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Callused, Not Calloused
Runners’ feet. They’re not pretty. I lost eight toenails after my first marathon. I go in for the occasional pedicure. But, I don’t let them touch my calluses. Those hard spots of toughened skin protect my toes from the constant pounding of running. Without my calluses, I start over. Blood blisters and all. Calluses form…
Read More Meditate—On A Story
Quiet thought. Focused reflection. Are your nerves screaming already? Be quiet? Sit still? Are you kidding? Nope. Meditation stars as one of the spiritual disciplines for a reason, but I’m not talking about Eastern meditation where you empty your mind. Christian meditation requires focused concentration. A filling, not an emptying. So, how do we get…
Read More Chosen
You are chosen. Not like kids picking sides for kickball at recess. Chosen by His good pleasure. Like it or not, God is selective. Ephesians 1:4-5 (NIV) tells us about our choosing, “For he [God] chose us in him [Christ] before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his [God’s] sight.…
Read More Walking on Water: When You Need to Reach
Workout of the Week: Walking on Water: When You Need to Reach Memory Verse: “Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’” Matthew 14:31 NIV Meditation Passage: Matthew 14:28-33 Just Do It: Reach For Him. Overwhelmed. Underwater without scuba gear. Desperate for firm footing.…
Read More Come When He Calls
Workout of the Week: Come When He Calls Memory Verse: “And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:6 NIV Meditation Passage: Romans 1:1-7 Key Thought: Come when He calls. I’m waiting for my new puppy. Our nest is emptying, and I want something more protective than…
Read More Ask the Trainer
Workout for the Week: Ask the Trainer Memory Verse: “ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:8-9 (NIV) Meditation Passage: Matthew…
Read More Baby Jesus: Worship Worthy
Workout for the Week: Worship Worthy Memory Verse: Matthew 2:10-11b Meditation Passage: Choose one from below. Key Thought: Jesus was worthy of worship at the first Christmas, and He is worthy still. Our Christmas carols ring with worship. Can you identify these carols? “O come let us adore Him.” “Born is the king of Israel.”…
Read More Are We There Yet?: Christmas Story Travel
Workout for the Week: Are We There Yet? Memory Verse: Luke 2:15 Meditation Passage: Luke 2:8-20 Key Thought: If God said, “Get up and go,” would you? Are we there yet? Family travel tests our patience. Snacks, videos, and “I Spy” help, but travel takes a toll. Imagine travel in Mary and Joseph’s day. Let’s…
Read More Track Your Christmas Package
Workout for the Week: Track Your Christmas Package Memory Verse: 2 Peter 1:21 (NIV) “For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” Meditation Passage: Matthew 2:1-11 Key Thought: Track God’s prophecy to fulfillment. The big brown truck rumbles…
Read More Outside the Christmas Box
Workout for the Week: Outside the Christmas Box Memory Verse: Tailor to the Christmas Bible character of your choice Meditation Passage: Tailor to the Christmas Bible character of your choice Key Thought: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. –Marcel Proust This week, I want you…
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