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Thursday
Adversity as a Test
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Chewing on these verses from Hebrews 3 today: “So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you...
Fear As an Expression of the Imagination
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Walking with Father recently, he brought up the subject of fear. There are some things in the world where a healthy respect is appropriate. ...
God's Practical Beauty
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One of the coolest things about God is that he creates beauty in just about everything he does. This is glorious. I think of it as God finge...
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...
You're Not Immune From That, You Know
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I had just started my walk with father the other day, and I realized I was feeling kind of strange in my soul. I examined my heart for a bit...
Lessons From Samson’s Failure
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This morning, I was watching a video that somebody posted online, a Bible teacher I had never heard of. And as I watched and listened, I rea...
An Embarrassing Testimony
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I have an embarrassing testimony. But God used it to teach me a lesson. More than a month ago, I had been consulting with a liturgical churc...
Assisting During the Glory
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During the Transfiguration (see Mark 9), we see this interaction: “[Jesus’] clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world c...
Edifying One Another
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Have you ever been surprised by what a verse you’ve always known means more when you see it in the light of another verse. We all know...
Wednesday
Consider John the Baptist
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According to Jesus, John had a pretty solid ministry. The incarnate Son of God said this about him: “But what did you go out to see? A pro...
Thursday
We Were Born Onto a Battlefield
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One of the things that we as Christians tend to forget is that we were born behind enemy lines. We were born onto a battlefield. From the...
Do Not Think That I Came to Destroy the Law or the Prophets
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I’ve run into several people recently who quote Matthew 5:17, and use that to say that the OT Law is still valid. “Do not think that I came...
What Do We Do With the Cloud of Witnesses?
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“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily ...
Withhold Judgment
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I’ve been praying for a friend who is suffering from a formidable depression brought on by, among other things, the hysteria in the news, an...
Growing Season
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Think with me for a moment. • Sometimes God’s plans for us are bigger than we are. So he needs to increase US before he can release those pl...
Mise en Place: Everything in its Place
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Fathers, if they’re good fathers, often enjoy playing games with their kids, don’t they? It makes for time together, and it often strengthen...
Some Ways of God's Provision in the Desert
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Point One: God has proven himself to be a skiled planner. If you look at the remarkable number (hundreds!) of advance plans (sometimes calle...
The Ministry of the Winnowing Fork
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John said of Jesus: “His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn ...
The Manipulation of Outrage
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Offense does not make you powerful. Offense to the point of outrage does not actually grant power. If you become outraged, if you are offend...
Wednesday
Which Gifts From God Don't Need God's Power?
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There are three lists of spiritual gifts in the New Testament. The list that gets most of the attention is the list of gifts from th...
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