A Thought about 50 Years Ago (Fall 1973)
Fifty years ago, my family moved homes, and that move required us to go to a new school district. Frankly, I was a 12…
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10/01/23 Sunday Prayer Challenge
Sometime during this Lord’s day, pray for your church the way Jesus taught us to pray about workers: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are…
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An Encouraging Word for Church Leaders for Today
2 Corinthians 5:20 “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, ‘Be reconciled to God.’”…
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I’m thinking today about Stephen and Alex Kendrick’s words in the book, The Battle Plan for Prayer.* Maybe these words will encourage you today,…
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Wisdom from My Mentors about Determining the Will of God
I’m grateful for mentors over the years who’ve helped me with this important issue. Maybe one of these thoughts will help you: 8 Nuggets…
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READING: Obadiah, Jonah 1-4, Micah 1-2 Today’s devotion is actually a series of questions for self-reflection based on the book of Jonah. Below are…
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READING: Amos 3-9 God had sent judgments on his people—including drought, famine, and plague—to call them back to Him, but still they did not…
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READING: Hosea 14, Joel 1-3, Amos 1-2 I remember the year when the locusts came out when I was serving in Louisville, KY. Their sounds from the trees seemed like…
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Wednesday Words: Two Quotes on Heaven, Hell, and Lostness
Both of these quotes challenge my evangelistic apathy. In fact, I have framed a copy of the second one, and it hangs on the…
Read More09/26/23 Distractions
READING: Hosea 6-13 It’s so easy to do. Sometimes we don’t even know it’s happening, but it does. Sometimes, we don’t know it’s happened…
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