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Your Religion Is What You Do With Your Solitude | Cru Press Green
“Usually I’m really good at skimming over great spiritual truths. But for some reason when I read that sentence from Tim Keller’s Counterfeit Gods, it stopped me in my tracks…” Read… Your Religion Is What You Do With Your Solitude | Cru Press Green.
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God Didn’t Call Us to Be Successful, He Called Us to Be Faithful
A few years ago, studying the book of Isaiah, I was deeply impacted by the fact that God called Isaiah, not to be successful, but to be faithful. What? Yup. In fact, God warned him that his ministry would have no converts. One could ask, “Why bother?” Our human voices ask ourselves, “What’s the point?”…
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Real Love is Not Afraid to Bleed
I’m saying yes to You And no to my desires I’ll leave myself behind And follow You I’ll walk the narrow road ’cause it leads me to You I’ll fall but grace Will pick me up again I’ve counted up the cost Oh I’ve counted up the cost Yes I’ve counted up the cost And…
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You Have No Right To Be Unhappy
You have no right to be unhappy — and 9 other simple reminders for everyday… “I wake up lost every morning. At least that’s what it feels like. Perhaps something similar is true of you. Somehow during the night I’ve forgotten the big realities about God and the universe and myself and the gospel. I…
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Prayer: A Language of Love
I find, the more I pray for someone, the more I love them. Prayer is undoubtedly a language of love. Perhaps that is why we are called to pray for our enemies. This challenged me today… Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes… “In prayer we go to our enemies, to stand at their side. We are with them,…
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God’s Light Within Us
“Although we carry the light of Christ within us, many of us fail to recognize the exciting spiritual impact we have on others. We become distracted by the little things in life, unaware of how God’s light within us challenges the darkness around us. Much of the time, we are focused only on those things…
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What God Truly Calls Us To
“Constantly choosing to be busy may be an unconscious attempt to have value before the Lord. To deepen requires exactly the opposite! We must slow down, choosing to spend blocks of time with God in private. We need to let go of the value we place on service, availability and busyness and take up the…
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Are You Dull?
One becomes dull and apathetic when life is consumed with self comfort and entertainment. Step out. Reach out. Volunteering and service warms the heart and grows the person. Put others first without expecting anything in return. Surprise is awaiting…
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Simply Be Present
“Never underestimate the importance of simply being physically present in the place God wants you. You may not be asked to perform some dramatic ministry, but simply being there is a ministry.” – Warren W. Wiersbe
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Helping the Hurting
I’m realizing as we head home from a week vacation… My list of those who are ill, hurting, dying or who are walking loved ones through terminal illness seems to be growing. I’m reminded of when Jesus wept over Lazarus. When I get home and out of this can of (loving and adorable) sardines, first…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 