When one of my granddaughters was little, she liked the word “more.” From her favorite food to the Bible stories that I told her, she always wanted “more.” Deep down inside, we all are like that. One of our favorite words is “more.” We always want more out of life. We want the newest, the latest, the freshest and the coolest. I think God has wired us that way, because ...
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One of the most well-known parables Jesus told, the parable of the sower, is about a farmer who went out to sow seed that fell on four different types of soil. Then Jesus explained that it was a picture of the different reactions people have toward God’s Word.
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Some people are running around today trying to get a direct revelation from God. They want the Lord to give them a word from Heaven: “Do this. . . . Turn right. . . . Turn left.”
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This may come as a shock to some, but Christmas is not about love, peace, harmony, and sipping hot cocoa with family around a crackling fire. Christmas is actually about conflict. It always has been—and it always will be.
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From the day we are born, we have trouble. And what we discover as we get older is that life is filled with lots of it. In fact, when we have a conflict-free day where there is no crisis—large or small—that is a very good day. Then there are those days when it seems like the bottom drops out. What could go wrong, does go wrong, and then even more ...
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Wouldn’t it be great if we could just pick up the phone and talk to God? In a sense, we can. We can talk to Him through prayer. Prayer is something that we all need to be doing. It’s a privilege and an adventure. And the Bible says that we should “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV).
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Not long ago I watched an old movie called “The Dirty Dozen.” Lee Marvin stars as Major John Reisman, who recruited a group of prisoners for a special mission. Some of the men had been condemned to death, while others were serving life sentences.
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Experts have said that walking can help keep you in good shape physically. Now, you won’t move as quickly as you would if you were running. But it’s a regulated motion that moves you forward gradually; slowly but surely.
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It was an important milestone in the life and ministry of Jesus—a turning point in His ministry. His time in Galilee was coming to a close. In a short time, He would make the very difficult journey to Jerusalem to ultimately die on a cross.
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Storms happen all the time on the Sea of Galilee, but apparently this was a pretty bad one, because even the seasoned sailors were freaking out.
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