Category Archives: Relationships

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Praying For Patience

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Have you ever been stuck at a traffic light and felt like it was the longest red light in history? There’s one particular light between my house and my office that feels that way. So I timed it today. From the time the light turned red until it turned green again…it was 90 seconds. Not […]

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Changing Your Mind

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Think back over the past 24 hours or so. What emotions have been most prominent? Have you felt happy or joyful? Peaceful? Content? Secure? Or have you been angry? Anxious? Worried? Maybe you’ve felt frustrated. Or discouraged. Or afraid. More than likely, you’ve experienced multiple emotions…sometimes within just a few minutes. Often, our emotions fluctuate […]

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Praying for a Breakthrough

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I used to pray for “breakthroughs.” For God to do something big, something unmistakeable to change my circumstances. Do you pray that way? My breakthrough prayers usually sounded something like this: “O Lord, You see my situation! I really need You to come through! I need a breakthrough today!” If it’s not finances for you, […]

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Worldview

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Do you find it hard to understand why those two brothers in Boston would detonate bombs to kill innocent people? Or how other Muslim terrorists would fly planes into buildings to kill innocent people? Or how could an abortion doctor from Philadelphia deliver live babies and then cut their spinal cords with scissors to complete […]

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The Vine and the Branch

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Yesterday, we talked about taking a spiritual fitness test. If we’re honest, most of us would say we’re not doing as well as we’d like to do. At least that’s what I’d say. I’d always like to be further along. I’d like to bear more fruit. I’d like to be less tempted by the same […]

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Fitness Test

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Yesterday, my 17-year-old son and I took a fitness test. It’s the first step in the 60-day Insanity workout program. We’ll repeat the test every two weeks so we can chart our progress. I thought the test was hard! My son outscored me on every exercise. My wife and daughter also took the test and […]

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Seeking and Finding God

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For a long time, I’ve assumed it should be easy to seek and find God. I’ve been wrong though. Can you think of any good or worthwhile activity that’s easy? Eating healthy and staying in good physical condition requires planning, commitment and hard work. Doing well at your job and advancing in your career can […]

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The Two Most Important Commandments

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There’s something we have to understand about God before we can understand anything else. It’s a foundational belief on which all other beliefs are built. And if we fail to correctly understand it, we will misunderstand almost everything about God, ourselves and this life on planet earth. So here it is…here’s the thing we absolutely […]

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Grace and Peace

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I realized a number of years ago that I really don’t want to walk by faith. That’s a problem because God says things like: “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “And without faith it is impossible to please God…” Hebrews 11:6 Walking or living by faith means I won’t always see […]