Tag: God
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Hyper-Linked Lives
The number of Bible cross-references is quite impressive, but what’s equally staggering are the innumerable connections each of us has with countless other people throughout our lives.
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When Someone Saves Your Life
Can you think of a time when you said thank you and you really meant it?
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Bearing Fruit In Old Age
Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age. Psalm 92:13-14a For as long as I can remember we’ve had a spineless yucca tree at our school. I have no idea who brought it and left it there,…
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It Takes One To Know One
You probably know the old saying, “it takes one to know one,” but why is it so much easier to see any given fault in someone else than it is to see it in ourselves? Could it be that God brought Israel face to face with a picture of their own unrighteousness magnified so that…
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How High Can You Climb?
Just as with climbing a jungle gym on the playground, with adult ladders of success, there are risks. You could lose. You could have some success and then fall. The one that bugs me the most is the risk of my endeavors proving to be a waste of time.
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Just God and Me
It’s very natural that we don’t want to be alone. At the creation, the one thing God said was not good was “for the man to be alone,” (Genesis 2:18). So he made Eve. Later He made the church. We’re not meant to do life alone, especially the Christian life. But, there are some things…
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How God Plays Favorites
One of the most moving poems you’ll ever read is “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson. It memorializes the bravery of six hundred English soldiers who, because of poorly communicated orders, went up against a horde of Russians with no hope of victory at the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War in 1854.
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This Could Be Your Lucky Day
Many Christians will say they don’t believe in luck or that anything happens by accident. Many of the things in life that seem to be coincidence or happenstance are in truth carefully orchestrated by God to bring about His will. But Solomon did say that “time and chance happen to [us] all,” (Ecclesiastes 9:11). I…
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