Every hour we are closer to eternity. Inhale, exhale. Closer to eternity. Drive to work. Closer to eternity. Take a walk, mop the kitchen, do the dishes, snuggle with the kids. Closer to eternity. Most of the time we don’t think like that. There are things to do. Good things, godly things – like living […]
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12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward
Our minds are an intense field of war, where the most strenuous fighting often occurs, and the most tiring effects take us to low places. Some Christians are more prone to struggle with this than others and there are many ways in which we can get off track (e.g. one Christian may struggle with pride
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When December arrives, the account of Jesus’ birth (what we often call the Christmas story) is recited in our churches and our homes. And what a glorious account it is, when our Savior and Lord came to live with us. Emmanuel – God with us. 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We
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The Same Mindset 1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
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In this world of sin and suffering, even believers experience hardships. Sometimes it seems like the strongest Christians we know are hit with the hardest life circumstances and we question why. Why does a good God allow such hard things to happen? Some of the hardships we must go through are specifically allowed by God
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To us, this world is an uncertain place. We try to hang onto our lives as tightly as we can, keeping all the pieces exactly where we want them, afraid that something might come unglued. And when it threatens to (or actually does) we can get lost in fear. To God, His plan is certain.
When We Hurt Walking through this world is hard, especially when our world seems to shatter. Sometimes we are left wishing we could pick up all the pieces and glue them together. Long trials, health diagnoses, a broken relationship or a death. We wonder how to go on or even if we can. When we’re