What Does It Mean to Die “In Peace”?
King Josiah was the godliest of the Israelite kings. “Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his…
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God Enthusiastically For Us On Judgment Day
Someday you will stand before God. What feeling did that statement evoke in you? Due to our innate feeling of sin and of God’s God-ness (or “holiness”), we fear. But…
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A Precious Verse That Has Helped in My Sweating Anxiety
Right away I’ll make this quite personal: For the last few years now I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating with anxiety. I’ve tried to track…
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We Live in a Fathered World
Tim Chester, in his 2018 book Enjoying God, uses the term “fathered world” frequently. It’s a helpful term. He uses it to explain how the world we live in—and each…
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We Can’t Handle Our Anxiety
“Why would I think I can handle my anxiety?” Have you asked that question? In the middle of our anxious moments, we’re not that self-reflective, but when sober-minder, have you…
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Morning Weakness, Daily Strength
“Lord, give me strength.” I catch myself praying this almost every morning. It’s become a habit. When I’ve just woken up, waiting for the water to boil for my pour…
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4 Pictures of God’s Love
With what can we compare God’s love? C.S. Lewis gives four insightful analogies to picture God’s love. God’s Love Is More Than Kindness Before looking at the four analogies, we…
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Help for When We’re Feeling Overwhelmed
Psalm 102 begins with this introduction (and these psalm prescripts are inspired and part of Scripture), “A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he is faint and pours out…
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Looking to a New World
Look around today. Look at the world. Look at the people, cars, businesses, and houses. Look at the sun, trees, and animals. Look at culture, entertainment, technology, and news. This is our world. This is the beautiful and broken, the lovely and languishing. This is the place we live. There’s sin here. We can feel it. We know it. It’s a personal issue for us and everyone we see, but it’s also a cosmic problem…
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Sin Can Grow
Sin can grow. …like a vine that starts as a small but soon smothers an entire wall—sin can grow. …like a cub that is cute but eventually becomes a lion—sin can grow. …like a tapeworm that starts microscopic but can ruin a body—sin can grow.
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