Tag: Bible
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Feeding Gratitude
My friend and I were talking the other day about how easy it is to fall into complaining, and how it makes us like the nation of Israel in the days of Moses. If God wasn’t happy with complaining then, He isn’t happy with it now. But what is the antidote for a complaining spirit?
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The Undiscovered Country
Sometimes change is painful. We may get so miserable in our current state that we take a step or two toward change. But then we feel that resistance. We feel those uncomfortable feelings of unfamiliar territory. And so we retreat. We “change back.”
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The Talking Dead
Perhaps you have considered what might be written on your tombstone one day, or what might be said of you at your funeral. We certainly want people to speak well of us when we’re gone. But in a sense we ourselves are still speaking, even after death, through the words that we have planted in…
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Carrying On When We Don’t Understand
We can always think of some tragedy horrible enough that it just doesn’t seem fair for God to allow Satan to take it that far.
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Walls Of Protection
When the Bible uses the wall-of-protection metaphor, it’s talking about defenses against Satan and his arrows. Now there’s someone who never approaches with any good intent, yet he’s so good at giving the appearance of an ally.
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Thoughts On Heaven From A Ten-Year-Old
What will heaven be like? It’s natural that kids imagine heaven as a place where you have everything you want, just the way you want it.
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When Is It Okay To Give Up?
Sometimes life feels like a long drawn-out game that’s not much fun anymore. Sometimes we feel like saying, “I give up!”
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Faith As A Mustard Seed
With predators you don’t have to win; you just have to be more trouble than you’re worth.
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Knowledge, Pride, and Love
Love edifies. If we made it our goal to edify the unbelievers around us, yes, even those who are taking pride in their sin, how might we accomplish it?
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