Personal Growth
I hope you have a blessed Holy Week celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. He revealed God’s heart of love on the Cross and provided a way to be reconciled to Him. The last few weeks we’ve discussed four qualities essential for achieving our God-given destinies. They are needed to traverse the pains and…
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We’ve been discussing the character qualities necessary to both survive the turbulent 2020’s and also to thrive in advancing God’s Kingdom purposes on earth. Our first article discussed the primacy of virtue–having a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. Last week we looked at developing truthful knowledge in our lives–though deeper thinking,…
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Nothing is more important to individuals or nations than the practice of virtue. The fact that the word seems outdated and foreign to us shows how far we have fallen from its power and beauty. To navigate the coming new world and its challenges, we must return to the primacy of virtue.
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Fourteen years ago, while taking a prayer walk in the east Texas countryside, God spoke to my heart that the world was about to change–radically. I thought it would happen immediately (prophetic people sometimes get the right idea but miss the timing). Looking back, I believe the Obama years accelerated change in America–and now it…
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We live in a time when character is in decline and greatness remains rare or wrongly defined. Many of the “great” people of our time are famous simply because of their entertainment wealth or following. They live sad, debauched and immoral lives but are put on pedestals by those who adore them. Not so George…
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I usually prepare seven days in advance for my weekly blog and often have 20-25 “drafts” in a digital file that contain subjects I’m pondering. But this morning, at the end of my devotional time, something inside me said I needed to write on the baffling and sometimes agonizing subject of unanswered prayer. I’ve learned…
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Many issues shout out for attention this week. Impeachment madness casts a pall over Washington, D.C. and remains a waste of time and money by progressive politicians bent on overturning the 2016 election. Let’s vote them out in 2020. I’m still weighing President Trump’s decision to remove troops from Northern Syria. Most people I trust say…
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When I began writing River of God: Where Religion Began and Why Grace and Love Will Triumph in 2012, I had no idea the world would soon be awash in lies. Today, the popular name is “Fake News”–but that’s just a cute way of saying that much of what you hear in the mainstream media is…
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The Mueller Report was delivered Friday to Attorney General Bob Barr who announced over the weekend that no Russia collusion was found in the Trump campaign. What’s the biggest lesson we can learn from this waste of taxpayer money? That the explosion of lies in the 21st century threatens our entire civilization. When listening to…
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For many years I’ve used the Christmas holidays to reflect on the past year, ask God for marching orders for the coming one, and then commit to accomplish them–by his grace and strength I’ve got my assignments for 2019. Do you have yours?
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