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- 15:59, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m ‘You Did Not Choose Me’ (Protected "‘You Did Not Choose Me’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:58, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N ‘You Did Not Choose Me’ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Awakened Me to His Sovereignty''' We’re told that “the word of God is living and active,” that it can cut through the complexities of our inner being ...')
- 15:48, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Who Might Find God in Your Suffering? (Protected "Who Might Find God in Your Suffering?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:48, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N Who Might Find God in Your Suffering? (Created page with '{{info}}Do you feel prepared today to defend your faith in Jesus? If not, what would it take for you to feel ready? <blockquote>Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in you...')
- 15:25, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Only Certain Hope on Earth (Protected "The Only Certain Hope on Earth" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:25, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Only Certain Hope on Earth (Created page with '{{info}}“It is the hope that kills you,” as many English football (soccer) fans say. Is it not better to have low expectations instead of hoping your team will do well, only ...')
- 15:15, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m If You Could See the End (Protected "If You Could See the End" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:15, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N If You Could See the End (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Story God Writes in Suffering''' A strange grief crept upon me as the final ''Lord of the Rings'' movie came to an end. An unliterary man at the time, I watched t...')
- 15:01, 8 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Waiting to Be Led (Protected "Waiting to Be Led" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 14:59, 8 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N Waiting to Be Led (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Steps for Discouraged Wives''' Submitting yourself to the leadership of another sinner is no easy task. As much as we may recognize the necessity of submission ...')
- 16:21, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m When My Quadriplegia Ends (Protected "When My Quadriplegia Ends" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:21, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N When My Quadriplegia Ends (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Makes Me Long for Heaven''' On the morning of my wedding, my helpers laid me on a couch in the church’s bridal salon to dress me in my gown. They heaved and sh...')
- 15:52, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m How to Hear a Sermon Well (Protected "How to Hear a Sermon Well" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:52, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N How to Hear a Sermon Well (Created page with '{{info}}No preacher, upon looking up from his pulpit, hopes to see what I saw mid-sermon one Sunday morning: a man in the last row, head tilted against the back wall, sleeping li...')
- 14:52, 21 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Sometimes God Just Closes Doors (Protected "Sometimes God Just Closes Doors" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 14:52, 21 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Sometimes God Just Closes Doors (Created page with '{{info}}For the last few years, my body has had a strange relationship with food. By strange, I mean terrible. Rather than providing nutrition, many foods provide me with small d...')
- 16:08, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Let the Little Children Come to Me (Protected "Let the Little Children Come to Me" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:08, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Let the Little Children Come to Me (Created page with '{{info}}'''Invitation to the Weak and Needy''' Leaning against the hood of my car, I didn’t want the date to end. It was late, but the well-lit parking lot outside her apartme...')
- 16:03, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Our God Listens (Protected "Our God Listens" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:03, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Our God Listens (Created page with '{{info}}You have been invited to speak to the God of the universe, the Almighty. Not just the mightiest, but the ''all-mighty''. All power is his, and under his control. And he i...')
- 15:47, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m You Have Need of Endurance (Protected "You Have Need of Endurance" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:46, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N You Have Need of Endurance (Created page with '{{info}}A few months ago, I met a friend for breakfast. When I asked him how he was doing, he answered, “I’m enduring.” If his response doesn’t sound remarkable, it’s ...')
- 15:06, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m When the Ground Gives Way (Protected "When the Ground Gives Way" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:06, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N When the Ground Gives Way (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into ...')
- 20:07, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Mothering at the End of Me (Protected "Mothering at the End of Me" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 20:06, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Mothering at the End of Me (Created page with '{{info}}I entered motherhood with certain expectations. I thought I would be happier than I was, and I thought mothering would come more naturally and easily. I still loved being...')
- 20:03, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m To All Who Need Rest (Protected "To All Who Need Rest" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 20:02, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N To All Who Need Rest (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Welcomes the Weary''' Life is hard. There is so much that makes us feel weary: our vocational labors, our parenting labors, our ministry labors, our relatio...')
- 22:21, 12 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Strange Task of Witnessing About Light (Created page with '{{info}}Witnessing about light is a strange task if your aim is for people to see the light and believe in the light. Light illumines by itself. When you want someone to see a li...')
- 02:24, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction (Protected "Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:24, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction (Created page with '{{info}}Try this interpretation of what it means for Christians to be salt. I suggest that being salty as a Christian means at root being so profoundly satisfied by Christ as ou...')
- 02:12, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m ‘Love What Others Have’ (Protected "‘Love What Others Have’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:11, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N ‘Love What Others Have’ (Created page with '{{info}}One day, as Jesus was teaching, a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (Luke 12:13). Now, if we had been in that...')
- 01:59, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Young Mom, You Can Read the Bible (Protected "Young Mom, You Can Read the Bible" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 01:59, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Young Mom, You Can Read the Bible (Created page with '{{info}}When I was 12 years old, the Bible came alive to me. I remember staying up late to read it under my covers. I would take it along with me wherever I went, stealing time t...')
- 01:52, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Whoever You Are, Christ Can Be Yours (Protected "Whoever You Are, Christ Can Be Yours" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 01:51, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Whoever You Are, Christ Can Be Yours (Created page with '{{info}}Few lies have kept more sinners from coming to Christ, whether for the first time or after a terrible fall, than this one: I am an exception to the promises of God. You ...')
- 17:49, 27 April 2021 (hist) (diff) Does God Balance Blessings with Hardships? (top)
- 15:45, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m Honor the Parents God Gave You (Protected "Honor the Parents God Gave You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:44, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N Honor the Parents God Gave You (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.'' (Exodus 20:12)</blockquote> Why might G...')
- 15:33, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m You Are Still a Mother (Protected "You Are Still a Mother" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:33, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N You Are Still a Mother (Created page with '{{info}}'''To the Woman Whose Baby Has Died''' In March of 2016, our daughter Leila Judith Grace died at 39 weeks and 4 days in the womb. She was stillborn four days later. My h...')
- 15:23, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m What Are Angels Doing Today? (Protected "What Are Angels Doing Today?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:23, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N What Are Angels Doing Today? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''What are angels up to today? It’s a great question, and it comes to us today from an anonymous listener to the podcast. “Pastor John, hello ...')
- 15:15, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m Four Ways God Leads His People (Protected "Four Ways God Leads His People" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:15, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) Four Ways God Leads His People
- 15:10, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N Four Ways God Leads His People (Created page with '{{info}} I see at least four methods that God uses to leads us in his will. I put them in four "D’s" to help me remember them. '''1) Decree:''' God sovereignly decrees and de...')
- 15:02, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m If We Don’t Love, We Won’t Last (Protected "If We Don’t Love, We Won’t Last" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:02, 26 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N If We Don’t Love, We Won’t Last (Created page with '{{info}}'''Overcoming Offenses in the Church''' <blockquote>Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21)</blockquote> When Paul wrote these words to ...')
- 14:07, 20 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m Be Diligent to Enter God’s Rest (Protected "Be Diligent to Enter God’s Rest" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 14:07, 20 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N Be Diligent to Enter God’s Rest (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>Therefore, let us fear lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. . . . Since therefore it rem...')
- 16:12, 19 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Sweet Grief of Repentance (Protected "The Sweet Grief of Repentance" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:12, 19 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Sweet Grief of Repentance (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise''. (Psalm 51:17)</blockquote> I can still see the mom...')
- 04:22, 19 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m Will I Ever Change? (Protected "Will I Ever Change?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 04:22, 19 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N Will I Ever Change? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Fresh Hope for the Spiritually Stuck''' Years ago I got stranded with a few friends and strangers in the elevator of a tall building. We waited for help to arrive, ch...')
- 04:05, 19 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m God Has Not Forgotten You (Protected "God Has Not Forgotten You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 04:05, 19 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N God Has Not Forgotten You (Created page with '{{info}}“God has not forgotten you.” As I heard those words, I was flooded with emotion. I hadn’t realized how much I needed them. As tears streamed down my face, I unders...')
- 02:06, 13 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m God’s Promise for the Disappointed (Protected "God’s Promise for the Disappointed" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:06, 13 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N God’s Promise for the Disappointed (Created page with '{{info}}Maybe you have longed for healing, for a job, for a baby, or for a wife. You have faithfully and earnestly prayed for weeks and months — even years. But you are still s...')
- 02:56, 12 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things (Protected "Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:56, 12 April 2021 (hist) (diff) Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things
- 02:55, 12 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things (Created page with '{{info}}Christians worship a big God with a big mission that will one day reach this whole big world. Yet for all of his bigness, our God has a remarkable love for the small. He ...')
- 02:49, 12 April 2021 (hist) (diff) m Direct Your Heart (Protected "Direct Your Heart" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:49, 12 April 2021 (hist) (diff) N Direct Your Heart (Created page with '{{info}}“Follow your heart” is a familiar phrase — essentially a pop cultural ''creed'' — representing a belief that our heart is a kind of compass that will lead us to t...')
- 20:31, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m We Cannot Cling to Bitterness and God (Protected "We Cannot Cling to Bitterness and God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 20:31, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N We Cannot Cling to Bitterness and God (Created page with '{{info}}''Forgiveness''. Even the word can make us bristle. Past wounds instinctively spring to mind, making forgiveness feel impossible (or at least unnatural). What feels natur...')
- 20:19, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Most Lavish Promise of God? (Protected "The Most Lavish Promise of God?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 20:19, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Most Lavish Promise of God? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Immeasurable Joy in the Ages to Come''' From eternity past to eternity future, the purpose of creation and providence has been, and always will be, the communication ...')
- 20:01, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Hidden Ministry of Homemaking (Protected "The Hidden Ministry of Homemaking" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 20:01, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Hidden Ministry of Homemaking (Created page with '{{info}}'''What I Learned from Elisabeth Elliot''' Today I attacked the kind of cleaning chores that I envision other more diligent and domestically devoted women doing all the ...')
- 19:43, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m You Cannot Please God and People (Protected "You Cannot Please God and People" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:43, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N You Cannot Please God and People (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Remedies for the Fear of Man''' People-pleasing is a well-worn scheme and trap of Satan. If we think people-pleasing began with self-esteem training, the toleran...')
- 19:22, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Aim All You Have at Heaven (Protected "Aim All You Have at Heaven" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:22, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Aim All You Have at Heaven (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Inspires Ambitious Generosity''' If we do not learn ''how'' to lay up treasures in heaven, we will inevitably settle for the treasures of earth — and miss o...')
- 19:06, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Holiness Begins in Intimacy with Jesus (Protected "Holiness Begins in Intimacy with Jesus" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:06, 25 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Holiness Begins in Intimacy with Jesus (Created page with '{{info}}As I wrestle sin and fight for faith, I sometimes wish the pursuit of holiness came with some kind of equation. <blockquote>([X minutes of Bible reading] + [Y minutes of...')
- 15:31, 23 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m How to Redeem a Wasted Life (Protected "How to Redeem a Wasted Life" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:31, 23 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N How to Redeem a Wasted Life (Created page with '{{info}}A flower that never bloomed, fruit that never ripened, a womb that never bore, an egg that never hatched: a wasted life. Perhaps little time remains to say and do what y...')
- 15:23, 23 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Will You Praise Him While You Wait? (Protected "Will You Praise Him While You Wait?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:23, 23 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Will You Praise Him While You Wait? (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. (Psalm 13:5)</blockquote> If faith is the beating heart of a Christian’s...')
- 15:19, 23 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m You Don’t Need to Understand Now (Protected "You Don’t Need to Understand Now" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:19, 23 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N You Don’t Need to Understand Now (Created page with '{{info}}Jesus spoke many profound and important words to his disciples the night before his crucifixion. But there’s one statement we might easily pass over, because of the con...')
- 15:03, 15 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Texts to Pray for Our Children (Protected "Texts to Pray for Our Children" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:03, 15 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Texts to Pray for Our Children (Created page with '{{info}}Recently a good friend shared with me these verses that he and his wife have prayed for their two daughters (now teens) since they were babies. I find them very helpful a...')
- 18:49, 11 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Jesus Was Never Too Busy (Protected "Jesus Was Never Too Busy" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 18:48, 11 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Jesus Was Never Too Busy (Created page with '{{info}}Sometimes I pretend I don't have time. All the tasks on my to-do list are incredibly important. I'm too busy to answer that email. Too busy to help my neighbor—anyway,...')
- 18:23, 10 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven (Protected "Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 18:23, 10 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven (Created page with '{{info}}Of all the misconceptions we have about heaven, which is the most destructive? That’s a difficult and important question to tackle. Once, while preaching about the new...')
- 18:17, 10 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Submission Is a Wonderful Weapon (Protected "Submission Is a Wonderful Weapon" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 18:17, 10 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Submission Is a Wonderful Weapon (Created page with '{{info}}I was a submissive person before I got married. I was a go-with-the-flow sort of gal. Laid back. Easygoing. If others had an opinion about something — like what activit...')
- 16:05, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Set Your Mind on Things Above (Protected "Set Your Mind on Things Above" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:05, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Set Your Mind on Things Above (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Live Heavenly Minded''' Set aside, for a moment, the day’s pressing tasks. Hush, if you can, the hopes and desires that rushed upon you the moment you awoke....')
- 15:53, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m It’s Okay to Be Hopeful (Protected "It’s Okay to Be Hopeful" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:53, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N It’s Okay to Be Hopeful (Created page with '{{info}}Our church begins each Sunday gathering with a strange word of welcome: to the burdened, to the mourning, to the weak. Worship isn’t just for the cheerful and hope-fill...')
- 15:35, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Wrap Truth in Story (Protected "Wrap Truth in Story" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:35, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Wrap Truth in Story (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Capture a Child’s Heart''' “Dad, tell us what happened when you got married.” “Mom, can you tell me how I was born?” Have you noticed that kids wan...')
- 15:31, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m Why Do You Want to Go to Heaven? (Protected "Why Do You Want to Go to Heaven?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 15:31, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N Why Do You Want to Go to Heaven? (Created page with '{{info}}While I was attending a class at church in my twenties, we took up the topic of heaven — what it will be like and why we would want to go there. I distinctly remember t...')
- 15:26, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Sin of Doing Nothing (Protected "The Sin of Doing Nothing" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:26, 5 March 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Sin of Doing Nothing (Created page with '{{info}}I have often failed to recognize, let alone withstand, the temptation of loving my life in this world. This shows itself not in the great acts of sin I commit, but in the...')
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