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Replacing anxiety
Anxiety takes the joy out of our lives, replacing it with dread and fear and insecurity. Jesus says to us, “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for … Continue reading
Our Forever Attorney
Forever is an unfamiliar concept to our insecure, earthbound minds. It is foreign to our worldview and experience of shame and disappointments. Nothing seems forever. Things we treasure are ripped from our hands or slip unexpectedly through our fingers. It is … Continue reading
Posted in eternal life, forever
Tagged advocate, attorney, eternal life, forever, grace, intercessor, security
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Our loving Coach in temptation
As a schoolboy, I learned to water ski from my dad. He gave me a few dry land lessons on the basics of balancing myself over the skis, staying crouched until the speed of the boat was sufficient to allow … Continue reading
The Power of Habits
“For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” … Continue reading
“I will hear from heaven.”
“If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” … Continue reading
Ambition for the quiet life
“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands. . . .” … Continue reading
Empowered to be ambassadors of God
Our appointment to be ambassadors for God should not be intimidating to the believer. It is an unequal partnership with God Himself in His family business — that of kindly reconciling the world to Himself. Note that it is His involvement that … Continue reading
Posted in ambassadors of Christ, witness
Tagged ambassador for Christ, evangelism, speaking, witness
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The wealth of contentment
Ich habe genug. Bach’s cantata by this title says in Recitative B: “I have enough. My comfort is this alone, that Jesus might be mine and I His own. . . Ah! Were only my departure here, with joy I … Continue reading
Posted in contentment
Tagged ambition, contentment, enough, greed, materialism, riches, trusting, vanity
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The cleansing power of seeing the Unseen
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.” … Continue reading
Posted in faith, seeing the unseen
Tagged encouragement, faith, patience, seeing the unseen
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Bold Ambassador
As God adopts us as His own children (as flabbergasting as that is!), He puts us to work in the family business, as agents of reconciliation. “Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and … Continue reading
Posted in ambassadors of Christ
Tagged ambassador for Christ, confidence, evangelism, reconciliation, witness
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