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    God of wisdom, we come before you in

    Author
    Austin D. Hill
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    Micah 6:8, Psalm 143:10, Romans 12:2, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Proverbs 3:5-6
    God of wisdom, we come before you in humility. Too often we choose our own way, discern our own path, without looking to you. We ignore the prompting of your Holy Spirit, and choose what is easiest, m...

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Micah 6:8, Proverbs 3:34, Psalm 25:9, Philippians 2:3, Isaiah 57:15
    There is something in humility which raiseth the heart upward.

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    Author
    Warren W. Wiersbe
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    Galatians 6:1, John 4:1-26, 2 Samuel 12:1-14, Proverbs 3:3-4, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 13:6
    Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

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    Sticks & Stones in Your Bed

    Author
    Timothy Keller
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    Hebrews 12:6-7, James 1:2-4, Psalm 94:12-13, Proverbs 3:11-12, Romans 5:3-5
    Years ago, I read an old fairy tale about a wicked witch who lived in a remote cottage in the deep forest. When travelers came through looking for lodging, she offered them a meal and a bed. It was th...

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    Not Heeding the Call

    Author
    Jeff Volkmer
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    Scripture
    Micah 6:8, Hebrews 13:16, Galatians 6:9-10, Proverbs 3:27, 1 John 3:17-18, James 2:14-17
    Just the other day, I was out on a bike ride for some exercise. Because I work for a high-end cycling company, I had the opportunity to test ride one the bikes we make – a bike that comes with a price...

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    Author
    Randy Alcorn
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    Scripture
    Galatians 2:11-14, Jonah 3:4, Proverbs 3:3-4, Colossians 4:6, Micah 6:8, Ephesians 4:15, John 1:14
    Truth-oriented Christians love studying Scripture and theology. But sometimes they’re quick to judge and slow to forgive. They’re strong on truth, weak on grace. Grace-oriented Christians love forgive...

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    Author
    Vaclav Havel
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    Scripture
    Romans 8:28, Hebrews 11:1, Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 55:8-9, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
    Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

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    Holding on to Everything

    Author
    W. Tamra Chandler
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    Psalm 55:22, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 43:18-19, Ephesians 4:31-32, 1 Peter 5:7
    Poet Donald Hall told the story of a hermit in New Hampshire, a man who passed away leaving behind sheds full of hoarded stuff. In one of the sheds was a box labeled, “string too short to be saved.” ...

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    Richard Rohr
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    Romans 8:28, Luke 22:54-62, John 21:15-17, Proverbs 3:5-6, Hebrews 12:5-6, Romans 5:3-5, James 1:2-4
    We live a long time in order to become lovers. God is like a good parent, refusing to do our homework for us. We must learn through trial and error. We have to do our homework ourselves, the homework ...

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    Settling Accounts

    Author
    William E. Brown
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    Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 6:33-34, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 37:25-26, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Galatians 6:9
    The story is told of a farmer in a Midwestern state who had a strong disdain for “religious” things. As he plowed his field on Sunday morning, he would shake his fist at the church people who passed b...

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    Goodwill or God’s Will?

    Author
    Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    Scripture
    1 Corinthians 12:4-7, Isaiah 6:8, Romans 12:6-8, Ephesians 2:10, Proverbs 3:5-6, Jeremiah 29:11
    A lesson often learned the hard way in each of our spiritual journeys is mistaking goodwill for vocation. Sometimes we feel deeply about an experience we have, whether it be on a mission trip or even ...

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    Heavenly Father, our Savior told us,

    Author
    Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
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    Scripture
    Matthew 16:25, Luke 17:33, Proverbs 3:5-6, Jeremiah 29:11, James 1:5
    Heavenly Father, our Savior told us, "Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for My sake will gain it." These are hard words. We confess that we oft...

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    John Ortberg
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    Matthew 14:31, John 20:29, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Proverbs 3:5-6, Mark 9:24, James 1:5-6
    We live in an age when belief comes hard because we’re much more afraid of being gullible (believing something that’s not true) than we are of being skeptical (not believing something that is true). W...

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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    Scripture
    Matthew 21:21, Romans 10:17, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Proverbs 3:5-6, Mark 9:24
    The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are to subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.

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    Author
    Oswald Chambers
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    Scripture
    Isaiah 64:8, Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 37:5, Matthew 6:31-33, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 8:28
    Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken “toys,” but as our Father.”

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    Good vs. Bad Discipline

    Author
    James K. A. Smith
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    Scripture
    Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 3:11-12, Psalm 94:12, 1 Timothy 4:7-8, Philippians 3:12-14, Matthew 23:23-24, James 1:22-25, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
    While formally or structurally speaking, there are mechanisms of discipline operative in both the convent and the prison, in both the factory and the monastery, more specifically, these disciplines an...

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    Trust: That Rare & Priceless Treasure

    Author
    Paul de Jaegher
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    Scripture
    Genesis 22:1-14 , Exodus 14:13-14, Proverbs 3:5-6 , Matthew 8:23-27, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 37:3-5
    Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. For him it has both charm and fascination. Among his countless children, whom he so greatly loves and whom ...

  • Quote

    Author
    Joshua Choonmin Kang
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    Scripture
    Micah 6:8, Psalm 138:6, Proverbs 3:34, Matthew 11:28-29, 1 Peter 5:5-6, 2 Corinthians 12:9, James 4:6
    [God’s] greatest grace is found at the lowest place

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    What would You Give?

    Author
    Unknown
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    Luke 12:33, Isaiah 58:10, Galatians 6:10, Proverbs 3:27, Matthew 5:42
    Father O’Malley, the parish priest, was giving a sermon about charity. He said, “In our world today, some people have so much while others have so little. We must give of ourselves and our worldly goo...

  • liturgy

    Kind and loving God, forgive us for our

    Author
    Austin D. Hill
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    Scripture
    Micah 6:8, Isaiah 1:18, James 4:8, Proverbs 3:5-6, 1 John 1:9, Revelation 3:15-16
    Kind and loving God, forgive us for our lack of faith. You deserve our reverence, obedience, and faith, but we give You so much less. Because of our lukewarm devotion, we miss out on so much that You ...

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    Within Four Days of Seeing Jesus

    Author
    James S. Stewart
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    Scripture
    Philippians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Romans 8:38-39, Isaiah 41:10, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3
    In December 1666, Hugh MacHale, the youngest and most gallant of the Covenanters (a 17th century pro-Presbyterian group in Scotland), was brought to his trial in Edinburgh. He was given four days to l...

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    Is Faith Blind?

    Author
    John Piper
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    Psalm 19:1-2, 2 Timothy 1:12, John 14:11, Proverbs 3:5-6, James 2:18, Romans 1:20, 1 Peter 3:15
    In his book, A Peculiar Glory , John Piper provides an illustration of the kind of faith we are called to. This is no “blind faith,” in which we are supposed to simply believe without using our minds...

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    The Generosity of Oseola McCarty

    Author
    Jen Wilkin
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    Acts 20:35, Luke 21:1-4, 2 Corinthians 8:12, Matthew 25:40, Proverbs 3:9-10
    Generosity is not strictly for those who have material abundance. Because Oseola McCarty recognized this truth, the world is a better place. Born in 1908 in rural Mississippi, she quit school after si...

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    Americans Approach to Giving

    Author
    Chris Willard and Jim Sheppard
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    Scripture
    Acts 20:35, Luke 6:38, Proverbs 3:9-10, Malachi 3:10, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
    In their book Passing the Plate (Oxford, 2008), Christian Smith and Michael Emerson introduce the phrase “discretionary obligation” as a way to understand the typical American Christian’s approach to ...

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    Be a Catalyst for Change

    Author
    David Peterson
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    Scripture
    Exodus 3:7-8, James 2:15-17, Luke 10:25-37, Proverbs 3:27, Micah 6:8, Matthew 5:16
    At the 5-mile mark in the Old Kent Riverbank Run a guy passing me said, “Hey buddy, you dropped your key.” There was no getting home without my key. Like a salmon swimming upstream I headed back into ...

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    Following Jesus Requires Real Commitment

    Author
    Bradley Long
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    Proverbs 3:5-8, Matthew 22:37, Romans 12:1-2, Luke 14:26-27, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 16:13, Mark 12:30, John 14:15, Matthew 16:24-26, Luke 9:59-62, Matthew 6:24, Hebrews 11:13-16, Hebrews 10:38-39, Matthew 6:33-34, Matthew 10:37-39
    What are you willing to do for love? An instructor for the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course shared with a class the major hang-up he had to get over before asking his wife to ma...

  • liturgy

    Adapted from Proverbs 3:13-18

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    Scripture
    Proverbs 3:13-18
    Leader: Happy are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. People: For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. Leader: She is more preci...

  • liturgy

    Adapted from “Confession and Petition” in The Valley of Vision

    Author
    Dustin Ray
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    Psalm 51:1-4, Hebrews 12:5-6, Proverbs 3:11-12, Hebrews 12:10-11, Psalm 94:12, Revelation 3:19, Psalm 119:71
    Pastor: Holy Lord, I have sinned times without number and been guilty of pride and unbelief, failed to delight in your Word, neglected you in my daily life. All: My transgressions and sins present m...

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    Almighty God, we have failed to trust

    Author
    Laura B. Murray
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    Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 46:1, Isaiah 41:10, Lamentations 3:22-23, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 8:28
    Almighty God, we have failed to trust you. Overwhelmed by the pains of life, we have taken charge and pushed you aside. O God, be gracious to us. Remind us of your daily mercies and redemptive power t...

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    Author
    Stanley Baldwin
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    Mark 11:22-24, Ephesians 2:8-9, Isaiah 26:3-4, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3-4, Romans 1:17, 2 Corinthians 5:7
    I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
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