Today’s Truth
“This is my son, whom I love. Listen to him!” (Mark 9:7 NIV)
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Fourteen exhausted, sweaty teenage boys plopped down on the bottom step of the gymnasium bleachers – my son being one of them. The assistant Junior Varsity basketball coach paced back and forth, lecturing them on the error of their ways. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“All the ways of the LORD are lovingand faithful” (Psalm 25:10 NIV).
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Sometimes when I gaze at the Jaynes family portraits of three smiling faces, I can almost see a shadow of a fourth. For there are four of us and one day – our picture will be complete.
“Steve, Read more…
Today’s TruthÂ
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV).
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This week we have been looking at four steps for taking every thought captive. Today, let’s look at step three: Reject the Lie Once I had a door-to-door vacuum salesman come to my house. Read more…
Today’s TruthÂ
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV).
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Over the past few days, we have been looking at steps to taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Read more…
Today’s TruthÂ
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV).
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My neighbor, Michael, was a stand-in for Samuel, the nine-year-old son of Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) in the movie The Patriot. Read more…
Today’s TruthÂ
“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” Read more…
Today’s TruthÂ
“We are destroying speculation and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NASB).
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Several years ago, my family went on an excursion out West. We flew to Nevada, rented a car, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“We should go up and take possession of the land,” they said, “for we can certainly do it…If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us” (Numbers 13:30, 14:8 NIV).
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This month, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).
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The most difficult times to continue believing the promises of God are during the storms of life when the waves of emotions are so great they threaten to tip your boat and spill you into an ocean of despair. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Then God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:14 NIV).
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One day, I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone. Her four-year-old daughter, Hope, who was supposed to be taking a nap, Read more…
