Increase My Capacity

April 24, 2025

“Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8 (NLT) Paul’s comparison of physical versus spiritual training is fascinating. While conceding that exercise has value, he finds that it is minimal when viewed in the light of training for…

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Prepare the Way

December 6, 2024

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight! Mark 1:2–3 (CSB) As we begin the Advent season, many preparations are underway. There…

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In, But not of

March 15, 2024

I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world…

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Preparing the Ground

April 6, 2021

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns.” Jeremiah 4:3 (NLT) The ancient world was primarily agrarian and so many of the allusions and illustrations of spiritual life in the Bible are to be…

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