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What’s Going to Matter?
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain the heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 In her book The Time-Saving Mom, Crystal Paine asks two question...
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Seeing Discipline in a Different Way
“Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. No disc...
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Don’t Forget About Your Best Friend
“You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the w...
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Knowing Jesus for Ourselves
“Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me everything I ever did.’ So when the Samaritans c...
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You Are a Fixer-Upper and He Is at Work
“And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and ...
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What Are Christians Defined By?
“And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedres...
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Tracking Everything but My Heart
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 One of my favorite things about m...
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The Heart of a Pharisee: Focusing on the Superficial
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self...
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The Powerful Love of God
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him...
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Missing the Big Picture
“Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, [the Pharisees] asked him, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ [Jesus] said to them, ‘If any of you has a s...
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Living Water
“Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you livin...
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Growing in Your Sleep
“And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows...
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Growing in the Lord
“Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall f...
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Growing in the Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fru...
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Can You Be Here?
“One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the ...
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Re-seeing the Kingdom of God: Those Who Hunger & Thirst
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 As Jesus begins His public ministry, it becomes un...
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Re-seeing the Kingdom of God: The Pure in Heart
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 As Jesus begins His public ministry, it becomes undeniable that people want to l...
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The Power of Scripture
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow,...
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God is a Gardener
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fru...
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The Solid Foundation for Your Faith? God Himself
“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with f...
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Do You Look Like Love?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love […]” Galatians 5:22 One of my favorite songs is “More Like Love” by Ben Rector, and I often find myself singing...
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Meditating on God’s Word
“I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.” Psalm 119:48 I am currently reading Justin W...
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Digging Up the Roots
“Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you,...
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Building Your Spiritual Muscles
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-con...
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More, Not Less: A Practice for Lent
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 O...
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Spoons and God's Transforming Grace
“So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and ...
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Releasing the Reins
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in hea...
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The Normal Christian Life
“The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-control...
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Your Verse for the Year
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family[c] in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glo...
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Growing In Patience
“Love is patient, love is kind.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Mom, you need to sing my patience song!” my three year old chirps from the back of the car, eve...