#storychanging
-She believed God would heal her child. She prayed, she fasted, she begged—but her son died anyway. -He believed God would help him get out of the financial mess he was in. He claimed it, declared it—and went to prison. -They had faith that the terrorists would not come into their village. They prayed, they…
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“Why not? What’s wrong with it?” We’ve all heard or said that at least once. It’s usually in reference to someone’s conviction about doing or not doing something the other person thinks is fine. What follows is often an awkward pause and a fumbling for the right words. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were prepared for…
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They knew the moment they heard the king’s edict that this day would come. Tattletales couldn’t wait to cause trouble. Daniel’s three friends had done nothing to call attention to themselves except quietly obey God. But in the pagan world, obedience to God stands out like a red bulb on a Christmas tree. Trumpets blasted…
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Before the king’s edict, before the fiery furnace, Daniel had made a vow that he would not become like the idol-worshiping people who had captured him. Because the king had chosen him and his three friends as four of Babylon’s Promising Stars, he was offered the best the pagan world could produce. Delicacies from the…
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Hold it right there! We don’t bow down. We’re Americans. We’re independent. We bow to no one unless we take a knee to further our own agendas. We bow when we say we will bow. We’re the captains of our own ships, the navigators of our own destinies, the authors of our own stories. Aren’t…
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How did you get your job? Maybe a referral, maybe some schooling, training, or experience led to what you do now. Jeremiah got his prophet job as a direct assignment from God: no interviews, no negotiations, but a great retirement package. We are not Jeremiah, but this verse is a game-changer. It tells us that…
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“My body, My choice!” We’ve heard this confident cry for a couple of decades now. It sounds wise to the uninformed and those who let mobs think for them. But is it wise? Is it correct? Do we have choices over everything pertaining to our bodies? Let’s see, do we choose to keep our hearts…
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For some reason, Christians have begun to tiptoe around an area God does not tiptoe around. Sexuality has become the god of our culture and we should not be afraid to call it out. This new god has even bought stock in some so-called churches, teaching mantras that sound like this: You can define sexuality…
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Wouldn’t it be great if life was like a buffet? We could stroll along and give our orders to the servers: “I’ll have some financial prosperity over there,” we would say. “Give me a big helping of relaxation and another of fun…oooh, I like the looks of that spouse over there and a couple of…
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No matter who asked him, the response was the same: a toothless grin, a twinkle in his eye, and the words, “I know what’s comin’!” He’d never missed a day as a janitor in the fourteen-story glass office complex. On that meager salary he had raised five children and then he and his wife began…
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