As a family, we recently read a biography of William Carey, who is known as the father of modern missions. He was a brilliant man who translated the Bible into over 40 different Indian languages. His name, along with the names of Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael and Jim Elliot, may be familiar to you.… Read more
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Our prayers typically end with Amen, but what if we began our prayers that way? What difference would it make?
I recently finished reading Beth Guckenberger’s book Start with Amen.
In it she says, “When I am in conversation with Jesus, I really do want my first soul steps to be, ‘Yes, so be it.… Read more
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If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed.
Corrie ten Boom
If you look within, you’ll be depressed.
If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
What a great reminder in the Corrie ten Boom quote.
There is much that we could be distressed about as we look at the world.… Read more
Once in a while we receive gifts that aren’t exactly what we had hoped for. Fourteen years ago I received one such gift. We were expecting a baby which is exactly what we got. What we weren’t expecting was a baby with Down syndrome.… Read more
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Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. James 1:2 (NLT)
This verse in James is familiar, but when I read it in the New Living Translation, it struck me in a way that it never had before.
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