DEVOTIONS Before You Quit When you hit the wall at work or in life, God sometimes shows his presence in unexpected ways. William Willimon
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And the word of the Lord came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
He replied, "I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too."
"The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for ...
Am I Too Tired? How to determine whether your fatigue is normal or serious. Archibald D. Hart
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Am I Too Tired? How to determine whether your fatigue is normal or serious. Archibald D. Hart
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How serious is your fatigue? Enter a score after each question according to the following scale:
0—I seldom feel this way.
1—I sometimes (once every month or so) feel this way.
2—I often (more than once a month) feel this way.
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I don't know a single minister who set out to become a casual, hypocritical, professional Christian doing all the right spiritual things but for all the wrong reasons. Yet Jesus warns us about this.
It happens. One day we wake up and realize we are just going through the motions.
By occupation, we are expected to speak easily and naturally of spiritual realities. We are called to practice our faith ...
I don't know if it was passing age forty or knowing that my public ministry was half over. Whichever it was, I found myself wading into retrospection. Am I making a difference? How am I doing at reaching my goals and fulfilling my dreams?
I pushed the keyboard aside, propped my feet on the desk, and began taking inventory. I made a mental checklist, noting accomplishments on one side and failures on ...
"They're making me crazy," Peter said. "They" referred to Peter's board of elders and a few prominent members. He described the elders as lazy and uncommitted, and the chairman as controlling and incompetent.
Peter was very angry. "If they would listen to me, things would be better," he insisted.
Peter was middle-aged and a skilled minister. Gifted to lead, Peter's intelligence and creativity opened ...
Depression can sneak up on people as insidiously as November fog, chilling the heart and even sapping the will to get out of bed in the morning. Christians are not immune to depression. However, many Christians feel guilty and ashamed to talk about this issue, thinking that spiritual people should never feel depressed. But spiritual depression is a recurrent theme throughout Scripture. One example ...
When Power Tempts You Forget money and sex. The real temptation is "king me." Gary Sinclair
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A neighboring pastor's ministry collapsed. It was a slow, inward fall over a five-year period, with the blast at the end rather than the beginning. Jim was a gifted communicator, a man of vision brimming with potential. But he was slowly seduced by his power. His giftedness to lead was overtaken by a drive to control. There were warning signs that could have alerted him ...
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