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1/25/2023 0 Comments

The Unhindered Way

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John 14:9—Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

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1/14/2023 8 Comments

Navigating the Christian Life

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Author Geoff Davis
​Over forty years ago, on April 1, 1982, I pinned on a US Army Ranger Tab. When I began that program on February 2, 1982, I started with some of the Army’s best soldiers. God used it as one of the most formative lessons in my walk with Him, so that I might know Him better. ​

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12/16/2022 0 Comments

Grief

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Grief is a day shrouded in fog and icy rain fed by a howling wind. It is spoiled fruit no longer fit to be savored. Grief makes its exhausted bed in a hidden cave on a barren mountain ridge called Sorrow.  It rests in rare moments of silence and grows weary amidst mindless laughter. Its tears leave furrows unfilled by platitudes. When its memories are roused, new rivers flow, and expectation is uprooted, torn, and damaged. ​

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5/7/2022 0 Comments

Buried Like a Donkey

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Jeremiah 22:18,19--Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying, “Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!” They will not mourn for him, saying, “Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!” He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem

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1/28/2022 0 Comments

The Benefit of Help

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Jennifer was suffering.  Her finances languished after months of just getting past too many bills. Her favorite dog, Lightning, a family fixture for thirteen years, passed away. Her job required her to be vaccinated but she was allergic to the ingredients of the shot. Despite her doctor’s note exempting her, she was getting hassled by her coworkers. Yesterday her car broke down. Just how was she supposed to pay her mechanic for this unexpected disaster?

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5/31/2021 0 Comments

Wilderness Lessons

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If one were to find a synonym for wilderness in the Bible it would be fairly safe to substitute hardship.  The Holman Christian Standard Bible uses the term wilderness 150 times.[1]  The majority of references applied to Israel wandering through deserts that resulted in all but two adults over 40 dying and a whole lot of complaining and suffering.  The fascinating thing is that God has a penchant for leading His people through wildernesses, to include His own Son (Matthew 4:1). Why does He do this?

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11/30/2020 1 Comment

Unexploded

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Did you know that there are approximately 80 million landmines that are lying around the world active and unexploded?[1]  Did you know that in Tanzania APOPO is a charity that trains rats so that they can detect landmines?  Meet Magawa.  This African Giant Pouched Rat is larger than the average rat but light enough to walk over a mine without setting it off.  It took nine months to train him in the art of detection before shipping him to Cambodia. ​

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6/18/2020 1 Comment

Despair: The Lord's Hand is Against Me

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Ten times the word despair is used in the Holman Bible.  Fittingly Job is the source of one third of them.  The Psalmist cried out, “Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one” (Psa. 69:20).  Despair is the stuff of hopelessness.  It is a sinking feeling that saps one’s resolve.  If not properly addressed it becomes the lingering glue of gloom.  



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11/23/2019 2 Comments

How to Overcome Challenges to Faith

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​George McDonald once wrote, “A man’s real belief is that which he lives by.”  One of the best measurements of a person’s faith is to observe how that person responds to adversity.  Here are twelve steps that I believe make all the difference in overcoming challenges to our faith.

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10/25/2018 0 Comments

Three Tough Questions

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Job 7:19,20—Will You ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow?  If I have sinned, what have I done to You, Watcher of mankind?  Why have You made me Your target, so that I have become a burden to You?  
 
One of the things I love about the Bible is the raw honesty that it contains as people interact with God.  You undoubtedly heard the story of Job and how God allowed Satan to sorely test him. Job was exasperated. The man who lived in wealth and privilege suddenly felt like a big target was drawn on his back. Nothing he could say or do would eliminate his suffering.  Perhaps most discouraging was the fact that even his friends turned against him.  Yet there is much we can learn from his questioning God.  

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8/2/2018 0 Comments

Forgiveness is a Big Word

​Teta peered at us from behind the counter of the small store nested next to the Kigali Genocide Memorial.  Softly, we asked her if she had experienced the awful slaughtering that began on April 6, 1994 in Rwanda and she nodded her head yes. At the age of six her entire family was massacred. Crazed Hutus began ridding the earth of their Tutsi countrymen. Pastor David asked her if she was able to forgive the perpetrators who made her an orphan.  She somberly replied, “Forgiveness is a big word.”  Then she explained that 24 years later, she could not forget what was done to her family and to herself and, in that remembering, there was an unwillingness to forgive.  

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7/6/2018 0 Comments

Desolation, Decimation, Devastation!

​Since 2014, what consistently is the third most terrorized country in the world? To find your answer you would want to look up the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).  This is produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) based on data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD).  This data is collated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) led by the University of Maryland. As late as 2017, because of persistent Boko Haram and Fulani militant attacks, Nigeria ranks as the third-most terrorized nation.  Only Iraq and Afghanistan rank higher in carnage.[1]  




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5/11/2018 0 Comments

Disaster

Jess and Jen moved into Rarebucks, a town of 79,000, so Jen could pursue schooling and Jess could work for United Parcel Service (UPS).  They didn’t have a lot of money but they did have the faith that God had called them to live there and that He would provide. Sure enough, a favorite uncle gifted Jen with $50,000 and they were able to afford a 20% down payment on a home. Though they were seven hours from both sets of parents, they were happy to put down roots and start a family.

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9/30/2017 0 Comments

God-Motivated

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Ezra 1:5—So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone God had motivated—prepared to go up and rebuild the LORD’s house in Jerusalem. 
 
For seventy years the Jews lived in exile in Babylon and surrounding nations. Their severe unfaithfulness to God resulted in His fierce punishment which meant they were forcefully removed from their homes.  But, in keeping with His promise communicated through multiple prophets, God opened a way through the Persian King Cyrus for the exiles to go home.  As we read in the book of Ezra, those who were motivated by Godpacked up their belongings and moved back to their homeland to rebuild the Lord’s temple and settle.

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1/17/2017 0 Comments

Running from Adversity

Jackie called her friend Sandy and informed her that she was going to quit her job.  When asked why, she said that her company changed management and the new boss was unfriendly towards her and very critical of her work.  Rather than try and figure out the profile of her new boss and how she might modify her behavior, it was easier for Jackie to leave. Jackie does not like conflict. Not many people do.  
 

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12/23/2016

Homeless

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Isaiah 58:6,7—Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?
 

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10/31/2016 0 Comments

Resolve

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1 Peter 4:1,2—Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin—in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.
 

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10/5/2016

Beating the Ground

Will Rogers humorously noted, “Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft.  Today it’s called golf.”  

​Have you ever gone golfing with someone and watched them completely lose their composure when their swing was errant?  I’ve seen players wrap a club around a tree in anger, hurl clubs in frustration, beat the ground with putters, irons or drivers, and, turn completely red in the face—totally frustrated by the uncooperative antics of a small white ball.  

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3/13/2016

Carried through the Wilderness

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Deuteronomy 1:30,31—The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt. And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.
 

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8/22/2015

Making People Smile

Six year-old Jaden lost his dad when he was four.  Two years later his mom died in her sleep.    While heartbroken at the loss of his parents, at one point he approached his caretaker Aunt and told her he was “sick and tired of seeing people sad all the time.”   Jaden came up with a plan.  He had his aunt buy little toys and then began targeting people who were not smiling to give each a toy.  The impact this young orphan is making is beautiful.  He’s made over 500 people smile so far with a goal of touching 33,000. To see his inspiring story go to http://omeleto.com/215068/.
 

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