One of the great illusions of our day is that hurrying will buy us more time.
03655 – Hurrying?
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03085 – Pay Attention to People!
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices. from Love Beyond Reason
01738 – Settling for a Mediocre Version of Faith?
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
01565 – Peace: Jesus in the Boat
Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
01050 – The Love of God
There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls into priceless treasures. There is a love that fastens itself into ragged little creatures, for reasons that no one could ever quite figure out, and makes them...
00974 – God Wants Us to Be Loved & to Give Love to Others
Unless we are exchanging deeply committed levels of love with a few people, we will die slowly on the inside. This is precisely why so many people feel almost nothing at all. If we don’t learn to exchange love with family and friends, we will eventually grow numb and...
00946 – Rationalizing: Universal among Fallen People
If most people toy around with the idea of sin long enough, they will eventually move into action. Whatever the sin, the movement from thought to action always happens at the same point: when the person finds an acceptable rationale or pretext to do it. Rationalizing...
00524 – Say Yes to God
The only response that will bring health and wholeness in our lives is to say yes to the Father and then live it out. God will not force us into his will. If we resist and defy him, we will have our way. But he gives us every opportunity to open our heart and say yes...
00470 – Celebrate where God is at Work
Sometimes those who have been in the church for a long time can adopt a joyless spirit… These people…become blind to the good things around them. …Instead, they obsess over bad things and want everyone else to…obsess with them. This kind of complaining, joyless spirit...
00462 – Transformation is Always Grace
Transformation is always grace. We sometimes think that although we’re “saved by grace,” we’re supposed to change by effort.