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When Bad Things Happen
When God allows things to happen, it doesn’t make it right. I have learned that God can take evil and use it for good. He’s done that in my life. He can do it in yours. Trust. Pray. Surrender. God often uses tragedy for us to repent and be refined for His glory.
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In Your Quest for Self-Gratification, Do You Neglect Others?
In your quest for self-gratification, do you neglect others? “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” (Luke 10:27 The Message) And if you don’t love yourself, ask God to show you how He sees you. Understanding His great…
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How to Beat Pastoral Burnout
“Ministry is a marathon – not a 50-yard dash. It’s tough. You’re in an invisible war where all kinds of forces are conspiring to keep you from doing what God wants you to do… Pastor, we need for you to last in ministry. The story of Elijah’s ministry burnout in Kings 19 gives us some…
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Getting The Honey
“We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him – but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration – we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.” – Albert E. Cliffe
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Are Monsters Beyond Forgiving?
“If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have…they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of…
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A World of Nice People
“A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world – and might even be more difficult to save.” – C. S. Lewis
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Sharing Jesus at Home Takes Courage
“I’ve seen far too many Christians who are more than willing to travel halfway around the world to volunteer for a week in an orphanage, but who cannot bring themselves to take the personal risk of sharing Jesus with the co-worker who sits day after day in the cubicle right next to them.” – Lee…
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If You’re Not a Minister, You’re Not a Christian
“Ministry in no way is a privilege…it is the core of the Christian life. No Christian is a Christian without being a minister.” – Henri Nouwen
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A Fire in My Heart
“You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your own.” This is why I pray for passion to do what I do. I never want to do life on my own strength and enthusiasm. That’s simply boring… and insulting to God and His big plan of spreading hope to…
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you cannot do what God has called you to do
Don’t ever forget that you cannot do what God has called you to do. You cannot parent that child, love that husband, care for that elderly parent, submit to that boss, teach that Sunday school class, or lead that small-group Bible study. God specializes in the impossible, so that when the victory is won &…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 