Joe Barnett

Come to Him

Come to me . . . I will give you rest.             —Matthew 11:28 Uncompromising commitment to your spouse simplifies your life: “Dos” and “Don’ts” are on auto-pilot; no need to chart “For” and “Against” columns. Likewise, when you commit to Jesus, life is simplified. You’re no longer faced with

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You Are His

You are not your own.  —1 Corinthians 6:19 Am I in the right place? Am I doing the right thing? Do you find those questions unnerving? I believe I was “called” to ministry. But it didn’t occur in a spectacular way at a specific moment. Nothing mystical happened, empowering me to give my testimony, and

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Kingdom Growth

[Y]our kingdom come.   —Matthew 6:10 One phrase in The Lord’s Prayer entreats, “Your kingdom come.” The language would have enlivened the Jewish expectation of a Messianic earthly kingdom, stimulated the later Christian hope for God’s spiritual kingdom to advance on earth, and invigorated anticipation of the return of Jesus and the inauguration of the

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