I am grieving with my African friend whose brother died last week from COVID.
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During this season of confinement, I’m seeing many of my brothers and sisters in Christ learning an unfamiliar manifestation of prayer: Lament. We are learning to hurt with God.
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Yesterday afternoon I ran out of gas for the day. I went to bed counting on God to renew my strength, and this morning He did so beautifully.
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As we begin 2016, I encourage you to take 10 minutes to watch a radiant 74 year-old saint share refined gold that can change your year, and change your life.
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I woke this morning hoping for a change in some of my circumstances. But through 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 God impressed on me that He wants a change in ME.
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Yesterday I received an email from a beloved friend asking me to pray for fellow workers who are at risk of losing their lives for following Christ. As he wrote, he kept pausing to weep.
Here's a glimpse of how God spoke to me through the Sermon on the Mount while we were meditating on it together as a team a few days ago. We call the beginning of that sermon The Beatitudes or The Blessings.
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This week I’ve been chewing on letters from two friends in difficult circumstances. One is dealing with harsh criticism and rejection from friends he is trying to serve. Another is dealing with harsh opposition from others outside of his work.
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This morning Renee and I prayed with a couple that are within 4 days of being evicted from their home with their 3 children. The husband’s business is failing, and he has cancer. He looked at me and said, “I’ve been praying and praying, and things just keep getting worse. I’m t i r e d.”
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Yesterday I wandered through the day from expectation to expectation, duty to duty, desire to desire, task to task, and distraction to distraction. At the end of the day I found that I had done a few good things and nothing obviously evil.
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St. Irenaeus wrote: The glory of God is man fully alive.
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