Category: comfort zone
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Selling People On The Gospel
Jesus has called all of his followers to be salespeople, of a sort. This calling might be very hard upon those of us who instinctively dislike sales and are not very good at it, except for two things.
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Kill Your Demons
You can’t overcome your sin or your pain if you allow those to be the place where you live. Do you live in the strength of Christ, or do you live in your weaknesses?
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Barak — A Reluctant Leader
It is not easy to be the leader. Doesn’t the king lament that fact in Shakespeare’s Henry V? When plans fail, the leader gets all the blame, and even when he leads well, it’s usually others who benefit the most. The leader still has the pressure of maintaining and even building on any success.
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When Burdens Turn Into Blessings
I once overheard a conversation that has stuck with me for close to 30 years. Two women were talking about God, and one of them said something like this: I don’t like God. He plays favorites.
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Our Greatest Need
Sometimes what we think we need, is not what we need. I understand this when my 7-year-old asks me fifty times a day for candy. It’s not best for him; he just wants it. But it’s harder to understand when it comes to my own happiness.