Prayers God Always Answers

If you are like me, you probably find yourself more consistently confused or failing in prayer than in any other area in the Christian life. Why is that? Talking to the God who chose us, saved us, and sustains us should be the most natural and delightful thing in the world, shouldn’t it? Perhaps it should, but more often than not, it isn’t. We all know we should pray...

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Top 12 Development Goals for Leaders

I help a lot of leaders create individual development plans using some variation of this process. This time of year (January) is always especially busy. Although every leader I work with is unique, it seems like the development goals end up being somewhat common from year to year. To help you get a head start on your 2010 leadership development plan, here’s a list of...

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Do You Sleep Less Than Jesus?

Well the first thing I want to say is that in asking the question this way John has been his own answer. “How can I magnify the gospel through my everyday actions in the midst of suffering?” Whoa. I mean, he has already done it for me, anyway. He has caused me to be thankful for God’s grace in his life. “My sufferings have drastically and positively [that is an amazingly...

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Don’t Be That Guy

We can invest the rest of our lives plunging deeper into the writings of the apostle Paul to get a better view of the glories of Christ to delight our souls. In Paul’s letters (as elsewhere in the Bible) we are told glorious indicatives of truth like Christ is the Creator and Sustainer (Colossians 1:16–17), who was incarnated and died as our propitiation (Romans 3:25),...

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Three Ways to Love Your Imperfect Husband

Sometimes it seems we could fulfill our biblical role as wives a lot easier if our husbands would simply do what they are called to do. If they would cultivate a stronger prayer life, we would feel better about following their lead. If they were growing through regular study of Scripture, we would be honored to submit. If they loved us as Christ loved the church,...

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What If Tomorrow Is Even Harder Than Today?

I remember the Sunday evening I got a phone call asking if I could come to the hospital. I found my friends snoring in the ICU waiting room. Their teenage daughter had been in an accident, and they had been there for two days with little sleep. The car was totaled, and we weren’t sure yet which way it would go for her. Her hair was buzzed, which exposed surgical seams...

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Do Men Owe Women a Special Kind of Care?

Egalitarianism tends to obscure the deeper differences between manhood and womanhood. This has not served us well in the last fifty years. It has instead confused millions and muted a crucial summons for a distinctly masculine care. Unanswered Question What...

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Mungu Hachakuacha Peke Yako

Nasi  twajua ya kuwa katika mambo yote Mungu hufanya kazi pamoja na wale wampendao katika kuwapa mema, yaani, wale walioitwa kwa kusudi lake. 29 Maana wale aliowajua tangu asili, aliwachagua tangu sili wapatanishwe na mfano wa mwana wake, ili yeye awe mwana wa kwanza miongoni mwa ndugu wengi; 30 na wale aliowachagua tangu asili, hao akawaita; na wale aliowaita,...

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