Tag: Discipleship
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The Narrow Path
One of my favorite blogs is Devotional Treasures. Alan, who goes by the moniker holytreasurehunter, is a brother in Christ from the Kingdom of Fife. Yes, I had to look it up. Fife is in Scotland, and it’s home to over 40 golf courses–including the world famous seaside links at St. Andrews. On Devotional Treasures…
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Just a Little Off Course
I read a story recently about a plane that crashed into a mountain because the pilot, while on approach to an airport, unknowingly followed the wrong navigational beacon. The cockpit instruments told him his true position, but he kept flying off course for over a minute–until it was too late. Post crash analysis confirmed: the…
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Too Much of Me
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12 As I passed through the empty hospital lobby, an abandoned television blasted a medical infomercial touting the benefits of cosmetic surgery.…
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Start With Why
Teach me your way, O Lord; Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 In his best-selling book, “Start With Why,” author and organizational consultant Simon Sinek asserts that WHY we do something is paramount. WHAT we do and HOW we get it done are secondary. People don’t buy WHAT…
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Think Big, but Start Small
“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter until the full day.” Proverbs 3:18 When I was in high school, I woke up every morning at 4:30 to milk a herd of cows. It was hard work, but there was at least one perk; plenty of mornings I…
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Not Random, PLAN-dom!
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 As a child I loved to do those connect the dots activity sheets. Maybe you remember them too? The problem was, at least early on, I didn’t know to follow the…
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