September 2024
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A father’s words are powerful – nuclear. Nuclear power can be destructive or life-giving. I often think about Proverbs 15:4 when talking to my kids. “A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but perversion in it crushes the spirit.” My words can either soothe or crush my kids. Wow. Proverbs 18:21 says there is
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OUR BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Haley and I chose 80 topics we’ve discipled our kids in, such as faith, kindness, joy, selfishness, fear, grief, biblical manhood/womanhood, how to be a good neighbor, overcoming loneliness, avoiding gossip, and following the Holy Spirit and wrote practical, interactive devotionals to help Christian parents disciple their children to
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Has there been a point where you stopped and gave thanks to the Lord for His goodness and love? What has He delivered you from and restored you to? In the middle of our suffering, we can forget God is a restorer. During prosperous times, we can forget God is a comforter in adversity and
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What do you do when you find out someone has been involved in a gross and far-reaching sin? Does it depend on what the sin was, how deeply they have hurt others, and who the person is? Sure, some sin is more public, more damaging, and has more consequences than others. But in reality sin
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Scripture gives us great confidence when we pray. 1 John 5:14 says, “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” There are nearly a dozen similar Scriptures that say if we ask anything even in His name He will do it. The
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Two words come to mind when I read Psalm 100 – joyful (vv. 1-2) and thankful (v. 4). The psalmist instructs God’s people to shout for joy, worship with gladness, and sing joyful songs (vv. 1-2). It seems shouting, worshipping, and singing can not be joyful at times. A shout can convey pain, fear, and
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The Christian life is designed by God to reproduce other Christians who live whole heartedly for Christ. Granted, you don’t save anyone – Christ alone, by grace through faith, does this by His work on the Cross. It takes anywhere from five minutes to an hour for a Christian to tell someone about the Gospel
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As you read the psalms, you will notice several genres that express several emotions. Some genres like psalms of lament seem sad and address problems by asking for God’s help. Imprecatory psalms seem angry ask God to bring justice to an enemy. Psalms of thanksgiving express gratitude to the Lord. Penitential psalms display sorrow over
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Drive long enough on four good tires and you’ll eventually have a flat. It’s expected, that’s why we all have a spare tire in our trunk or under our car. I remember when my wife and I were first married. Our love was big, our money was small, and our tires were beyond bald. One
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Could you stand by and watch a guy beat his wife? What would you do if you knew your neighbors were abusing their child? How would you respond if a bully was domineering your kid at school every day? There’s something about personally witnessing injustice that invokes the desire to personally act justly within us.
stephen R Harrison 