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Living Life Minute by Minute I don’t know about you, but I get tired of waiting. For better or worse, we live in a world of the instant. Instant replies, instant messaging, instant grits. Amazon Prime gives us almost instant delivery. God, however, is not an instant God. If you’ve …
Life causes us all to chase lots of things – and that chasing brings more and more stress. Here’s the #1 thing to chase to bring peace and let go of all the other things we are chasing.
In the first part of this series, we talked about how God calls us from one path to another. That’s not the only kind of calling. God also calls us to Him to learn from Him. We are called to learn from God, about God. All of His callings require …
Looking for a calling I wandered around, despairing that I would ever discover my career path. I checked every building on campus but still felt lost. Everywhere I looked, all I saw was foreign to me. I tried and tried, but still couldn’t find where I was supposed to be. …
Ancient kings I’m reading through Kings and Chronicles in my daily Bible. At this point, the two groups of Israelites are distinct – those called Israel and those called Judah (learn more here). Throughout Kings and Chronicles, we see a succession of kings, one after the other, for each group. …
Today’s devotional about obedience comes from: 1 Samuel 14:1-15 The Attack Saul has been attacking the Philistines. Jonathan clearly felt led to attack the garrison of the Philistines. He didn’t tell his father – perhaps he knew Saul would not condone it. Either way, Jonathan takes his armor-bearer and heads …
In a previous post, we learned a general introduction to encouragement and that there are typically two types: goal-directed and person-directed. You’ll see several ways to apply this knowledge in several different posts. Here I want to focus on types of support because support is a primary way we can …
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Joseph Waited The story of Joseph is one of my favorites. It tells a story that reminds me God has not forgotten me. Where this verse picks up, Joseph has been in jail for two full years. He’s been waiting for the cupbearer to remind Pharoah about him. I’m sure …
Humble pie: Not so tasty, but very healthy Humility Hurts When I’m not writing and coaching, I teach college students. RIght now my classes are fully online. This means the students submit all their work online and I grade and provide feedback in the assignment area. As I worked through …