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Thursday
Running With Jesus
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“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” [Hebrews 12] I was ...
Leveling Up in Authority
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Papa took me to school the other day. I was driving somewhere or the other, minding my own business chugging down the freeway on cruise con...
Test for Apostles & Prophets
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Ephesians 2 says, "You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his househ...
Reflecting On Rules
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I was thinking about the rules. God didn’t create the covenant with all the rules. He wanted something much better (Exodus 19:6). But th...
Testimony: Date Nights
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Early in our marriage, we realized that marriage is work. If our marriage was going to be as good as we knew it could be, as we hoped it wou...
Thoughts on Being Pruned
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Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that ...
Learning to Pray Wisely
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The church is learning a lot about declarative prayer in recent years, prayer that issues decrees and declares what shall be, (as differen...
My children were born for such a time as this.
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I’ve been reflecting on some of what Scripture says about the nature of believers’ words in difficult times. Well, our words should be this ...
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Done
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I found myself writing this down the other day. I wanted to share it, in case it encourages someone: The Bible does not teach that Ch...
Adjusting the Target
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Adjusting the Target Anybody who lives in this world knows some people who are hurting. I know I do. I saw some posts recently, “Pr...
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Jesus and Intercessors
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I woke up thinking this morning about how Jesus interacted with folks. As I was wandering towards wakefulness, I was praying for som...
Mixing Promises with Faith
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I have been meditating, unexpectedly, on Hebrews chapter 4 for a while, the second verse in particular. I was listening to it in The Messa...
The Cutting of the Lord
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Jesus promised us that our growth would be rewarded with pruning. We think, “Pruning? That’s cutting! That’s taking things away! That can’...
Does the Bible Tell Lies?
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This is a serious question: If somebody is telling you a flat-out lie, and I report, “This is what they’re saying,” without describing it ...
The Ministry of Broken People
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Here's an interesting observation. I've been with a number of broken people recently. Some of them are regular folks, and some broke...
A Rookie Believer
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Some years ago, a friend of mine died. She was a baby Christian, very young in her faith, and frankly, pretty immature, but she was gro...
Running Ahead of the Pack
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Forerunners move out from the crowd they've been running with, to a place ahead of the crowd, where they are an example for others. As ...
Prophetic Exercise: The Chair by the Fireplace
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Here’s an exercise, if you’re willing. Imagine a comfortable room, a quiet room. There’s a big fireplace in the room, with a roaring fi...
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Stupid Chickens
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Chickens. I have some chickens. They make good eggs and good soup. But chickens are dumb. Stupid. Completely unintelligent. Goldfis...
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Fight the Good fight of Faith
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When we don’t question our beliefs, when we just accept what others have told us (whether from a pulpit, from a seminary, or from a publica...
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