#storychanging
MONDAY— …our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit… 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Christianity lost one of its greatest defenders last week. Ravi Zacharias, 74, went home to be with the Lord he had served for 48 years. Saved on a bed of suicide at 17…
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Monday— The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.” Luke 1:35 The Greek god Zeus supposedly came from two dysfunctional beings battling for power, and the story keeps getting…
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Monday— So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. Jeremiah 10:24 Billy cowered in the corner of his room. He’d really done it now. His last foster mother would have beaten him black and blue for denting her car door, but he hadn’t been in…
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MONDAY— So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. Exodus 13:18 There is much debate within Christian circles about whether God acts or reacts. Both are true, but there are some events recorded in the Bible about which God boldly states that He caused. He claims responsibility…
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MONDAY— When they cried out to the LORD because of Midian, the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. Judges 6:7-8 When we cry out to the Lord, we may not expect Him to write His answer across the sky, send Chip and Joanna to do a renovation, or the drive the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes…
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Monday— “Don’t be afraid,” Elisha answered, “those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 2 Kings 6:16 -“I know God is going to provide, even with this job loss,” Molly stated. “I just don’t know when or how.” -“God will take care of us,” Mom whispered to her terrified children.…
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MONDAY— We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Isaiah 53:3 Supper would be late again. So much to do, especially since the last baby. Magda gathered her skirts, hoisted her shopping basket onto her head, and hurried past the gruesome sight on the…
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MONDAY— “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him.…
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MONDAY— Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:3 Another worship leader renounces faith in Christ. A former pastor comes out as proudly gay. A promising evangelist becomes an atheist. What’s happening? They refused to endure suffering as a good soldier of Christ, as Paul exhorted Timothy to…
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Bullied by Fear MONDAY— For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Fear is sweeping our world at break-neck speed. Our access to information makes us more vulnerable to fear than any generation before us. We know a tornado…
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