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Just be careful you're not drowning out what God wants to say.

Just be careful you're not drowning out what God wants to say.
I'm not sure I'd ever encourage anyone to confess that "the devil made me do it."
At the heart of hospitality is our shared humanity.
Does a loving parent create trying times for their child to endure?
Those buyers and sellers were no different fellas than what I profess to be
When the breath of God doesn't fit our comfort or expectation, how do we respond?
We don't need to fix anything.
What you think about God matters.
Every personal act of devotion is part of the larger connection we have with God's people.
We don't only believe in Jesus, we follow the way of Jesus.
You won that debate. And you'll win the next one.
As God's people, our ministry is about telling people where they're from.
Don't spend your life working and working for more and more just for the sake of it. It's a lost cause.
Think of what Jesus said about seed planted on rocky ground (Matthew 13:20).
"Getting old is not for the faint of heart," is what people have told me also.
I have found acknowledging the sometimes-cruel reality of life leads to deeper healing.
Many of us wait for things to not work out the way we had hoped before we begin to ask God, What do I do?
G.K. Chesterton famously wrote, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."
Scaring people to faith isn't a holy thing to do. But that verse always slows me down!
Part of our salvation is being freed from the cycles of animosity and hatred.
We see God's true love in what the Lord did for us.
As difficult as it can be for us to show mercy, how many of us would be able to follow through with a calling like Hosea's?
It's possible to skip that great Sunday nap and be a rest with God.
I want to know what it's like to sit close to Jesus while he's praying.
We also keep deepening our Christian reflex. And that might be the better part of faith.
What does it mean to hear from God?
We need a patient and fervent approach to ministry.
What are we going to do with this strength God has given us?
Why would the disciples need power from on high?
There are 5,446,646 people named John in the U.S. I'm just Another John.