loving others
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Cramming Defeats Marriages and Families
We learn how to cram before exams in high school and college in order to get all the info in our heads. Then we grow up and carry the same attitudes in our marriages and in how we raise kids. We goof off all semester and expect our quick fixes to cultivate our relationships. In…
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Family Ministry: Discipleship Starts at Home
Discipleship begins in our marriages, by loving our spouses with the love of Christ and by teaching, loving, and disciplining our children. Read: Family Ministry: Discipleship Starts at Home. (originally I had linked to another person’s post but that blog is no longer in operation sadly, so I have linked back to one of mine…
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Passion?
Enthusiasm means: “God in you”. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. I once asked God for passion for a task. Funny thing is that is one of the compliments I get – about most frequently is regarding my passion. Do you lack passion? Why not ask God for it. If…
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Waiting For Good Words « Alan Fadling
What words of encouragement or affirmation do you want to hear today? Who needs to hear them from you? Read… Waiting For Good Words « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey.
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How Jesus Spent Time With People « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey
A mentor of mine, Chuck Miller, suggested the value of reflecting in the gospels on how Jesus spent time with people. So that’s what I’m going to do here. When and with whom is He one-on-one? In small groups? In larger groups? Read… How Jesus Spent Time With People « Alan Fadling: Notes from my…
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Be Who You Are
So many of us cavalierly gloss over what God has done and zero in on what we’re to do, and that shift, though it might seem slight, makes all the difference in the world. Our obedience has its origin in God’s prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair. Read… Be…
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21 Ways to Minister to Those Who Are Suffering
As lovers of an all-powerful God, let us be prepared to love people in their pain by empathetically and mercifully pointing them to a God who is in control. Read… What to Say About Virginia Tech – Desiring God.
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Your Prayers Not Heard?
What if it feels like God isn’t hearing our prayers? These are some possible hindrances to prayer. They will challenge you. They certainly challenged me. “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful…
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My House Shall Be a House of Prayer – Jim Cymbala
Prepare to be fired up and ignited with truth… Jim Cymbala: “My House Shall Be A House of Prayer”
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Too Crusty For Christmas? (My Christmas Wish)
Stop and really ponder this one. Christmas. When the Creator comes from his throne on high… down to us… in a barn. May we recognize how holy God is, yet that He humbled himself, chose to be born in a barn, laid in an animal’s feeding trough in order to meet us in our messes,…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 