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January 27, 2017
Finding the Motivation for Giving All of Your Heart to God
It comes from a past action that wasn't even yours.
There is a past action that dictates your motivation for living for God. It’s an action you can’t change. In fact, the action wasn’t even yours. But it can help you give it all to God.
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Years ago I owned a different car—a sports car. Sitting behind those eight cylinders, I could go from zero to too-fast in about five seconds. (Of course, I never did). After Cathy and I had our first daughter, I decided I needed a...
January 25, 2017
This is How to Overcome Your Overwhelm
Your problems can seem smaller when you see a new perspective.
Close one eye and look closely at a marble. It seems massive. In fact, the marble is all you see. It dwarfs everything else. But its size is an illusion.
A basketball is bigger. The planet earth is even bigger. Come to think of it, God is infinitely bigger than your marble. Your problems are like that.
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Life is filled with marbles. When you fixate on your marbles, you can’t see the reality that they are...
January 23, 2017
Tel Megiddo and What Megiddo Tells Us
If the world wants something so badly, why not let them have it? The problem comes when what they want is what God has given you and commanded you to guard. It becomes a tug of war with your heart as the prize.
(Photo: The strategic site of Tel Megiddo. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
If history ever compared the land of Israel to the game of “Monopoly,” the site of Tel Megiddo would be Boardwalk. It was the most coveted spot on the playing board. Location, location, locatio...
January 22, 2017
When Love Was Slain video, with guitar and vocal. [Video]
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. I had the honor of playing guitar forPaige Brumley as she sang, “When Love Was Slain” (by Riddle and Yates), on July 27, 2014, at Stonebriar Community Church. Paige set the recording to pictures she took from Maui. It’s a beautiful reminder of the hope that awaits us in glory!Keep reading this post.
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January 20, 2017
Freed to Forgive [Event]
I’m excited to teach at the Marathon Fellowship class on the topic: “Freed to Forgive” from the Book of Philemon.Keep reading this post.
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Date: January 22, 2017 Time: 8:45-10:00 AM Event: Freed to Forgive Topic: “Freed to Forgive” Sponsor: Stonebriar Community Church Venue: Marathon Adult Fellowship Location: Frisco, TX Public: Public ...The Golan Heights—Are You Sure Your Contentment is in the Right Place?
A lesson from the Golan Heights' bastions, burials, battles, and borders.
Contentment isn’t always a good thing. The Golan Heights illustrate why. A long plateau rises east of the Sea of Galilee, high above the surrounding basins. As the highland stretches north, basalt cones penetrate the landscape, betraying extinct volcanoes below the surface.
(Photo: Nimrod’s Fortress in the Golan Heights. Courtesy of Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
For thousands of years, the Golan Heights in Israel se...
January 19, 2017
Quote by J. Robert Clinton on obeying God when it makes no sense. [Quote]
It is one thing to obey [God] when it seems logical and necessary, but it is quite another when the obedience calls for something that doesn’t make sense. Obedience doesn’t always hinge on understanding.Keep reading this post.
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January 18, 2017
The Blessing of God’s Secret, Wondrous Will in Your Life
If we knew what the Lord knows, we'd trust His timing.
If we knew what God knows, we would choose to wait for His timing rather than push Him to act now. God created us to live in dependence on the Creator. As such, we wait for His wondrous will and provision.
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Insisting on instant gratification (even for good things) minimizes and overlooks the infinite worth of God’s sovereignty—a wisdom that sees beyond the next five minutes. Or the next five years.
Are you wait...
January 17, 2017
My take on safety in Israel. [Video]
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. On our tour to Israel in 2016, Imagine Tours and Travel took a quick video as I explained my take on safety while touring Israel. This is the short version of the post I wrote about it. In short, it’s safe! A life-changing journey awaits you. Sign up to be notified of our next trip.Keep reading this post.
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Quote by J. Robert Clinton on how God is shaping you. [Quote]
God is concerned with what we are. We want to learn a thousand things because there is so much to learn and do. But He will teach us one thing, perhaps in a thousand ways: “I am forming Christ in you.”Keep reading this post.
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