For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries. 1 Corinthians 16:9, AMPC Sometimes I wish Scripture read differently. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if Jesus had said, “In this world, once you become My follower, […]
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 A few weeks
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And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21 Comfort vs. Calling: When God Stretches Your Personality When I stopped working the other day, I left all the documents open on
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To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1, AMPC Life has a way of shifting just when we think we’ve finally settled into a rhythm. One season flows smoothly, and the next arrives with unexpected changes that stretch our comfort and our faith. Learning how to honor
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Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction. 1 Corinthians 7:35, HCSB What if the enemy’s greatest weapon against your calling isn’t fear or failure—it’s distraction? He doesn’t always
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Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. Psalms 37:4 AMP I was talking with a client this week about how much I’ve been enjoying her writing. Her stories are simple, everyday experiences in which God spoke a straightforward truth that became a personal,
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“For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth. [No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the
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For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above-spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and
As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him. Psalm 18:30 AMPC Today, I did a little research on how to get on a best-seller list. I felt intrigued recently when I noticed that listed on
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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 ESV Have you ever highlighted something and then, flipping the page, found that it didn’t bleed through? This feels like a moment of victory to me, when I have found the
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