The Call on Every Christian, No Exceptions

God has called every Christian to a holy life.  There are no exceptions to this call.  It is not a call only to pastors, missionaries, and a few dedicated Sunday School teachers. Every Christian of every nation, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, influential or totally unknown, is called to be holy.  The Christian [...]

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What Will People Say About Your Life in Heaven?

What will people say about your life in heaven?  Will people speak of God’s work and glory through you?  And even more important, how will you answer the King when He says, “What did you do with what I gave you?”
Daniel Webster once said, “The greatest thought that has ever entered my mind is that [...]

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We Live and Plan Like We Don’t Believe God Even Exists

I wrote this book because much of our talk doesn’t match our lives.  We say things like, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” and “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.”  Then we live and plan like we don’t believe God even exists.  We try to set our lives up so [...]

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The Creativity of God in the Lives of People

Oswald Chambers writes, “Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you.”  To that I would add “Be careful not to turn others’ lives into the mold for your own.”  Allow God to be as creative with as He is with each of [...]

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Is This The Most Loving Way to do Life?

My suggestion as you think, make decisions, and discern how God would have you live is to ask yourself, “Is this the most loving way to do life?  Am I loving my neighbor and my God by living where I live, by driving what I drive, by talking how I talk?”  I urge you to [...]

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How We Live Our Days is How We Live Our Lives

We respond with words like Amen, Convicting sermon, Great book … and then are paralyzed as we try to decipher what God wants of our lives.  I concur with Annie Dillard, who once said “How we live our days is … how we live our lives.”  We need to discover for ourselves how to live [...]

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Do You ‘Put It On’ for God?

People who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to maks the ugliness of their sin or their failures.  Obsessed people don’t put it on for God; He is their safe place where they can be at peace.
- Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, copyright 2008, page 144

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A Radically Convicting Approach to Life

How would my life change if I actually thought of each person I came into contact with as Christ – the person driving painfully slow in front of me; the checker at the grocery store who seems more interested in chatting than ringing up my items; the member of my own family with whom I [...]

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There is Nothing More Important or Eternal

Hear me clearly in this, because it is vital – in fact, there is nothing more important or eternal: Are you willing to say to God that He can have whatever He wants?  Do you believe that wholehearted commitment to Him is more important than any other thing or person in your life?  Do you [...]

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The Themes of Edward’s Works

One of the recurrent themes in Edwards’ works is the necessity of “pressing on” in the life of the faith.  He wants us to understand that there is always more of God’s grace to experience, more of His truth to learn, more of the beauty of Christ to behold, more power to draw on, more [...]

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