Category Archives: purpose

Discontentment can sneak up on you

Posted on May 18, 2016 by

Diminished hope easily leads to a deflated spirit of resignation that gradually becomes justified pessimism or even dark cynicism. Here’s a timely call to extravagant gratitude. Continue reading →

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Why? – a question we all ask

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

Why do we exist? We cannot escape this question. Continue reading →

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Restoring glory to the ordinary

Posted on January 4, 2015 by

Have you noticed how easily discontentment destroys joy and gratitude? I fear that the repeated emphasis on being radical for God can also give people the misguided feeling that the ordinary is either boring or some form of compromise. Let’s restore glory to the ordinary! Continue reading →

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Troubled dust, but dust that dreams

Posted on August 23, 2014 by

Rest securely and confidently in what God has done for you in Christ! And remind yourself often that…. Continue reading →

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Boasting in the Cross?

Posted on June 9, 2014 by

A first century person would have been incredulous about placing a picture of a cross on anything. There was no greater symbol of death and utter humiliation than to hang helplessly on a cross! Being hung on a cross would have been considered a waste of life. Continue reading →

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What does it really mean to believe in Jesus?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

May I invite you to take faith to a new level? I hope that these word will help many understand what it really means to believe in Jesus. Continue reading →

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Trust God at all times

Posted on March 19, 2014 by

Here’s a great quote from someone who practiced its truth in conditions far worse than most people ever experience. Continue reading →

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