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God Trusting Us
We are supposed to trust God. After all, He's the most trustworthy person we'll ever know! There are plenty of life lessons we learn as Christians about trusting God, both from the Bible and our own experiences. But sometimes we don't talk about how God trusts us, and...
The Value of Wisdom
I've been reading in Proverbs for my Bible reading in the past few days, and it repeats a lot of things about wisdom. It talks about how wisdom is more valuable than precious physical things like silver, gold, and rubies. It talks about listening to those who are...
Diet and Exercise
A week or so ago, I was talking with a friend about how prayer, Bible reading, increasing faith, and building trust in God all go with each other. Each one causes an increase in the others, further increasing each one in a productive circle. We came to the conclusion...
Word Ripples
I've heard sayings and a song about how words are like stones tossed into water, causing ripples to form that reach farther than the stone did. Toss a word of anger out, and its affects can last a long time in more places than you thought it could. Toss a word of...
Suffering for Jesus
In Sunday School yesterday, we talked about dying and suffering for Jesus. We all like to think we'd make the right choice under threat and die for Jesus, and we probably would. But are we willing to suffer for Jesus before then? If I die for Jesus, then it's all over...
Foresight and Procrastination
This morning I was moving things from my room to another room, in preparation for new floors to be put down. While moving things I had to put them away in a different place, with the knowledge that I'll be moving them again when the floors are done. I left some of it...