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Three Discipleship Essentials to Maintain Your Spiritual Health
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! The other day I was squeezing in a quick workout and I thought, “What are some essential movements I can do?” I settled on push-ups, crunches and jumping rope. I combined these into a 30 minute routine. If I did nothing but these exercises regularly, I would see a significant improvement in my physical health. Similarly, … Read entire article »
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A.C.T.S. Prayer, A Simple Key to Greater Breadth and Depth in Prayer
Do you ever feel as if you are praying the same things over and over again? Or, … Read more »
Prayer Journaling Orientation
Our youth group this past week began a three week journey into prayer journaling. We are starting with a method that I have used intermittently for over 20 years. This five minute … Read more »
10 Signs that You Are Resisting Change
In my last post, Thorns in the Rose Garden of Spiritual Growth, I spoke about how spiritual … Read more »
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A Protestant Novena, A Dose of the Ghost
“Protestant novena” may be an oxymoron, because as far as I know a novena is a totally … Read more »
Faith Interview with Allyson Lewis
Click the player below to listen to my recent interview with popular speaker, Allyson Lewis, author of … Read more »
Top 10 Pitfalls of Prayer that I Plummet into
The following ten pitfalls of prayer are not in any particular order despite the fact they are written in a count down fashion. 10. Promise to pray about things and then forget. Few things … Read more »
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Making Time to Breath
If you don’t have time to do it right now, when will you have time to fix it later? This quote, remembered from long ago, surfaced in my mind as I walked away from my car Friday morning. The car, parked in front of a stranger’s house, sat waiting with an empty tank for me while I trudged back … Read entire article »
Creative Giving to Preserve Dignity and Build Relationship, The Sequel
Back in June I wrote a post about hiring a homeless man to clean my air conditioning unit. His name was Tony. A couple of weeks ago I was serving dinner in a homeless shelter and encountered Tony again. I told him to stop by when he had a chance. A few days later he dropped … Read entire article »
Breaking Growth Barriers, Upcoming Interview On the Laurie Beth Jones Show
Periodically, I write a post that really seems to hit people. One that stands out in my mind is a post that I wrote almost 2 years ago explaining growth barriers called “10 Signs that You are Resisting Change.” I had an overwhelming response to this post. Numerous people read that post and said, “You are describing me.” … Read entire article »
Praying with My Children Before School Starts
Giving Thanks Today was the first day of school for my children. All the prep was finished late last night. First day clothes were selected and laid out. I made a quick run to the store for a couple of items that still needed to go in backpacks. The most important preparation of all was prayer. … Read entire article »
My Big Bible Reading Blunder
I try to enter every day with what I call my ‘Big Five’ list. I use to sit down and write out a bottomless list of meetings, commitments, tasks, and sundry chores that needed attention. The list was never realistic. So, it was demoralizing when I never finished. Far too many items got carried over than I care to admit. … Read entire article »
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