How many loaves do you have? —Mark 6:38 The crowd was large. The hour was late. So Jesus’ disciples urged him to call it a day and send the hungry horde home for dinner. “You give them something to eat,” Jesus said. He had to be kidding, right? […]
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Luke 15:11–31 Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky was twenty-eight when he was arrested for his vocal opposition of Tsarist Russia. Sentenced to death by firing squad, Dostoyevsky was on the scaffold, soldiers with muskets at shoulder, when the execution was stayed. Tsar Nicolas I had commuted his sentence to ten years of exile, four of them
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We’ve spent this week talking about words. Here are some final thoughts. He who holds his tongue is wise. —Proverbs 10:19 You don’t have to explain something you haven’t said. —Calvin Coolidge Keep in mind that you are more interested in what you have to say than anyone
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This week we’re talking about words Let your conversation be always full of grace. —Colossians 4:6 If it goes without saying, let it. You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to. Be slow to believe what you hear about others, and even slower to repeat it. What you say about others often
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This week we’re talking about words Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord. —Psalm 141:3 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord (Ps 19:14) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of
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This week we’re talking about words The tongue has the power of life and death. —Proverbs 18:21 The Lord hates . . . a lying tongue . . . a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers (Prv
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This week let’s talk about words Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak. —James 1:19 Sometimes Roger seems obtuse, foggy. Actually, he’s razor-sharp. He just has a thoughtfully-reasoned response process: when asked a question he never allows his mouth to outrun his brain; never answers before thinking; always hits the pause
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This, then, is how you should pray. —Matthew 6:9 Proper prayer does not demand that our will be done, but asks that God’s will be done. It’s like the hook that an old salt uses to dock his boat. He doesn’t try to pull the dock to the
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Have faith in God. —Mark 11:22 Jesus prefaced his mountain-moving-prayer message with four words: “Have faith in God.” First, this means I must weigh my requests, aligning them with God’s will. Am I wanting something I shouldn’t want? Am I wanting to do something I shouldn’t do? Am I wanting to justify something I
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. —Matthew 21:22 “If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes . . . it will be done” (Mk 11:23). This baffling sentence wasn’t as mystifying
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