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Morning Prayer: Change My Heart

Good morning, Lord. I sin, and I wish I didn’t. Like Paul, I don’t do the good I want to, and I do the evil I don’t want to (Romans 7:19). Some is habit, some is carelessness and some is … Continue reading

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Good from Harm

  Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. That’s bad. Joseph forgave his brothers. That’s good.   Genesis 50:20 (MSG) Don’t you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good. Take a long look … Continue reading

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Leave the Weeds

My favorite preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, offered this take on the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds: There are times to yank out the weeds, and there are times to leave them be — times when we should do … Continue reading

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Bitter Taste

Would you eat horseradish cheesecake? Decorate cookies with brussel-sprout frosting? Isaiah 5:20 (NIV) Woe to those who call evil good and good evil . . . who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Folks can claim something evil is … Continue reading

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Deliver Them from Evil

On February 19, in Niger, 110 girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi were abducted by Boko Haram. These dear students face the evils of rape and slavery. Some may be forced to marry Boko Haram men. … Continue reading

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Deliver Us from Sitting on the Fence

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Call Out Good and Evil

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