#storychanging
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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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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