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You Will Be My Martyrs
Jesus didn’t say, “You’ll be My marketing reps.” He didn’t say, “You’ll be My content creators.” He said, “You will be My witnesses.” And in Greek, that word is martyres. Sound familiar? Acts 1:8 is the last recorded sentence Jesus speaks before ascending to the right hand of the Father. It’s not a throwaway line.…
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Is it God’s Will that the Guy/Gal I Voted for did not get Elected?
Republished from the presidential election in 2008… Republished from the presidential election in 2012… Republished from the presidential election in 2016… Republished for the presidential election in 2020… Republished for the presidential election in 2024… God is not depressed on election night because His candidate did not win. HIS CANDIDATE ALWAYS WINS! I have never…
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Spiritual Disciplines: Write a commentary
Who me? I can’t write a commentary. That is for the spiritual giants right? How do you think the giants got big? They processed large chunks of Scripture and then wrote down their comments (commentary) on what they thought it meant. For those of you stuck in an endless loop of reading and trying to…
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Managing our Emotions in Tough Financial Times
My dad calls it a flesh break. I call it the tirades of a crazy man. The Lord calls it sin. I have to admit that I was a little surprised by the string of expletives coming out of my mouth. Even though I whispered my displeasure toward the Lord, I think my heart screamed…
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Managing our Will in Tough Financial Times
You wouldn’t know it by looking at me now but when I was a kid I used to be pretty fast. I was not blazing by any stretch, but I ran a respectable quarter mile (54.5 was my best time). The quarter mile is the race that separates the men from the boys. One time…
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Managing our Minds in Tough Financial Times
I remember when my son studied about Johnny Appleseed in his first grade history class. Some think that Johnny was a fabled character who embodies the generous spirit of America. But, he was a real person. He was an entrepreneur type who loved his apple trees and made it his mission to plant nurseries of…
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Managing Yourself When There is No Money to Manage
Financial stress is not for the faint of heart. Nothing in my life threatens to undo me more than money problems. When things are going my way financially, my spirit is happy-go-lucky. I am generous and even sometimes others-centered. But, let the money get tight and I can get downright testy and unbelievably self-centered. Let the…
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The Lost Discipline of Silence and Solitude
Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself. —TERESA OF ÁVILA I have recently been reminded of a discipline that I want to practice more. The Discipline of Solitude. Richard Foster has written a book call Celebration of Discipline where he chronicles certain faith practices that some of the masters of…
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Greed Gets Me Either Way
Greed surfaces in possessiveness and covetousness. Possessiveness relates to what we have, covetousness to what we want. Possessiveness is being selfish with what we own, not quick to share. To covet is to long for and to be preoccupied with having what God hasn’t given us. It’s the passion to possess what is not ours.…
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Example of a Prayer Warrior: Rachel Howington
This is a post that my Aunt Shelly (She is on the right) wrote that I wanted to share with you. She goes by Rachel now and has had a profound impact on my life. Especially since she was the major spiritual influence in the life of my mother coming to faith. When she retired…
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Praying for Your Future
If you are anything like me I can get pretty caught up in the past or the present and lose site of the future. Especially when it comes to applying prayer energy. I ask God to fix consequences of the past and deal with my today alot. The other night I was experiencing one of…
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The Quickie Quiet Time
Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin… I am running late this morning, real late! You know what that feels like. Packing lunches while ironing a shirt and frying an egg and walking the dog and warming up the car and realizing there is no gas. I am tired already. I said good…
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Momma Said There Would be Days Like This
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 1 Thess 4:13 I went to my Mother’s funeral today. It is a preferred path to say goodbye to a believing parent. I don’t know that I…
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Are You a Pragmatist when it Come to Discipleship?
I have observed an interesting tension when it comes to disciple making. The tension is between pragmatism and theorism. One leans toward practicality and one is geared toward the philosophy of ministry. One is always looking to do and one is looking to think. Every disciplemaker I know has a leaning one way or the…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker : Quiet Time
One of the kindest thing someone has ever done for me in my spiritual formation is hand me a little tract from the Navigators called 7 Minutes with God . The content was pretty simple but profound for me as a young believer. The essence was a challenge for me to consider setting aside 7…
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