God is so Good

843) When God answers a prayer or gives us help or clear guidance, it’s easy to say, “God is so good.” But what about when God does not answer a prayer in the way we were hoping? What about when help doesn’t come in our timing? What about the situations where clear guidance is elusive?
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The Insignificant Is Significant

842) Through the years, I have realized that God loves to take the insignificant and make it significant. It might be in the tiny gift a child drops in the offering plate. It could be the elderly woman who spends much of her time praying or it could be those in every day “menial” jobs,
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Your Reflection

826) There was a peanut and party shop near my grandparent’s house that I loved to go and visit. In addition to all the snacks, they had live monkeys in there that you could watch while the fragrance of popcorn filled the air. Another thing I enjoyed were the circus mirrors there. My grandfather would
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Role Play

819) Whenever we ask God for direction, strength or guidance, we always have a role to play. This role might include being faithful or grateful. Yet Proverbs 21:31 makes it clear to us that even though there are battles God will win for us, he expects us to “ready our horses” for battle. Often, our
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Modern Martyrs

817) There have been many throughout the ages who have been martyrs, those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in giving up their lives for what they believe. Many of Jesus’ closest followers were later put to death for their beliefs. Yet, when I think about this subject, I realize that not all martyrs are
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Know-it-alls Close the Doors of Possibilities

796) If you’ve ever encountered a know-it-all (and we all have), you might cringe inside. This is because when you listen to someone who believes they know everything about a specific subject, you understand that they really don’t. They may be knowledgeable, but cannot possibly know all there is to know. It’s easy to identify
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Swords and Arrows

794) When I was in the 6th grade, something happened while playing with the neighborhood kids that I still see vividly in my mind. A bunch of us decided playing darts would be fun. Now, picture five boys and me with sharp darts–what could go wrong? Well, one boy threw his dart and I remember
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Responsibility

792) Though the world that our kids are growing up in differs greatly from the one we grew up in, there are many fundament things that haven’t changed. Whenever my students come to me with conflicts, they will often say, “So-and-so made me mad” or “So-and-so made me fight him.” There is a problem with
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To the Very End

778) Our relationships with people are complicated. The life of some of them is for brief periods of time and others continue long past what is healthy. The closeness of these relationships depends on a mind-boggling number of circumstances. Even those relationships that we feel should be “forever” in this world, such as with family
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Which Hand is It?

755) When I was a kid, my siblings and I would play a game we titled, “Which hand is it?” The one who was “it” took a small object, put his or her hands behind their back and moved the object back and forth between hands. Then, “it” would bring his or her hands to
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