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A Surprise Performance
One summer, the composer Edvard Grieg stayed at a small Norwegian hotel. A restless child also resided there, constantly annoying the guests by attempting to play the piano, producing nothing but disc... -
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Performance-Oriented Worship
We have become so performance-oriented that it is hard to see how compromised we are. Consider one small example. In many of our churches, prayers in morning services now function, in large measure, a... -
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Gracious Father, too often we base our
Gracious Father, too often we base our worth on our performance. We believe if we do well, your love grows, and if we falter, your love lessens. Our God, how far this is from the truth. We confess our... -
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Investing in their Bodies
LeBron James will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the greatest players in basketball history. His stats are consistently jaw-dropping, despite competing in a sport that is usually dominated by you... -
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Enjoying My Own Company
…When I venture into wilderness, I’m surprised by how much I enjoy my own company…The person I travel with there isn’t worried about his performance. He sheds the polished persona he tries so often to... -
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Myths About Meaning
Do you want your life to count? Do you want to look back and say that you made the biggest difference possible? Most Christians want to devote their lives to something significant. Deep inside they wa... -
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Faster, Higher, Stronger
All kinds of competition are comparisons of the abilities or performance of one person or team to that of another. From elementary school spelling bees to professional sports, contestants compare thei... -
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Ty Cobb's Batting Average
At seventy years old, Ty Cobb, considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, was asked by a reporter, “What do you think your batting average would be if you were playing today? Do you ... -
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Faithful God, we confess that we try to
Faithful God, we confess that we try to carry more than you ask and work hard to have our way. Help us to see and believe your goodness. Help us to lean into you and to trust that your strength will h... -
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Addicted to Putting People In their Place
As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will be filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain a... -
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The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. -
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There is an optimum level of tension which we require in order to perform well. When stress exceeds that level, exhaustion and burnout are the result. -
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Man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols. -
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An Ocean of Feedback
We swim in an ocean of feedback. Each year in the United States alone, every schoolchild will be handed back as many as 300 assignments, papers, and tests. Millions of kids will be assessed as they tr... -
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Leadership is often a matter of failing people’s expectations at a rate they can stand. -
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Our expectation of God's blessing depends on how well we feel we are living the Christian life. We declared temporary bankruptcy to get into His kingdom, so now we think we can and must pay our ow... -
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Sadly, the need for recovery is often viewed as evidence of weakness rather than an integral aspect of sustained performance. The result is what we give almost no attention to renewing and expanding o... -
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Playing for His Master
A story is told of a young violinist who lived in London many years ago. He was a superb musician. He loved his music and enjoyed playing before small groups of people in the homes of friends. But he ... -
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Use what the World Gives You
Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter's deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined s... -
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O God, we thank you that you have not
O God, we thank you that you have not treated us as we deserve. We thank you that, though you are Creator, Judge and King, you are also Father, so that, though we are wandering children, there is alw... -
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What Is Bullying?
Bullying has been around as long as children have lived in groups. Often, adults minimize or ignore it, reasoning: "we all have to go through it—I did, and I'm ok" or even "it build... -
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Getting Feedback is Hard
We all have blind spots. We all have flaws in our personalities, behavior, or work habits that we can’t see, and they block our performance and growth. But others can see them. If we permit them to gi... -
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The Lie that Held Him Captive
When legendary magician Harry Houdini came into a town to do his show, he often went to the local jail, gathering a crowd of people along the way. To get buzz going about his upcoming performance, he ... -
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How Much Stress Would You Like?
Would you like a no-stress life? A wise person would not accept that option, no matter how tempting it might sound. A stress-free life would be fatal. If we do not have change, challenge, and novelty ... -
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Perfect Sanctification?
To believe that you have already reached perfect sanctification, R. C. Sproul says you must do one of two things: 1. “reduce the demands of God’s law to such a low level that they can obey them” or 2.... -
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Religion and Politics in America
Religion has always been woven into American politics. John Quincy Adams liked to read the Bible in the mornings and would plunge naked into the Potomac for a swim before attending his weekly Sunday c... -
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The Oughts and Shoulds
In her book Invitation to Retreat, Ruth Haley Barton shares some of the many insights she has had since she began intentionally taking inattentional retreats to re-connect with God and her own desires... -
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Be More Productive by Taking Breaks
A New York Times story reports on the positive impact school recess has on academic performance. Here’s how it begins: “The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take t... -
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The Curse of Living Under the Law
To have Abraham-like faith brings blessing (v 9). The result of living by the law is that we are “under a curse” (v 10). This “curse” has two aspects. Theologically, anyone who says-. I can be saved b... -
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Playing for Pennies
How much does a world-class violinist make? Well, that depends on how he markets himself. Have you ever heard of Joshua Bell? He’s one of the finest classical musicians in the world. He plays to pac...
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- Talking (10)
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- Truth (93)
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Top_level_categories by Reference
Genesis
Exodus
Deuteronomy
1 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Job
Psalm
- Ps 1 (23)
- Ps 2 (4)
- Ps 3 (2)
- Ps 4 (6)
- Ps 5 (8)
- Ps 6 (3)
- Ps 7 (1)
- Ps 8 (28)
- Ps 9 (5)
- Ps 10 (4)
- Ps 11 (3)
- Ps 12 (1)
- Ps 13 (3)
- Ps 14 (3)
- Ps 15 (7)
- Ps 16 (15)
- Ps 18 (11)
- Ps 19 (45)
- Ps 20 (4)
- Ps 22 (13)
- Ps 23 (60)
- Ps 24 (23)
- Ps 25 (22)
- Ps 27 (65)
- Ps 28 (2)
- Ps 29 (5)
- Ps 30 (14)
- Ps 31 (5)
- Ps 32 (33)
- Ps 33 (12)
- Ps 34 (116)
- Ps 35 (1)
- Ps 36 (11)
- Ps 37 (39)
- Ps 38 (3)
- Ps 39 (5)
- Ps 40 (10)
- Ps 41 (2)
- Ps 42 (33)
- Ps 43 (2)
- Ps 44 (1)
- Ps 45 (2)
- Ps 46 (61)
- Ps 47 (1)
- Ps 48 (1)
- Ps 49 (1)
- Ps 50 (2)
- Ps 51 (102)
- Ps 52 (3)
- Ps 55 (9)
- Ps 56 (6)
- Ps 57 (4)
- Ps 60 (1)
- Ps 61 (3)
- Ps 62 (11)
- Ps 63 (9)
- Ps 65 (8)
- Ps 66 (3)
- Ps 67 (1)
- Ps 68 (3)
- Ps 69 (1)
- Ps 71 (2)
- Ps 72 (5)
- Ps 73 (14)
- Ps 74 (1)
- Ps 75 (1)
- Ps 77 (11)
- Ps 78 (5)
- Ps 79 (1)
- Ps 80 (3)
- Ps 82 (13)
- Ps 84 (5)
- Ps 85 (5)
- Ps 86 (5)
- Ps 88 (4)
- Ps 89 (3)
- Ps 90 (25)
- Ps 91 (8)
- Ps 92 (3)
- Ps 94 (6)
- Ps 95 (7)
- Ps 96 (10)
- Ps 98 (5)
- Ps 100 (9)
- Ps 101 (1)
- Ps 102 (1)
- Ps 103 (61)
- Ps 104 (27)
- Ps 105 (1)
- Ps 106 (1)
- Ps 107 (4)
- Ps 109 (1)
- Ps 111 (1)
- Ps 112 (4)
- Ps 113 (4)
- Ps 115 (7)
- Ps 116 (3)
- Ps 117 (4)
- Ps 118 (11)
- Ps 119 (64)
- Ps 121 (16)
- Ps 122 (4)
- Ps 123 (1)
- Ps 126 (12)
- Ps 127 (12)
- Ps 128 (4)
- Ps 130 (15)
- Ps 131 (4)
- Ps 133 (6)
- Ps 135 (2)
- Ps 136 (13)
- Ps 138 (4)
- Ps 139 (72)
- Ps 141 (3)
- Ps 142 (3)
- Ps 143 (5)
- Ps 144 (2)
- Ps 145 (9)
- Ps 146 (13)
- Ps 147 (41)
- Ps 148 (3)
- Ps 150 (3)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (7)
- Prov 2 (6)
- Prov 3 (100)
- Prov 4 (24)
- Prov 5 (5)
- Prov 6 (10)
- Prov 7 (1)
- Prov 8 (6)
- Prov 9 (2)
- Prov 10 (9)
- Prov 11 (18)
- Prov 12 (17)
- Prov 13 (8)
- Prov 14 (36)
- Prov 15 (35)
- Prov 16 (38)
- Prov 17 (25)
- Prov 18 (33)
- Prov 19 (28)
- Prov 20 (14)
- Prov 21 (17)
- Prov 22 (17)
- Prov 23 (8)
- Prov 24 (9)
- Prov 25 (10)
- Prov 26 (12)
- Prov 27 (21)
- Prov 28 (22)
- Prov 29 (14)
- Prov 30 (2)
- Prov 31 (29)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (54)
- Isa 2 (11)
- Isa 5 (12)
- Isa 6 (28)
- Isa 7 (5)
- Isa 8 (1)
- Isa 9 (29)
- Isa 11 (6)
- Isa 12 (1)
- Isa 14 (3)
- Isa 15 (1)
- Isa 25 (8)
- Isa 26 (20)
- Isa 28 (5)
- Isa 30 (23)
- Isa 32 (1)
- Isa 33 (6)
- Isa 35 (5)
- Isa 40 (102)
- Isa 41 (63)
- Isa 42 (16)
- Isa 43 (64)
- Isa 44 (3)
- Isa 45 (15)
- Isa 46 (3)
- Isa 47 (2)
- Isa 48 (3)
- Isa 49 (8)
- Isa 50 (4)
- Isa 51 (3)
- Isa 52 (5)
- Isa 53 (68)
- Isa 54 (6)
- Isa 55 (81)
- Isa 56 (1)
- Isa 57 (12)
- Isa 58 (35)
- Isa 59 (7)
- Isa 60 (22)
- Isa 61 (52)
- Isa 64 (16)
- Isa 65 (6)
- Isa 66 (14)
- Isa 70 (1)
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Joel
Obadiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Haggai
Matthew
- Matt 1 (17)
- Matt 2 (12)
- Matt 3 (9)
- Matt 4 (35)
- Matt 5 (169)
- Matt 6 (145)
- Matt 7 (67)
- Matt 8 (17)
- Matt 9 (18)
- Matt 10 (18)
- Matt 11 (80)
- Matt 12 (17)
- Matt 13 (38)
- Matt 14 (20)
- Matt 15 (14)
- Matt 16 (27)
- Matt 17 (10)
- Matt 18 (41)
- Matt 19 (20)
- Matt 20 (11)
- Matt 21 (15)
- Matt 22 (29)
- Matt 23 (41)
- Matt 24 (8)
- Matt 25 (64)
- Matt 26 (19)
- Matt 27 (10)
- Matt 28 (46)