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"Thanks for that blessing. It was timely."- Quentin
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"Thank you for sending these. I want you to know that they help me."- Micah
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"Thank you for letting wisdom be contagious."- Carole
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"Such great ministry tools... I read lots of 'e-spirations'... This one is quite timely and always great nuggets of wisdom."- Michal
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"Great devotional with a LOT of truth. Thanks!"- Becky
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"Phenomenal word! Applying to my daily life. Please keep it going."- Michal
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"Thanks for that blessing. It was timely."- Quentin
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"Thank you for sending these. I want you to know that they help me."- Micah
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"Thank you for letting wisdom be contagious."- Carole
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"Such great ministry tools... I read lots of 'e-spirations'... This one is quite timely and always great nuggets of wisdom."- Michal
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"Great devotional with a LOT of truth. Thanks!"- Becky
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"Phenomenal word! Applying to my daily life. Please keep it going."- Michal
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"Thanks for that blessing. It was timely."- Quentin
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"Thank you for sending these. I want you to know that they help me."- Micah
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"Thank you for letting wisdom be contagious."- Carole
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"Such great ministry tools... I read lots of 'e-spirations'... This one is quite timely and always great nuggets of wisdom."- Michal
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"Great devotional with a LOT of truth. Thanks!"- Becky
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"Phenomenal word! Applying to my daily life. Please keep it going."- Michal
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"Thanks for that blessing. It was timely."- Quentin
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"Thank you for sending these. I want you to know that they help me."- Micah
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"Thank you for letting wisdom be contagious."- Carole
-
"Such great ministry tools... I read lots of 'e-spirations'... This one is quite timely and always great nuggets of wisdom."- Michal
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"Great devotional with a LOT of truth. Thanks!"- Becky
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"Phenomenal word! Applying to my daily life. Please keep it going."- Michal
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"Thanks for that blessing. It was timely."- Quentin
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"Thank you for sending these. I want you to know that they help me."- Micah
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"Thank you for letting wisdom be contagious."- Carole
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"Such great ministry tools... I read lots of 'e-spirations'... This one is quite timely and always great nuggets of wisdom."- Michal
Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper. Proverbs 13:4 For most of my life, I’ve wanted to play guitar and sing. In recent years I’ve wanted to play and sing to God with Gina. Most of the time when we played, we got frustrated with each other. As Gina and I are taking music lessons, we’re realizing how many shortcuts we’ve tried taking. That’s why we struggled so hard. We’re realizing that even great musicians—who make it look easy—have had to discipline themselves to learn the same basics. Now, thanks to our... The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; Our words can bring life to others or tear them down. One wrong word or tone can change what someone hears or feels about what you’re saying and turn them in the right or wrong direction. We should only use our words that bring loving, godly direction to people and situations. This doesn’t mean our words are fluffy and feel good. Sometimes truth and love are painful to say and hear. In the end our words should bring life and... Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. Luke 22:27 I’m a selfish, self-absorbed person who would do anything to get out of serving others: God says serving is a great thing. That’s when I make myself less than others, stoop down, and meet their needs without any desire for recognition or payback. Never say, “Okay, now it’s your turn.” Instead, serve. Then serve some more.... The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea. People fill their tiny little brains with so much noise, they drown out the world around them. Sometimes it’s busy, crazy, chaotic noise. Sometimes it’s white noise. Either way, it’s blocking out the rest of the world. When someone pauses long enough to let the outside in, they call that an encounter. They pull it in, shut their shell, and put it on a shelf where they can see it,... “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.” Many times, we create a standard to live by. Then we judge the people around us or compare ourselves to how we’re doing compared to the folks around us. Many times, this standard is something we, our friends, or our church invented. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t speak into each other’s lives; it just means we need to be careful not to force... Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Inside, the people were all shouting, Loral Langemeier, one of my first business coaches, taught me about looping logic. Suppose you had a flat tire on the way to work. You get to work and all you can talk about is that flat tire. Every time you tell the story, you add more details and opinions to it. You keep going around that circle, never getting past... This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. When we work in harmony, we can get so much more done. We are complete. Each of us with our own unique gifts combined makes a powerful force. We go through things together. When one of us suffers we all do. When one... Jacob wrestled with God… Lord, I’m crippled. I’m broken. I can’t go on. How can I be the father I never had? I don’t know the ways of God. my personality stinks. But Lord, here I am, standing alone like a little lost child. And I’m going to stand here. And I’m going to fight. I will fight the demons of my past. I will fight the evil, demonic armies I’ve inherited from my ancestors. I will fight against my own sinfulness. I will stand against Satan. Lord, I will wrestle you, all through the long, cold, lonely night. And I won’t let you... If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3 So, it comes down to the intent of the heart…pretty simple but it’s not always easy to do. On a recent 4-hour flight, a 2-year-old sat in front of me and a 1-1/2-year-old in the row behind. The flight was long and for these two youngsters, their energy wasn’t about to be bottled up. After hours of getting my seat-back kicked, repeatedly shutting my window shade,... When I was prosperous, I said, These two verses summarize David’s emotional roller coaster. When life runs smoothly, I think I’m unstoppable. Then one little thing breaks, and I think my world is over. Throughout the day, my moods get flung all over the universe. On the big graph, my daily emotional swings are only little blips. We love David because he gave himself permission to ride all his emotions. Why not? Let the emotions come... And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. Seeking God doesn’t just accidentally happen. We have to be intentional. We have to prepare our hearts. Preparing takes time. It takes work. It takes humility. Ben This is, all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people, and making it the deadliest accident in aviation history. Norman Williams was one of sixty survivors. I listened to his story. One thing that stood out to me was that many of the people... But now, listen to the Lord who created you. Rejection can take bites out of a person’s core and whittle away at the very substance of who we are. It can give the devil a foothold by making us think we’re on our own. It cuts us off from the herd and makes an open target for wolves and vultures. Because I’ve been ransomed, I belong. I belong here, I belong to... Here’s how we can be sure that we’ve truly come to know God: if we keep his commands. If someone claims, “I have come to know God by experience,” yet doesn’t keep God’s commands, he is a phony and the truth finds no place in him. John doesn’t hold anything back here. This is how I know whether Jesus is my shepherd. Also, if... Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! Matthew 6: 22, 23 If I think my phoniness is sincere, my darkness is deep. Gina My life had fallen into the deepest, darkest night of the soul I had ever known. I was spiraling down, down, deeper and deeper. In 1996, my book, Weeping May Endure For a Night had just been published. People were calling me for advice I didn’t know how to give. They thought I could help them. I wanted to help them. So Alvin Landis and I went to a seminar called Helping People in Need. It was three days of training for pastors and counselors. The pressure and darkness in me was so great, I left in the middle of one of... We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as God’s, not ours. Though we experience every kind of pressure, we’re not crushed. At times we don’t know what to do, but quitting is not an option. 2 Corinthians 4:7-8 “We are like common clay jars. . .”. Clay jars are delicate. They crack easily even though they may seem relatively durable. “. . . that carry this glorious treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as God’s,... Then Jesus spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam.” So, the man went and washed and came back seeing! John 9:6-7 With another man, Jesus used spit without mud and healed him in two phases. First, the man saw people walking around, looking like trees. Again, Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes and his sight was fully restored. The Bible doesn’t tell us how Jesus healed Bartimaeus’s blindness. In Matthew 9, Jesus healed two blind men... A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. Nothing will come easy that’s worth fighting for. This can be from our relationship with God to our daily work. Each day could be our last day and we must work hard on whatever is in front of us, from working on ourselves, to raking leaves God gives us strength and endurance to accomplish whatever we face. Dig deep into ourselves and give... For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 The past couple of years I’ve come to understand that the gospel isn’t a “me” gospel. It’s a “we” gospel. What I mean is that God looks at how we interact with each other. He wants me to develop Christlike character, but not so I can live isolated in my Jesus-ness. The purpose of my Christlike character is to help me interact with others so that we can become a Christlike...
the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.
Proverbs 10:11
The God of glory thunders.
The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is majestic.
Psalm 29:3-4
Matthew 7:1
some one thing and some another. Everything was in confusion.
In fact, most of them didn’t even know why they were there.
Acts 19:32
1 Corinthians 12:25-27
Genesis 32
“Nothing can stop me now!”
Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain.
Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
Psalm 30:6-7
2 Chronicles 12:14 
Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Romans 13:11
the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1 
We can be sure that we’ve truly come to live in intimacy with God, not just by saying, “I am intimate with God,” but by walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
1 John 2:3-6
Proverbs 6:10-11
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Your body, mind, emotions, and spirit can lie to you. When you fly by the Holy Spirit’s guidance, you safely fly through situations that take other people’s lives. It’s no wonder Satan has created many fake Holy Spirits. The Bible and the lives of people who finished well testify that we can find and follow the real Holy Spirit. ...
Are we trying so hard to become like Jesus because we don’t believe he can change us? Erwin McManus
Maybe before we decide who to trust, we need to learn how to trust. Phillip
No lie can live forever. ML King Jr
Don’t fake it till you make it, rather believe it till you become it. Jeff Goins
We fit together better when we’re broken than when we’re in our shell. Just so Jesus is the mortar between us. Phillip
Change only happens when we have to or want to. Scot Hunsaker
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
Following Jesus is knowing his presence in the present moment. I cannot experience God, you, or music unless I’m fully present. Phillip
Best definition I’ve heard for empathy: The willingness to stand inside someone else’s pain, even if I caused the pain. Unknown
Why would God create a species that so desperately needs him while at the same time so stubbornly trying to live without him? Erwin McManus
When we’re alone, we shouldn’t just think about God. We should talk to God. That can feel really crazy, but it works. Phillip
Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper. Proverbs 13:4 For most of my life, I’ve wanted to play guitar and sing. In recent years I’ve wanted to play and sing to God with Gina. Most of the time when we played, we got frustrated with each other. As Gina and I are taking music lessons, we’re realizing how many shortcuts we’ve tried taking. That’s why we struggled so hard. We’re realizing that even great musicians—who make it look easy—have had to discipline themselves to learn the same basics. Now, thanks to our... The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; Our words can bring life to others or tear them down. One wrong word or tone can change what someone hears or feels about what you’re saying and turn them in the right or wrong direction. We should only use our words that bring loving, godly direction to people and situations. This doesn’t mean our words are fluffy and feel good. Sometimes truth and love are painful to say and hear. In the end our words should bring life and... Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. Luke 22:27 I’m a selfish, self-absorbed person who would do anything to get out of serving others: God says serving is a great thing. That’s when I make myself less than others, stoop down, and meet their needs without any desire for recognition or payback. Never say, “Okay, now it’s your turn.” Instead, serve. Then serve some more.... The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea. People fill their tiny little brains with so much noise, they drown out the world around them. Sometimes it’s busy, crazy, chaotic noise. Sometimes it’s white noise. Either way, it’s blocking out the rest of the world. When someone pauses long enough to let the outside in, they call that an encounter. They pull it in, shut their shell, and put it on a shelf where they can see it,... “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.” Many times, we create a standard to live by. Then we judge the people around us or compare ourselves to how we’re doing compared to the folks around us. Many times, this standard is something we, our friends, or our church invented. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t speak into each other’s lives; it just means we need to be careful not to force... Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Inside, the people were all shouting, Loral Langemeier, one of my first business coaches, taught me about looping logic. Suppose you had a flat tire on the way to work. You get to work and all you can talk about is that flat tire. Every time you tell the story, you add more details and opinions to it. You keep going around that circle, never getting past... This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. When we work in harmony, we can get so much more done. We are complete. Each of us with our own unique gifts combined makes a powerful force. We go through things together. When one of us suffers we all do. When one... Jacob wrestled with God… Lord, I’m crippled. I’m broken. I can’t go on. How can I be the father I never had? I don’t know the ways of God. my personality stinks. But Lord, here I am, standing alone like a little lost child. And I’m going to stand here. And I’m going to fight. I will fight the demons of my past. I will fight the evil, demonic armies I’ve inherited from my ancestors. I will fight against my own sinfulness. I will stand against Satan. Lord, I will wrestle you, all through the long, cold, lonely night. And I won’t let you... If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3 So, it comes down to the intent of the heart…pretty simple but it’s not always easy to do. On a recent 4-hour flight, a 2-year-old sat in front of me and a 1-1/2-year-old in the row behind. The flight was long and for these two youngsters, their energy wasn’t about to be bottled up. After hours of getting my seat-back kicked, repeatedly shutting my window shade,... When I was prosperous, I said, These two verses summarize David’s emotional roller coaster. When life runs smoothly, I think I’m unstoppable. Then one little thing breaks, and I think my world is over. Throughout the day, my moods get flung all over the universe. On the big graph, my daily emotional swings are only little blips. We love David because he gave himself permission to ride all his emotions. Why not? Let the emotions come... And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. Seeking God doesn’t just accidentally happen. We have to be intentional. We have to prepare our hearts. Preparing takes time. It takes work. It takes humility. Ben This is, all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people, and making it the deadliest accident in aviation history. Norman Williams was one of sixty survivors. I listened to his story. One thing that stood out to me was that many of the people... But now, listen to the Lord who created you. Rejection can take bites out of a person’s core and whittle away at the very substance of who we are. It can give the devil a foothold by making us think we’re on our own. It cuts us off from the herd and makes an open target for wolves and vultures. Because I’ve been ransomed, I belong. I belong here, I belong to... Here’s how we can be sure that we’ve truly come to know God: if we keep his commands. If someone claims, “I have come to know God by experience,” yet doesn’t keep God’s commands, he is a phony and the truth finds no place in him. John doesn’t hold anything back here. This is how I know whether Jesus is my shepherd. Also, if... Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! Matthew 6: 22, 23 If I think my phoniness is sincere, my darkness is deep. Gina My life had fallen into the deepest, darkest night of the soul I had ever known. I was spiraling down, down, deeper and deeper. In 1996, my book, Weeping May Endure For a Night had just been published. People were calling me for advice I didn’t know how to give. They thought I could help them. I wanted to help them. So Alvin Landis and I went to a seminar called Helping People in Need. It was three days of training for pastors and counselors. The pressure and darkness in me was so great, I left in the middle of one of... We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as God’s, not ours. Though we experience every kind of pressure, we’re not crushed. At times we don’t know what to do, but quitting is not an option. 2 Corinthians 4:7-8 “We are like common clay jars. . .”. Clay jars are delicate. They crack easily even though they may seem relatively durable. “. . . that carry this glorious treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as God’s,... Then Jesus spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam.” So, the man went and washed and came back seeing! John 9:6-7 With another man, Jesus used spit without mud and healed him in two phases. First, the man saw people walking around, looking like trees. Again, Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes and his sight was fully restored. The Bible doesn’t tell us how Jesus healed Bartimaeus’s blindness. In Matthew 9, Jesus healed two blind men... A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. Nothing will come easy that’s worth fighting for. This can be from our relationship with God to our daily work. Each day could be our last day and we must work hard on whatever is in front of us, from working on ourselves, to raking leaves God gives us strength and endurance to accomplish whatever we face. Dig deep into ourselves and give... For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 The past couple of years I’ve come to understand that the gospel isn’t a “me” gospel. It’s a “we” gospel. What I mean is that God looks at how we interact with each other. He wants me to develop Christlike character, but not so I can live isolated in my Jesus-ness. The purpose of my Christlike character is to help me interact with others so that we can become a Christlike...
the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.
Proverbs 10:11
The God of glory thunders.
The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is majestic.
Psalm 29:3-4
Matthew 7:1
some one thing and some another. Everything was in confusion.
In fact, most of them didn’t even know why they were there.
Acts 19:32
1 Corinthians 12:25-27
Genesis 32
“Nothing can stop me now!”
Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain.
Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
Psalm 30:6-7
2 Chronicles 12:14
Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Romans 13:11
the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1
We can be sure that we’ve truly come to live in intimacy with God, not just by saying, “I am intimate with God,” but by walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
1 John 2:3-6
Proverbs 6:10-11
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Your body, mind, emotions, and spirit can lie to you. When you fly by the Holy Spirit’s guidance, you safely fly through situations that take other people’s lives. It’s no wonder Satan has created many fake Holy Spirits. The Bible and the lives of people who finished well testify that we can find and follow the real Holy Spirit. ...
Are we trying so hard to become like Jesus because we don’t believe he can change us? Erwin McManus
Maybe before we decide who to trust, we need to learn how to trust. Phillip
No lie can live forever. ML King Jr
Don’t fake it till you make it, rather believe it till you become it. Jeff Goins
We fit together better when we’re broken than when we’re in our shell. Just so Jesus is the mortar between us. Phillip
Change only happens when we have to or want to. Scot Hunsaker
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
Following Jesus is knowing his presence in the present moment. I cannot experience God, you, or music unless I’m fully present. Phillip
Best definition I’ve heard for empathy: The willingness to stand inside someone else’s pain, even if I caused the pain. Unknown
Why would God create a species that so desperately needs him while at the same time so stubbornly trying to live without him? Erwin McManus
When we’re alone, we shouldn’t just think about God. We should talk to God. That can feel really crazy, but it works. Phillip