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... a couple have crossed your mind today sometime between the too-early clang of the alarm and the too-late racket of the neighbours next ... it? What could you have done differently, according to God’s Word? We’ll talk about that tomorrow.
Excerpted from Come ...
... our family vacation consisted of all seven of us piling into the old 1960 Pontiac Laurentian. Then my dad, obsessed with making as few stops ... teaches that the Lord will return soon. Paul wrote, “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet” (Romans 16:20). John ...
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I invite you to focus your full attention on one of the rarest of all virtues. It is a virtue that everybody pursues, but very few ... talking about an individual at peace with himself, with God, and with others. Let’s take a closer look at those two verses.
The ...
... a bumper sticker freak, I find myself turned off by most of the stuff people announce on rear windows and back bumpers.
But years ago I ... are ever going to convince all those outside the family of God that this bumper sticker is true. A few unbelievers understand, but most ...
... had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River. He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across.
When the ...
... is a time when we remember and celebrate, in a special way, the birth of Jesus.
I suggest it isn’t that we are just celebrating ... as that is. We celebrate what it signifies—He came as God’s provision for our greatest spiritual needs.
Jesus came as the Light ...
... asking for a BB gun. I could relate to Ralphie from the hit movie, A Christmas Story . In fact, we were so identical we ... One who was born. But the actual coming of Christ fulfilled God’s promise to provide what humanity needed as nothing and no one else ...
... songs, and pumping oil, most of us are forced to face the fact that the only way we'll ever see daylight is to moonlight. Even then ... wicked. Let's once for all put to bed the old cliché: “God loves the poor and hates the rich.” Nowhere does God condemn the rich for ...
... mixed with uncertainty, adventure coupled with the unknown. Seasoned sailors insist nothing compares to those exhilarating ... your compass . James wrote: “Don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling ... for charting a new course in this new year than the Word of God. But you dare not glance at the Scriptures and then point your boat in the ...
... are two Inuit sitting on chairs, fishing through holes in the ice. The fella on the right has draped his line through your typical ... right, especially if you firmly believe you can’t. God says you can. Who do you intend to believe?...It’s true, where there is ...
There is much we could focus on in the Apostle Paul’s life—his scholarship, missionary accomplishments, or ... 1. Acceptance
He accepted the measure of God’s grace in his life and thereby accepted himself. “But by the grace of God I am what I am” (1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV). Once we realize everything ...
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If you’ve been around a while, you might have heard the 1965 hit song, “What the World Needs Now is Love.”
I think if a ... world apart from Christ as living “in this world without God and without hope” (Ephesians 2:12).
It is because they live without ...
I am reminded of how much our world needs Christ through the life of Olympic hero Eric Liddell.
Eric Henry Liddell was born January ... always.” Eric ran with one desire, to give all glory to God.
After the Olympics, Liddell returned to Edinburgh an Olympic hero. A ...
Read John 13:3-11
The gentle and humble lifestyle of the Saviour is nowhere more evident than in the account of John 13, where He ... timeless principles we dare not ignore regarding serving God.
The scene is first-century Jerusalem. Paved roads were few. In fact, ...
A time-honoured, effective method of evangelism is the giving of your personal testimony. No big deal. Just telling about your ... If you have not discovered the value of telling others how God rearranged your life, you’ve missed a vital link in the chain of His plan ...
... and do nothing at all. Because there are so many people in the world to reach, it is easy to forget that God wants to use us to touch those within our sphere of responsibility.
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... are two Inuit sitting on chairs, fishing through holes in the ice. The fella on the right has draped his line through your typical ... probably right, especially if you firmly believe you can't. God says you can. Who do you intend to believe? ... It's true, where there is ...
... characterized by dreams of Christmas morning and sitting on the heat vent drooling my way through the toy section in the Sears catalogue. ... will never come from things, but from relationships—with God first, the others follow. We have the God-given ability to handle our ...
Read Colossians 1:17-18, 28
In the last few decades, we have witnessed the emergence of groups like the Moonies, the Hare Krishnas, various New Agers, ... 1:17-18, 28)
1. Christopher Edwards, Crazy for God (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979).
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Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance. “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, ... nations. Theologians refer to it as a theocracy —”God-rule.” The Lord ruled over Israel, issuing His decrees and governing ...
