May Your Admiration for God Grow

Adulting gives you a whole new appreciation for your parents. Or a teacher. Or a coach. Or someone who discipled you. Or someone you admire from your growing up days. I know that when I was a kid, I thought my parents had it pretty easy. Actually, I thought all...

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Draw Nearer to God

I was once in a dating relationship that was about to be parted geographically. We discussed the pluses and minuses of being separated. We wondered about the impact on our relationship. Whenever the topic came up, people would remind us of a well-worn cliché, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”...

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Is Laughter The Best Medicine?

Turns out that laughter might really be the best medicine. I have heard Christian comedian, Jeff Allen (Dry Bar Comedy), at a few different Pastors Conferences over the years. He has a dry delivery which he keeps clean and funny. One of his funnier sketches is his take on teenagers....

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Serving the Lord

God demonstrates His power in the Christian life primarily as each person is involved in ministry. Scripture reveals the power of God available to His people. The Lord works in us as we cooperate with His Spirit to accomplish His purposes (Phil 2:12-13). With Paul, we can say, “we are...

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Trusting God’s Creativity

God’s originality can change your life. When you are stumped or even when you think you have all the answers, consider letting God be creative. His wild imagination for beauty, design, and systems to sustain it all causes us to reflect on the nature of our God. The products of...

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