This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place (Habakkuk 2:3, NLT). Wouldn’t it be nice, with the confusion of this election cycle, if God would send us a prophecy on how to vote? […]
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Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance (1 Corinthians 13:7, NLT). Years back, sitting at a conference about spiritual formation, discussing the topic of conflict, I heard the phrase “irreconcilable differences” for the first time. My first thought was that Christians should be able to work things
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Martin Luther had settled into a life as a theologian, monk, and priest when one day he read Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast (ESV). At that time, he was a
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I’ve been writing about a Psalm on Saturday for a few years, and I’m almost finished writing an Interruption for every Psalm. Before I began writing on today’s Psalm 137, I noted that previously, I had written about Psalm 135, 136, and 138—while skipping Psalm 137. Why? Let’s consider the following verses . . .
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Whenever I read Hebrews 12, especially verse six, I think, “Ouch!” For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child (NLT). I enjoy the Biblical themes of joy, love, answered prayer, and God’s blessings, but I hesitate with God’s discipline. My attitude is, “Well, God, let’s get it over
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Since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for (1 John 5:15, NLT). There isn’t anything more exciting than God answering a specific prayer. Recently, I was asked to speak on the power of prayer at the weekend services of the
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Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand (Philippians 4:5, ESV). Last week, my wife and I rode e-bikes in Florida. E-bikes (bicycles powered by electric motors), increasingly common on bike paths everywhere, allow riders to pedal with an electric assist. I usually ride an “un-e-bike,” which only has harder pedaling and gasping-for-air
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For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:8, NLT). Surveys reveal that 60 percent of all Americans pray, but I find it disappointing that only 63 percent of Christians pray regularly. I think that we would pray more often if we believed
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“и говорит им: идите за Мною, и Я сделаю вас ловцами человеков.” (Мат 4:19) Что делает великого лидера? Одна из моих любимых книг о лидерстве называется “Глубокие перемены: Открытие лидера внутри” Роберта Куинна. Мне нравится следующая цитата из этой книги… «Лидер может превратить отдельных людей в сплоченную команду. Будучи сплоченными, эти люди могут общаться без слов.
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I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God (Galatians 1:6, NLT). The Apostle Paul says to the Philippians, “Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.” With the Corinthians (though the church in Corinth had all sorts of problems), Paul writes, “May God our Father and the
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