2. Tadlock states this about hurry, “There is little doubt that hurry is, indeed, the enemy of one’s spiritual life. Most of us who are a part of western culture live in a hurry-soaked world. Our lives are
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Tadlock states this about hurry, “There is little doubt that hurry is, indeed, the enemy of one’s spiritual life. Most of us who are a part of western culture live in a hurry-soaked world. Our lives are
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 9, 2009
In the trenches of life when decisions need to be made quickly, we often depend upon short principles that offer us immediate direction and give us spiritual instincts. C. Everett Koop is a great medical ethicist; when addressing end of life decision-making in a booklet he wrote for
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John Ortberg shared this in The Life You Always Wanted (p.55-56):
"It's like a motorboat and a sailboat. A person can operate a motorboat without assistance, given the right equipment and effort. Operating a sailboat is different--it is dependent on the wind. The operator of a sailboat does
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Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007
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The botanical life of most trees is amazing. Often when a tree is damaged and the trunk is cut down, a new shoot will come up out of the stump or roots. As long as the roots are healthy, it will try to live. It will put out new shoots and eventually try to flower and reproduce. It keeps adapting to
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Contributed by Jeffery Lindsay on Aug 11, 2001
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In the foreward of his book, Inside Out, Larry Crabb writes this: “Modern Christianity, in dramatic reversal of its biblical form, promises to relieve the pain of living in a fallen world. The message, whether it’s from fundamentalists requiring us to live by a favored set of rules or from
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Contributed by Clark Frailey on Dec 19, 2000
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There’s a story I heard once, about an man who was trying to cut costs, so he began to gradually substitute sawdust in the oats of his mule. Everything was fine for a period, and the animal was satisfied with sawdust. Then he died. We see the same in spiritual life. We exchange truth
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In 1845, the ill-fated Franklin Expedition sailed from England to find a passage across the Arctic Ocean.The crew loaded their two sailing ships with a lot of things they didn't need: a 1,200-volume library, fine china, crystal goblets, and sterling silverware for each officer with his initials
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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What Purpose Drives Americans? With over 20 million having read Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life, The Barna Group polled Americans on the question, “What do Americans perceive their purpose in life to be?” Priorities differed according to faith commitments. Evangelicals were the only segment
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
If God is to develop His plan in your life and you are to work at it with all your heart, then you must grow new spiritual muscle for the challenge. As a runner begins to train, his or her entire being is transformed. Within weeks of starting training the runner actually grows new capillaries.
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Pentecostal
Quote: “Humility is an essential attitude for success in the spiritual life. Any self-conceit, whether nurtured by superior intelligence, wealth, a high position, or the praise of others, is an obstacle on the path. Genuine humility is not posturing. It requires a constant willing-ness to deny
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Teens: Two of the most common life-changing situations reported among Christian teens are stress (64%) and sin (59%). 64% of Christian teens chose to remain sexually abstinent until marriage while 54% chose not to use alcohol or drugs (51%) in ‘02. Those who struggle with abuse or parental conflict
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
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25 years ago a baby was born in a hospital. He weighed only a few pounds. He had to be pampered and coddled to enable him to live. Now he is 6’2" tall and weighs 200 pounds. There is a vast difference in the baby and the man. Yet the life he now has is the same life he had 25 years ago.
Our
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 19, 2004
C S Lewis wrote, “God whispers to us in our health and prosperity, but, being hard of hearing, we fail to hear God’s voice in both. It’s then that God turns up the amplifier by means of suffering. Then his voice booms.” We mustn’t be surprised at the means that God uses to teach us the lessons
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Contributed by Jim Luthy on May 17, 2001
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Paul Stevens wrote, "In marriage, death and life interpenetrate, as crucifixion and resurrection are eternally joined. Married persons are literally buried into each other, physically, emotionally and spiritually, losing themselves
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Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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Life Examples: Elijah: Responding to Stress (1 Kings 19:3)
Stressful situations can drive us to inappropriate responses. The prophet Elijah illustrates the importance of viewing circumstances from God’s perspective.
God sent the prophet to rescue Israel from its moral and spiritual decline.
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Contributed by John Petty on Aug 22, 2008
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"LIVING LIFE UPSIDE DOWN" by Russ Lee
John has a new way of looking at life
He’s tired of his job, his kids and his wife
He says the secret to his success
Was in leaving and finding himself
Now he’s someone to somebody else.
And you say we’ve risen to a new age of truth
You’re calling it a
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