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Resources to Inspire Your Next Yes to God
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Rebel Against Your Pain
An Open Letter to Any Who Have Loved and Lost.
Dear Suffering Friend,
I wish there were words that could reverse the many tears you have shed…
The Reverse Effects of Pride
“A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor” (Proverbs 29:23 NASB). What is the desire of a proud man? He only has one, really. He wants to be lifted up. He longs to be known and honored, recognized and revered. His arrogance makes him...
Time to Risk
Diving with sharks. Diving with sharks with my fourteen-year-old son. Diving in cenotes (freshwater caverns in Mexico). Trips to countries where people are murdered for their faith. Some say I am an adrenaline junkie, an adventurer, or a risk taker. My wife usually...
A Woman Who Says Yes to God
My four-year-old granddaughter, Addy, was intently playing in her room. She heard her daddy calling her from downstairs, “Addy, come downstairs. We need to go.” Addy was in her own little world of imagination, interacting with her dolls. She didn’t want to be...
Space Was Not My Final Frontier
“Three, two, one ...” For so many of life’s great events, this countdown of anticipation stirs imagination! For me, it also represented the ultimate achievement after years of education, preparation, and envisioning my future. Hearing this countdown from the flight...
Waiting or Disobeying?
What we call “waiting on God” should sometimes be more honestly called “delaying obedience.” When God speaks, we should be ready to act—and ready to fully act. But His call is not always convenient, is it? There may be something we want to take care of first, or we...
Learning to Live by Faith
Satan wants to convince us that the only way we can ever be different is if our circumstances change. So we play the “if only” game: “If only we didn’t have to move . . .” “If only we lived closer to my parents . . .” “If only we had a bigger house . . .” “If only we...
Tapestry of Faith
What is faith? No better answer is given in perhaps all the Bible than in the great eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews. Here a tapestry is unfolded, depicting great examples of faith from the record of Old Testament heroes. In great castles, dark tapestries hang...
Waking Up from the American Dream
INTRODUCTION BY KELLEY HOUSELY Wikipedia defines the American Dream as follows: “The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, the set of ideals (democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality) in which freedom includes the opportunity for...
Chain Reactions
In the widely used Experiencing God study, Henry Blackaby describes two realities for experiencing God: “God is always at work around you,” and “God invites you to become involved with Him in His work.” These represent what believers experience when they step into and...