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Humility Month Day 27: Those Who Are Called According To His Purpose

Where is God when it hurts? It’s a haunting question with many unsatisfactory answers. But in short, God is with us and working. He is with us when we can’t feel it, and God is working to accomplish his purposes in our pain. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 26: The Believer’s Problem With Sin

We live in a judgmental age, and the judgments are accompanied by hypocrisy.  The Bible warns us against trusting in our own righteousness, but in our pride, many who should know better do not heed the warning. This truth should humble us. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 24: Paul and Barnabas Separate

Today’s question is the same as yesterday’s: How do you treat the people who weren’t there for you? Who let you down? Who blew it when you needed them? How good is the church at reinstating people after they’ve blown it? Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 23: Jesus Reinstates Peter

How do you treat the people who weren’t there for you? Who let you down? Who blew it – with you? How good is the church at reinstating people after they’ve blown it? I invite you to get a Bible – in print or electronic – and start working through all or part of the prayers, scripture reading, questions, and devotional reading below. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 17: Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

We may be content to remain what we call ‘ordinary people’: but He is determined to carry out a quite different plan. To shrink back from that plan is not humility; it is laziness and cowardice. To submit to it is not conceit or megalomania; it is obedience. CS Lewis Continue reading

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