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January 8, 2016
How to Face the Future without Fear
God gives only one way to make it happen.
My favorite New Years Eve happened before the infamous Y2K. I pulled a practical joke that made the people in my grandmother’s house believe their fears about the future were true.
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My relatives had gathered to watch the televised countdown at New York City’s Times Square. Midnight hit America first on the east coast, so all eyes waited to see what would happen at midnight.
Would all...
January 6, 2016
There’s Only One Gate Jesus Won’t Enter
The keys are in your pocket.
Dotted along Jerusalem’s slopes on either side of the Kidron Valley lie thousands of graves. Some Jewish. Some Muslim. Ironically, both cemeteries lie there, in part, because of the Messiah.
(Photo: Golden Gate at Jerusalem’s eastern side. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
The largest Jewish cemetery in the world dots the side of the Mount of Olives as it slopes down into the valley that separates it from Jerusalem.
Why be buried here?
Two Cemeteri...January 5, 2016
Quote by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on what causes most of our unhappiness. [Quote]
Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself rather than talking to yourself? Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book!
D. Martyn Lloyd-JonesSpiritual Depression: Its Causes and Its Cure (Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1965), 12
January 4, 2016
Redeeming the Time this Year
Why you must buy out each moment for all it's worth.
Some years ago I surprised my family by taking them to “Disney on Ice.” When I pre-purchased the tickets for $67.90, the salesperson told me to pick them up at the Will Call window. No problem, I thought.
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She then warned me that they offered no refunds or transfers. “Fine,” I said—and scribbled the date and time on my calendar.
As the date approached, I watched my daughters’ excitement reach a fever pitch. N...
January 2, 2016
Corrie Ten Boom quote on how God uses the past in our lives. [Quote]
This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see. Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book!
Corrie Ten BoomThe Hiding Place (Bantam Books, 1974), viii
December 30, 2015
My Top 5 Posts from this Year (and My Favorites)
Plus the Top 5 of All Time
We love it when someone boils down the best into a chewable list. Trim away the fat and just serve us the meat and potatoes. (Don’t you wish preachers did that?) This post does.
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I’ve done a little boiling, trimming, and analyzing, and I found two groups of “Top 5” posts for you. As we close out 2015, I’ll share:
The top 5 posts from my blog this year The top 5 of all time.I’ll even give you my personal top 5 favorites from this year. Check th...
December 28, 2015
Make This the Year You Read the Bible
It's the best thing you can do to grow in your walk with God.
If you want to grow in your relationship with God, there’s one thing you can do that will make more difference than anything. Read the Bible. Here’s why.
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Did you know? Research shows that someone who reads the Bible 4 or more times each week is:
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(Photo: Temple Mount and Western Wall. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
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December 23, 2015
Merry Christmas from the Stiles Home! [Photo]
Today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11)
I’ll be taking it easy until next week, and I hope you do the same! Until then . . .
Merry Christmas from the Stiles home!
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December 21, 2015
The Power of God’s Providence in Your Life
Christmas shows us our chances are really God’s choices.
The first Christmas looked like a coincidence. From a human perspective, politics set the agenda: Caesar took a census of his people. Period. End of story.
(Photo: Camel caravan. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
But from the divine viewpoint? God orchestrated ordinary events for extraordinary outcomes.
Think about this past year in your life. Many ordinary events occurred. Most you don’t remember. But God has been worki...
