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Growing Your Skills to Give God Your Very Best
How are you doing so far this year as a disciple? That’s the question I asked myself this morning in my prayer closet. Can you believe a month of 2012 is already gone? I paused in my prayer closet today to specifically evaluate how I am doing at my 5 SPARK intentions for the year: Study, Prayer, Action, Rest and Kindling. I want to share with you a quick look at how my intentions are … Read entire article »
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My Favorite Bible Study Resources
I have four bible study resources that I reach for regularly: The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, the New Inductive Study Bible and the ESV Study Bible. If you are not familiar with these resource, then I highly recommend you watch this short video for a quick tour of each. Then I recommend you get at least one of these resources to … Read entire article »
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Double Your Chances of Staying On Schedule with Your Bible Reading Plan With One Simple Solution
You can nearly double your chances of staying on track with a bible reading plan just by having a set time each day for reading. That’s what I discovered when I surveyed people who are in the Through The Bible in a Year Program by The Practical Disciple. Thus far 18 people have responded to a survey I released a couple of days ago. The pie chart on the left above represent 10 people … Read entire article »
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Daily Bible Reading Tip for Busy People
Much thanks to PD reader, Lyn Woods, for an absolutely awesome link and suggestion that is a huge help for busy people wanting more time in the Word. Lyn listens to an ESV Bible online at this link, http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/browse/. It’s so easy to do. Just follow the link, pick a book and press listen. Until Lyn sent me this link I had forgotten how helpful it was to listen to the Word. … Read entire article »
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Oops! Password Protect Blunder and A One Year Bible Study Sample
As I was preparing my lesson for people who want to read the bible in a year I inadvertently published the lesson as a post. Even though I removed it, my email subscribers got sent a link to a blank page asking for a password. I apologize for the blunder. However, afterwards the thought occurred to me that some of you may be sitting on the fence about the one year bible reading plan. May be you didn’t see it until after the year started and are feeling it’s too late or you just haven’t made a decision. Either way I thought you might change your mind if you got to see a sample of one of the lessons. So, below is a copy of the … Read entire article »
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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. One day, I realized that what I was doing was idiotic. I decided to limit … Read entire article »
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