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Lighting The Fire
Sometimes we speak of our spiritual lives as a fire. We ask God to “light the fire in my heart again.” But building a campfire is not always easy, and it can also be difficult to light the fires of Christian zeal.
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Treasures On Earth
What is this tension that we feel about our stuff? We feel guilty for keeping so much of it, but then we often feel guilty about throwing things out, too.
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Maturing In The Lord
Have you ever run into a Christian who seems to take God’s forgiveness for granted? They willingly admit their mistakes but are so quick to claim God’s grace, they sound like a kid who has made a mess and flippantly says, “Oh well, Mom will take care of it.”
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Yawning In Church
Have you ever fallen asleep during a sermon? We usually assume, if that happens, either the preacher is boring or the person is spiritually weak. But there are many reasons someone might fall asleep in church.
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Counted Worthy
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. Matthew 20:16 I played basketball from 5th grade to 12th. I wasn’t the best player, but I was pretty good for a short white girl in a small town, and I was sometimes a starter. I loved being…
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Don’t Settle For Lesser Things
Children are not good at judging and comparing the value of things. They will often choose whatever pleasant thing comes first, even if it is of far less value. This idea comes from C.S. Lewis in The Weight of Glory, and he applies it to the difficulty we have in comparing the value of physical…
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Making Room For Jesus
My parents were married on June 9, 1967. The following morning, they awoke to a call from hotel management offering not to charge them for the night’s stay if they would vacate immediately. The hotel had overbooked and they needed that room for some VIP.
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What Shall We Do?
Some Pharisees spent just as much time and energy trying to get rid of the apostles as they had spent getting rid of Jesus. Eventually most of the apostles died as martyrs, but the church still spread and continues to this day. These unbelievers were fighting against God, as Gamaliel put it in Acts 5:39,…
Walk Worthy 