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Are You Built to Last?
Are You Built to Last?
The most important feature of any permanent structure is its foundation. That’s because it’s the foundation that determines the strength and stability of the building or lack thereof. With this in mind, Scripture often compares our lives to the construction of a...
What to Do When Your Dreams Feel Stuck
What to Do When Your Dreams Feel Stuck
It’s easy to receive a dream from God with great joy, but what are you to do when it feels like everything in your life seems to be taking you in the opposite direction? So many of us get thrown for a loop when our circumstances turn south, wondering what mistake...
When You’re Ready to Throw in the Towel
When You’re Ready to Throw in the Towel
I imagine you agree with me about this: How we finish is more important than how we begin. We find this idea affirmed in Scripture, for Ecclesiastes says: Finishing is better than starting. (Eccl. 7:8) In the Christian life, the ultimate finish is to hear our...
Spiritual Strength Training
Spiritual Strength Training
“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you...
Don’t Let Your Love Grow Cold
Don’t Let Your Love Grow Cold
When asked about what it would be like before His return, Jesus made this stunning statement to His disciples: “And many will turn away from Me and betray and hate each other…. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.” (Matt. 24:1–12) As...
Whose Back Do You Have?
Whose Back Do You Have?
I’m one of many in my generation who has been taught more about our individual walk with Jesus than about how all of us believers are one body. Only recently has the reality of this truth about the church become more clear to me. I don’t want to mislead you—I’ve...
Are You Tapping into Your Full Potential?
Are You Tapping into Your Full Potential?
Recently, I experienced difficulty in sending texts on my iPhone. Our youngest son, Arden, was in India speaking at a conference, and he needed to get in touch with me. He was texting me, but I couldn’t reply to his messages for hours due to a glitch in my phone.It...
Jesus’ Startling Statement
Jesus’ Startling Statement
Jesus made a mind-blowing statement in John 16:7: “Nevertheless I tell you the truth...”Before we continue with this passage, let me take a moment to paint a picture for you. This is Jesus speaking to His disciples. He has been with these guys for over three years....
The Power of Gratitude
The Power of Gratitude
There was a time in our marriage when Lisa and I were offended with each other for about eighteen months straight. The same argument resurfaced over and over again. We even made subtle jabs at each other in front of our children. The older ones were not oblivious...
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