Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them (Psalm 127:4-5a, NASB1995). Children are a blessing — also grandchildren! But how much does it cost to raise a child today? Reader’s Digest (RD) was the first magazine I started reading […]
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2a, NASB1995). I’ve meditated on this verse for years. I don’t want to be conformed to this world, I want to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. The Apostle Paul indicates in Romans 12:2 that our transformation starts with how
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you (Luke 17:5-6, ESV). The apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith. Let’s ask Jesus today, “God, increase
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Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship (Romans 12:1, NASB1995, emphasis added). I have a long history of disliking hugs. Unfortunately, I pastored a church in which congregants didn’t listen when I said, “Hugging is unbiblical.” I didn’t have
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When interpreting the Book of Revelation, we should ask three questions: In chapters two and three, the Apostle John writes to seven churches in Asia (modern-day Turkey). His first letter is “To the angel in the church in Ephesus,” followed by six other greetings, “To the angel of the Church in Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
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I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well (Psalm 139:14, ESV, emphasis added). I find myself reading obscure topics like how DNA works, and when I find something interesting, I try to understand it and then explain it to all of you. This
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The Lord hears when I call to Him (Psalm 4:3b, NASB). I enjoy sitting in my prayer chair in my office with a cup of coffee, praying early in the morning. Recently, during prayer, I asked myself, “Why do I pray?” I did this to refocus my praying, as staying fresh in anything that we
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For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound (Psalm 4:7, ESV). God gives peace; to feel better, ask Him. An “unhappiness pandemic” continues to grow in our culture as exhibited in road rage, hate posts, and personal depression. Most of us find that becoming a gym rat,
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints. I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers (Ephesians 1:15-16, ESV). When the Apostle Paul prays for followers of Jesus in the first century, I believe his prayers are for
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