An Encouraging Word for Church Leaders for Today
Ephesians 1:17 “I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge…
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12/09/23 Saturday Prayer Challenge
Read these words from Tony Merida and Francis Chan, and then spend some time expressing gratitude to God: “If you’re a super-critical person, always…
Read More12/08/23 Not Giving Up
READING: 2 Corinthians 13, Galatians 1-5 Here’s a story I hear far too often: a young believer falls back into patterns of yesterday or…
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10 Reasons Pastors Sometimes Bear Scars of Church Wounds–and a Challenge to Address Them
I grieve when I see wounded pastors (even those whose own actions contribute to the pain). In too many cases, those wounds create scars…
Read More12/07/23 Thorns
READING: 2 Corinthians 8-12 Paul’s story of his thorn in the flesh in 2 Corinthians 12 surely evoked tough memories for him, but he…
Read More12/06/23 Not in Me, but in Him
READING: 2 Corinthians 1-7 If we accomplish anything in ministry, it is because of God—not because of us. Even the apostle Paul knew that…
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Wednesday Words: Announcing a Simple Course on Prayer
The more I pray, the more I realize I need to pray. At the same time, though, I believe prayer is the most difficult…
Read More12/05/23 With All My Being
READING: 1 Corinthians 13-16 In this devotion, I focus on the last verse of 1 Corinthians 16 because of the intimate nature of the closing…
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A Personal Note on Spiritual Warfare and Discipleship*
I started studying spiritual warfare when Eph 6:12—“our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the…
Read More12/04/23 A Way Out
READING: 1 Corinthians 8-12 We are not alone when we’re tempted to sin. No matter how intense the temptation might be, no tempting from…
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