Both Sides

2565) Sometimes comparing is good. If you’re in a grocery store, you might pick up several oranges and look closely at each one. You’re looking for the best and freshest fruit compared to ones that aren’t. John 10:10 gives us an important comparison. John reminds us here that God’s enemy (and ours) only seeks to
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One Day

2557) I am such a visual person that I sometimes struggle to have a conversation with God. I so desire to see who I am talking to and take in his response by watching his nonverbal communication. Though I yearn for this, I still talk with him, by faith, and I am able to because
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The Bible and Inertia

2548) I was reading an article recently that focused on inertia. I found it interesting because I can plainly see its fingerprint all around me, including in the mirror. Inertia basically means things love to keep doing what they are doing. Patterns form quickly, and once they establish themselves, changing course will be a fight,
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Warrior

2543) I knew a friend who needed to confront someone else who was a bit intimidating. Because of this, this friend was hesitant to do so, but when I offered to go with her, she was able to confront and work out a solution with the one she was hesitant to confront. Ephesians 6:10 tells
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The God of the Impossible

2540) When I was a child, I loved to hear Bible stories. As I listened, the images in my head illustrated my version of events. One such event is the crossing of the Red Sea in Exodus 14. As the Israelites exited Egypt, I could see the mobs of people, the animals loaded down, and
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Three Things

2521) I have noticed in my writing that I often use three points, examples or arguments about multiple things. I like this because three give validity for whatever point I’m making. It’s not just two examples or points, it’s three, showing credibility. In light of this, it’s interesting that God, too, uses three things in
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Ask

2511) One skill a large percentage of my young scholars don’t have is the ability to ask for help when needed. I assume there are multiple reasons for this, but when I could guide them toward this behavior; they seemed to be less anxious about what they were working on. Kids are not the only
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Hope

2510) I hope I will get the job. I hope I can see my family soon. I hope my marriage will thrive. All these things are what most understand the word hope to mean.  Yet, these usages of the word hope don’t quite hit the mark of how it’s used in Romans 15:13. Here, Paul
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The Lions in my Life

2497) I have never been to a circus, though I have seen enough of them on television to picture what happens in a show. One of the things I think I would have been scared to see as a child is a lion in the same cage as a person, and the lion is riled
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Where is the Love

2494) It’s always interesting to me to observe some of my young scholars fall in love. They usually swing all the way toward bliss, feeling as if they’re walking on air, and then, almost as quickly, swing the opposite way in their feelings. As adults, we learn, hopefully, that yes, love carries strong feelings, but
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