner.
We’ve all experienced this at one time or another. You might be […]
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Posted in encouragement on May 7th, 2012
It’s something for which I believe we all have room for improvement.
I’m talking about emotional intelligence.
I’m talking about the awareness of how others are feeling, of what has contributed to that status and of what we can do to help them to feel encouraged.
This is particularly important when it comes to building influence in […]
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