Tag: God
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Overcoming Callousness
I’m pretty sure that no one wakes up and says, “I want to have a callous heart.” Nor do they say, “I want to rebel against the good that God has planned for me.” Yet, we’ve all done it. When we find our heart is callous we ask, “How did we get there? – and…
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Leaving the Terrible Toos
I have a suspicion. I don’t think we ever grow out of the terrible twos. Wait, no, I do think that we grow out of those terrible twos. But, we exchange them for something different. We exchange them for the terrible “toos”. Do you know what type of ‘toos’ I mean? We think, “I’m too…
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Peace or Angst?
The early Superman comics said that he stood for, “Truth, justice, and the American way.” I think that we could say that today Americans might stand for peace, angst and the American way. We say we want peace. Yet we choose angst. The early Superman comics said that he stood for, “Truth, justice, and the…
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Trust… Because of the Love of God
There’s a song from the 20th century that asks this question: “What’s love got to do with it?” When we think about the things we believe and put our faith in, we usually think about truth. However, over and over in the Word of God we are told that our faith is placed in God…
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The Resurrection – It Challenges Us to More
Have you recently considered the claims of the Scripture? No, I don’t mean the claims of people who carry the Bible – they could have an agenda. I mean, have you really read what the New Testament claims about Jesus? It isn’t a message of morality. The New Testament does not have a simple respect…
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God’s Invitation to Meet
There is a sweet reality – God never sleeps. I do. He doesn’t. So, if I need Him at 2 AM, He is awake. If I wake before the sparrows, He is awake. If my day is packed, He is ready for me. If my day is free, He has all the time in the…
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Love Jesus and People, the Words Will Come
We all do it. We have an important meeting with an old friend or a time of encouragement with someone who is struggling, and what do we do? We worry about what we will say. When we are trying to witness to a lost co-worker or friend, what do we do? We worry about what…
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Are You Ready?
Are you ready for Jesus to come back? No, I am not asking if your bags are packed. Nor am I asking if your affairs are in order. Here’s what I am asking, “Is your soul ready for Jesus to return?” When Jesus taught about His return He didn’t focus on the intricate details that…
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Blessings… What are they for?
Why do good things happen to people? That’s not the usual question, is it? Usually we ask the opposite – why do bad things happen to people? However, we should be asking the same question of our blessings. We should be asking why is God blessing us at this time and place. Before we start…
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Little Things Matter
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.” – Luke 16:10 This verse catches me in every context I read it. Jesus says it in both Luke 16 and in chapter19. In Luke 16,…
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