disciple in the making
From the monthly archives:
Dear Alex,
It’s not that complicated. Sometimes I wish I could take that brain of yours and drop kick it a couple blocks. I almost did it once. Once in awhile I let myself think that’ll actually knock some sense into you. You’re lucky I’m a patient God.
Anyway, let me try to help a son out. [...]
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I got my report card today. I flunked. Pretty badly.
James says if you need wisdom, ask for it (James 1:5). He also says not to doubt you’ll receive it when you ask for it (James 1:6).
The visual he uses of a person doubting works pretty darn well in my case. Like a wave toseed back [...]
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I read in Ecclesiastes 4 this morning. Up until this point in the book, King Solomon has gone through a list of things that are “meaningless” to him. It’s a pretty interesting list including: everything (yes, he says everything), wisdom, pleasures, folly, toil, oppression and even friendliness.
You’ll notice that even things we would consider good [...]
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Proverbs 22:17-19 (NIV)
17 Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD,
These verses could easily be put together into a [...]
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