If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal (1 Corinthians 13:1, NLT). When I first started reading verse one, comparing love to a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal, I thought, “How odd.” Of all Shakespeare’s sonnets, […]
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Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire (1 Peter 1:7a, CEV). Fire. A word used in the Bible to describe trials. All followers of Jesus will experience their faith tested by fire. There’s also literal fire — your house burns! The testing of faith by fire and the testing
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If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:31-32, ESV). As disciples, we must tell the truth. Jesus taught that telling the truth would set us free, but often, we say what’s expedient, perhaps just a white lie, to avoid conflict or offending.
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The return of the Jews to Jerusalem from Babylon, described in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, can be confusing. It’s not a simple trip of “purchase your plane tickets, pack your bags, and back to Jerusalem we go.” It was three groups of Jews traveling back over a period of 1oo years. Admittedly, it’s
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To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! (Psalm 123:1, ESV) Fifteen. . . Psalms 120 to 134 are fifteen psalms known as the Psalms of Ascent. These psalms were sung for over 1,0oo years (from the building of Solomon’s temple to its destruction by the Babylonians) by Jews returning
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Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people (Colossians 3:23, NASB). This is Interruption #1455. Some notable facts: To write Interruptions, most mornings, I get up early, read my Bible, pray, and then ask the Lord what I should write about. A topic forms in my mind, and I sit
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After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! (v. 1, ESV) An open door. We all want open doors — for a job, for opportunities, and for our desires. Open doors mean invitations and welcoming. The open doors we have walked through tell our story of success or distress. In Revelation
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Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry (James 1:19, NLT). What is a Miggy Moment? Several years ago, I started using the phrase “Miggy” after reading about a small part of the brain named the amygdala. It’s the part of
Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he blame God (Job 1:22, NASB). We’ve all heard of the trials of Job. The Bible says simply, “There was a day!” (1:13, ESV). And on that day, Job lost his sons and daughters, servants, and herds of animals, and everything he had. But the trials of
The Book of Nehemiah is the only book in the Bible that’s a journal. Nehemiah was chosen by God to help rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. In his journal, Nehemiah records one of the most amazing prayers in Scripture. And this prayer ends with an unusual request. The prayer. . . Please grant me success
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