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How to Hit the Pause (Pawse) Button: Reconnecting
Every afternoon, Blaze, my Belgian Malinois, appears with his toy. He dumps his ball into my lap and onto my current project. I set it on the floor. He picks it up. Lap. Floor. Lap. Floor. His brown eyes plead. Play with me. He just wants to be together. What an invitation. No hidden agendas. No expectations. …
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God’s Love Language: The Blessing of Discipline
This summer I’m on a special four-month program to deal with some health issues. When I started, I asked God to do for me spiritually what I was trying to accomplish physically. Heal and detox. Several weeks in, the spiritual detox began. Thoughts, expectations, and judgments bubbled up like the crude oil on the Beverly…
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How to Have Fun . . . with God
You have let me experience the joys of life and the exquisite pleasures of your own eternal presence. Psalm 16:11 TLB I sat in my tent and read my Bible. Though it was early, the sun was up. Outside, guides banged pots and pans as they prepared breakfast on this, the last day of our Rogue…
Read More How to Capture Your (and Your Kid’s) Complaints
We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV As summer approaches, what do you plan to capture? Moments with growing kids? Memories with friends and family? How about thoughts? No, not the ones you add to the to-do list before you forget. Out-of-bound thoughts. Like complaints. Complaints are…
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Spiritual Warfare: How to Guard Your Castle
One of my favorite stories is “The Knights of the Silver Shield” by Raymond M. Alden. In the story, a group of valiant knights lived in the forest where they fought the evil giants of the land. They bore silver shields that shone brightly when a knight was virtuous but became cloudy when he was…
Read More How to Worship Extravagantly: The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
The alabaster jar of spikenard. An unusual gift. Precious. Costly. This was no bottle of cheap perfume. The pink-blossomed spikenard plant grew in India. Its fragrant oil, collected from the plant’s spikes, was valued so highly that one bottle cost a year’s wages. Scripture records several accounts of women bringing their oil-filled alabaster jars to…
Read More How Much More: Understanding God’s Love for You
“If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” Matthew 7:11 NIV How much more! Can you see the look on Jesus’ face as He makes His case? Why do we struggle to believe Him? Or is it…
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How to Build a Family Altar and Why You Need One
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s…
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Holy Habits: How to Set Goals with God in Mind
I spent the end of December reviewing 2023’s goals and praying about 2024. Just as a morning quiet time with God sets the tone for the day, so fasting and prayer prepares me for the coming year. In James 4:15 NIV, James advised believers to set their goals with God in mind, “Instead, you ought…
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This Little Light of Mine: How to Shine
Christmas. The season of lights and a season where my light easily dims. My workload for December is proving intense, and that’s just work. The pressures of the season are enough to snuff out the brightest of lights. My friend Pam quipped that men believe in Santa because they woke up Christmas morning and everything…
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