Scripture Meditation
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Confessions of a Workaholic
Have you ever opened your Bible and felt like a passage of Scripture was written just for you in this particular moment? Today was one of those days for me. I’ll confess that I’m a recovering workaholic. When I say “recovering,” I mean that I’ve recognized that this is an issue in my life, but
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Learning Obedience through Suffering
“Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him…But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Hebrews 5:8-9, 14 ESV
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In Awe of His Grace!
For the past few months, we have prayed and prayed that God would help us to reach our goals and make the move to GIAL in July. But, as of June, we seemed to be a very long ways from that goal. While we originally felt like God was leading us to GIAL in July,
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What God is teaching me in the wait
Let’s face it–nobody likes to wait. But waiting is a part of life. Since I felt God calling me into the ministry when I was 14, I’ve been waiting to see exactly what that ministry would look like. In the following 12 years, God has begun to reveal some of the details about the ministry he
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Something worth giving your life for
In the last few weeks, I have been surprised to find that there are actually quite a few people out there who are as crazy as we are. I’m growing quite accustomed to puzzled looks when I tell people that we’re missionaries and plan to move to the jungles of Papua New Guinea. I’m getting
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Where is your treasure?
When we lived in Louisville, I delivered pizzas part time to help make ends meet while I was taking classes at Seminary. I got to meet all kinds of people and it was, oddly enough, a pretty enjoyable job! But, let’s face it–pizza delivery isn’t going to make you rich. After paying for tuition and
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Suffering Well
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” In all this Job did not
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Your Problem is Worse Than You Think
“He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it
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So you’re a Christian? Prove it.
One of the first questions I used to ask people when I was hoping to transition the conversation into spiritual matters (and possibly share the gospel) was “So, are you a Christian?” Now, if you’re in India or another country which doesn’t consider itself predominately Christian, that might be an alright question to ask. It’s
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What’s your epitaph?
As a youth pastor, I am keenly aware that my actions have a significant effect on those to whom I minister. But, oftentimes, I am tempted to think that I can isolate areas of my private life with no affect on my ministry. As a leader, minister, or parent it is tempting to think that