JE! KUNA AMALI KAMILIFU?

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Find Joy in Staying Put When You Long for Adventure

If there is an opportunity to travel, I am the first to jump on it. I hear the name of a country I haven’t visited and start plotting how to find the cheapest plane ticket. I always feel ready to pack my bag and drop everything. Nothing is more thrilling than the feeling of the plane lifting off the runway, rising through the air and taking me to a new adventure. In the...

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Care Too Much About What Other People Want? Find Your Self-worth in God’s Word

The knot in my stomach grows larger with each letter I type on my phone in the half-light glow of my bedroom. Although I'm sick and need rest, I feel guilty about cancelling weekend plans with my friend. After thirty minutes of careful crafting, I finally have a "cancelled plans" text I feel mildly comfortable to send. Pressing my screen, I hear that familiar sending...

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Feel like life is out of control? These prayers will help you refocus

It used to be so much easier to do it all. Back then, you could handle the kids, the carpet stains, the many work projects, the constant calls from family and friends and the occasional telemarketer. Looking back, you're not sure how you did it. When I feel like this—overwhelmed by all of the commitment, chores, and obligations I've taken upon myself—I think of...

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How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think

Do you feel overwhelmed by other people’s judgment? Like you’re always the one who gets blamed for everyone’s mistakes? Like everyone expects you to anticipate their every little need and resents you when you can’t live up to their impossible expectations? Maybe you feel like you constantly let your family down. Perhaps coworkers talk about you behind your back. People...

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This Advent Pray for Jesus to Come Quickly

The year has been dark. As I write this, the headlines announce that someone has driven a truck into a group of pedestrians, killing eight people. Hurricanes, fires, war, refugees, political turmoil—a succession of loss. Haunting photos capture the starvation of children besieged from within and without the walls of Syrian cities. This is all old news, but its tragedy...

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The End of the World as We Know It?

"We're living in the end times." My friend's eyes matched her tone: fearful. "Why do you say so?" I asked. She listed reason after reason: political crises, world events, cultural climate, devastating hurricanes and wildfires, immorality. It was a list mired in anxiety and dread. Nothing she shared hinted at God's power and promises. As I listened I couldn't help...

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Ask God to Rebuild What Is Broken

The last year has been one of the most confusing, troubling, and heartbreaking for many Christians in America, especially for younger believers. It has felt at times like every new day has brought its own dark wave of reasons to be discouraged or to despair. Does your heart break over the racial tensions in our nation? Are you fearful about the threat of war? Do you...

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Taste the Goodness of God

Like newborn babies — so he’s picking up on “You just got born.” So 1 Peter 2:2–3, Like newborn babies, desire the pure milk — meaning the word, not distinguishing it from meat at all. That’s not what’s going on here. This is just to get at: how do babies want the Bible? “Wah, wah, wah, wah.” “Drive me crazy. Shut up!” “No, feed him. Feed him.” That’s the point. These babies won’t shut up. They’re hungry. “The Bible is the only place that...

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Watch Where You Walk in 2018

The Christian life is not a sprint. It is a journey of ten million steps. Day after day, and year after year, we put one foot in front of the other as we flee the wreckage of our sin and follow Jesus on the path of life. We step away from self-protection toward love, away from darkness toward light, away from foolishness toward wisdom. Step after step after step —...

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He Will Restore Your Soul

King David wrote Psalm 22 and Psalm 23, but if we weren’t told that, we might not believe it. These two ancient songs of the faith are about as different as they could be. The first few verses of each psalm capture its tone. Here are the first two verses of Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my...

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