<LISTEN> The story of Esther dares you to believe that God, though hidden, is active. He brings life out of broken things. The apostle Paul wrote, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). We know God works. …
Six Reasons to Live More Simply—and Give More Generously–Randy Alcorn
Someone has said, “Live simply that others may simply live.” Of course, there is no automatic relationship between my simple living and someone else being rescued from starvation or reached with the gospel. There is only a relationship if I, in fact, use the resources I have freed up to feed the hungry and reach …
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5 Lessons Learned by the Boy with Five Loaves and Two Fish*
You may be familiar with the story. In John 6:1-15, we find Jesus and his disciples watching a crowd that had been following Jesus come toward them. Jesus asks his disciple, Philip, where he thought they could buy bread for the crowd, for the crowd had not eaten in a while. Philip stated the impossibility …
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Putting Our Hope in God’s Ownership and Provision in Times of Financial Worry by Randy Alcorn*
Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash Many people, including many readers of this blog, are facing some level of financial uncertainty right now. These are challenging times, and you may find yourself worrying, and wondering what the future might hold. I believe one of the best things we can do to find encouragement and perspective …
Belief is a Choice*
Faith, or belief, can only be rewarded if it’s something we’ve chosen.
A Skeptic of Rapid Multiplication Sees God Multiply Generations
Here's a report that shows God at work during the global pandemic. In-person ministry was restricted, so God uses a new way to equip and mobilizing a leader and network, to reach many more people with the gospel. Denpo* was a Buddhist-background believer in Southeast Asia who became a Jesus Film Project® worker and then …
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Whipsawed by 2020: Max Lucado, September 25, 2020
(RNS) — First came the pandemic. COVID-19 has taken the lives of 200,000 and the jobs of millions, and it threatens to take the sanity of the entire world. A microscopic virus has paralyzed us. And an ancient sin threatens to undo us. An officer’s knee on the neck of a black man activated a …
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Impacting the Age of Unbelief
by Dan Rupple, MasterMedia International, originally publish October 8, 2018 God put you and I here (and now) for a reason. This is a great time to be a Christian. Not an easy time—but an exciting one. “I know it doesn’t look that way. When I think about our cultural moment, I can’t help but see …
An Opportunity to Grow
Austin Pryor | 03/02/20, published by Sound Mind Investing “God does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: ‘What have you done?’” Daniel 4:35 The market’s rapid pullback in late-February rekindled an emotion many investors hadn’t felt in a …
In face of crisis, trust God and carry on
Wynne Gillis, guest columnist, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, March 15. 2020. “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” (Jesus) Matthew 6:34 The Message This …
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