Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 NLT Bad News: Forty-five percent of Americans say they make New Year’s resolutions, but only eight percent keep them. Let’s consider the history of New Year’s resolutions. The earliest recorded […]
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And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great (Job 8:7, ESV). When a 15-year-old wakes up on New Year’s Day, she thinks, “Yay! I’m going to turn sixteen in 2025 and get my driver’s license.” When a 30-year-old wakes up on New Year’s Day, he thinks, “Yay! I got married
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You don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it (James 4:2b, NLT). I have three insane prayers that I’m asking God to answer in 2025. And to be honest, I’ve asked these same requests in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. . . starting in 2016. That’s nine years without an answer. Now
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Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one (Matthew 5:37, NLT). Jesus taught his disciples to keep things simple with their commitments — just a simple “yes” or “no” would suffice. There’s no need to say things like “on my mother’s grave” or “I
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May the glory of the Lord endure forever (Psalm 104:31a, ESV). Glory means two things: Who God is and what God does! When we look upon the Lord, we reflect His glory by becoming what He is and then, being changed, doing what He does! Psalm 104 describes God’s glory and how we can notice and reflect
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And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil (Luke 21:25, NLT). I have a negative attitude about drones. Last year, I purchased a drone for my wife. She has not been to New Jersey lately; however, we do live close to
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace* (Isaiah 9:6, ESV). The Trinity is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We read in Matthew 28:19. . . Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing
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Jesus gave gifts to His people (Ephesians 4:8b, NLT). Christmas Day, traditionally celebrated for gift-giving, is our time to give and receive gifts from family and friends, but today, let’s also give praise to our gift-giving Jesus! One Christmas Day, many years ago, I had a “the little boy that Santa forgot” experience. My family
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace* (Isaiah 9:6, ESV). Isaiah 9:6 describes Jesus as “Mighty God,” a term I find interesting as the Jesus described in Philippians gave up His “mightiness” to
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Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, rejoice! (Philippians 4:4, ESV) A-Game mindfulness is a game that I play with my thoughts. We are to “rejoice” in the Lord always. I have been asking myself for years when I think of a thought that lowers my joy, “Is this thought of the Lord?”
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