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Backwards or Forwards?
There are a lot of things that God does that seem backwards to us. But considering that God is the one doing them, He must be doing them correctly. For example when someone agrees with God about their sin, repents of it, believes in God, and gives Him control of their...
Hearing God’s Voice – Privilege and Responsibility
Prompted by a devotional yesterday. When a child hears their mom or dad tell them to clean their room, the child may treat cleaning their room as a nice option to consider. But it isn't really just an option or a good choice. As a child when you have been told to...
Good Friends
I've been reading The Lord of the Rings and I've gotten to the point where the main protagonist is becoming very weary in body and mind. His road is hard, the way ahead is dark, and his burden is increasingly heavy, so he is leaning more and more on the support of his...
Authority and Worth
The title of this one is a bit of a misnomer. Authority has nothing to do with worth. This has come up for me recently and I figured I'd share. God set up authority and how it works, but it isn't based on someone being worth more than someone else. Look at the Trinity...
Still a Big Deal
In the Old Testament we find that God had some severe laws for the children of Israel concerning sin. Many sins were punishable by death, usually by stones. These days we don't have such punishments for many of the things that would have warranted death long ago. But...
We’ve All Got Problems
Pick a problem, and someone has it. Whether it be physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, or any combination of these, we all have multiple problems. While some problems might not be as big or as pressing as others, they do have their effects on us. Someone else will...