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God Makes A Way

We have a lot of opportunities throughout life and throughout every day. We have the choice not only to take or refuse the opportunity but also to take or give credit for the opportunity. We feel we’ve...

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Living Humility Out Loud

Today’s post is excerpted from the Pure Purpose Bible study. Get a more extended sample or order a copy for yourself, a gift, or small group. What does humility look like in daily practice? Let’s...

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Do You Need to Get Busy for God?

It’s not an easy answer. There are a lot of people who are super busy with every day life but they regularly don’t seem to be able to “find time” to do the basics God desires for them to do. For every...

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The Water Was Split

Then Moses held his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord drove back the sea with a strong east wind, making the sea become dry ground. The water was split, and the Israelites went through the sea...

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Step Into the Water

So the people left the place where they had camped, and they followed the priests who carried the Ark of the Agreement across the Jordan River. During harvest the Jordan overflows its banks. When the...

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Asking for Results

Have you seen the viral video about the airline that granted passengers’ Christmas wishes? Inspiring, isn’t it? Does it make you want to take a flight soon? Will you be looking for a special Santa...

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God’s Children

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God’s child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father’s children. This is how we know we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his...

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The Beauty Within

No matter how shaky the ground underneath your feet feels, when you’re in a relationship with God, your foundation is firm. It’s solid because it’s not your foundation. It’s God’s. What we try to...

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Life with Attitude

What makes you rejoice? What brings you great delight? Does what prompts you to rejoice bring great delight to God? Joy is a firm confidence that all is well regardless of the circumstances....

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Go Big. Go Home.

Jesus did. He did life big. And He went home. We could get caught up in the definition of “big.” What does that entail? How daring do I have to be? How much of my own way do I have to give up? How...

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Fields of Obedience

What I noticed as a change in the fields throughout Israel was a sign of obedience. But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or...

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When God Won’t Let You Quit

I’ve thought about stopping, or at least cutting way back, on this blog many times in the last several months. Writing something daily is challenging to say the least. I rarely get to interact with...

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Quit Reminding Me

“Be careful. Don’t hit your head.” My dad repeated the warning at least a half dozen times. He was still recovering for surgery, so he directed, while I got some things ready for winter. One of the...

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Praying Beyond My Ability

I’m not an artist, so I relate to the comparison between what I see in my head and what ends up on paper. We can all relate in one area or another: writing, running, makeup or hair, decorating, or...

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Are You Missing Your Next Step?

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have...

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God Alone

Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: Lord God of Israel who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. Listen closely,...

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Instruction to Live

Keep my commands and live. (Proverbs 7:2a) People often think that God takes all the fun out of life. That with all His commandments and expectations, life is somehow less than it can be. Not true. Not...

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