Hospitality. This was an important quality that characterized the New Testament church, one that the biblical writers saw the vital importance of:
“Be hospitable to one another without complaining” (1 Peter 4:9).
“Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality” ...
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Contentment Isn’t Natural, but Can Be Learned –
Once upon a time, Philippians 4:13 was my football locker verse. There, in the midst of my stinking shoulder pads and disgusting workout clothes, I taped in my locker a notecard that bore the words, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
At that time, what I ...
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The Gloriously Interruptable Jesus –
I have a picture in my mind of a room. It’s well lit by windows, and it overlooks a river. In the spring, you can open up the windows and hear the water gurgling over the rocks. There are bookshelves built into the walls of this room, all filled with my favorites. There are a ...
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The Courageous Choice to Stay –
Courage is a spiritual thing. That’s because courage and faith are linked for the Christian.
It takes no courage to make the choice where an outcome is clearly seen and the outcome is favorable. If you have the choice to go down Path A and Path B, and Path A looks like it was ...
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3 Principles of Communicating the Bible –
Christians are communicators. And while some Christians may be more or less gifted at the skill of communication, all Christians are “witnesses.” That is, we are, by the very fact that we have been born again into Christ and therefore witness personally the power of the gospel, ...
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3 Signs We’re Placing Confidence in the Flesh –
One of the beautiful things about kids is the implied confidence they have. My own kids come trickling down the stairs every morning and almost always the first thing out of their mouths is, “What’s for breakfast?” That’s implied confidence. They assume that there is indeed ...
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