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• Words of Wisdom
  by Jamie Johnson
  Short devotions from each book of the Bible, which I've shared with the local Trail Life troop since fall 2022 and going forward.
  (Updated May 16, 2023; posted May 9, 2023)
• You're not too ... for God to ...
  by Shane Pruitt
  
  (May 6, 2023)
• Prepared to Abide
  David Guzik
  
  "If your Christianity is making you miserable ...-- all the time -- if it's making you constantly miserable, you're doing it wrong. Now if your Christianity is never making you miserable, youre probably doing it wrong as well. Isn't that true? Isnt that time when our connection with God should make us say, 'Lord, I need you. I'm nothing without you. I need you to forgive me. I'm a broken, destitute person apart from you. I need you, Jesus.' There's a time when a proper relationship with God brings us to desperation, but, friends, that's never where God wants to leave us. He wants to fill us." -- David Guzik, from his sermon "Prepared to Abide"
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  (posted April 4, 2023)
• Knowing the Bible is one thing. Knowing the Author is another.
  by iBelieve.com
  
  (March 3, 2023)
• To the Rock
  by Jamie Johnson
  Overwhelmed? There is hope. May we go to the Rock higher than us.
  (February 24, 2023)
• Bible Study Tool
  by Jamie Johnson
  This tool written by Jamie Johnson allows one to enter a Bible verse and it generates various links to helpful Bible Study sites and tools.
  (February 14, 2022)
• Full of Yourself
  by Jamie Johnson
  In a sense, we are to be full of ourselves, but as Christians, we are not to be full of our old nature.
  (January 1, 2023)
• Beyond the First Two Decades: 2022
  2022 Highlights of this Web Site.
• My Heart--Christ's Home
  (1st Edition 1954, Revised Edition 1986, 2nd Revised Edition 1992, New Expanded Version 2010)
  by Robert Boyd Munger / InterVarsity Press
  What if you were to consider every room of your heart being surrendered to Christ? What would change in, say, the dining room, a room of desires and appetites? What would change in the workshop? Would the work be impactful? What would change in the living room? Or what would need to be cleaned out of the closet?
  (Teaser by Jamie Johnson)
  (December 20, 2022)
• A Christian in sanctification
  (December 1, 2022)
• Jesus supported marriage between one man and one woman.
  
  (November 30, 2022) Related Article
• Resilience
  by Jamie Johnson
  In our culture of self-focus and demand for instantaneous catering to personal preferences, there is a profound lack of resilience built on identities in shaky foundations and a collapse when those foundations are challenged. What is true resilience and how can one have it?
  (October 27, 2022)
• Peace in a Hostile World
  
  by Alistair Begg
  In a world marked by division and enmity, a longing for harmony is not uncommon. Writing to the Ephesians, Paul addressed the world’s need for peace by identifying how the barriers that exist between people can be abolished. Alistair Begg conveys Paul's message that true peace is found nowhere else but in the person of Jesus Christ. Through the cross we have been given access to God, and as His followers we are called to demonstrate to the world the peace that is ours in Christ.
  (October 4, 2022)
• When Jesus hung out with sinners...
  
  Related verse: Hebrews 13:8
  Related article: Higher Calling
  (September 15, 2022)
• Why dedicate to an all-knowing God?
  by Jamie Johnson
  Why should people dedicate themselves to God to go to Heaven if He already knows who is and who isn't going to hell?
  (August 26, 2022)
• Walking Deeply
  by Jamie Johnson
  How does obedience factor into faith and walking deeply?
  (July 25, 2022)
• Higher Calling
  by Jamie Johnson
  Jesus dined with Zacchaeus, and Zacchaeus repented. That is, Zacchaeus turned his back on his sinful lifestyle and embraced a new life in Christ. Jesus didn't enable, elevate, promote or celebrate the extortion Zacchaeus practiced. That life was over. Jesus had and has a higher calling.
  (June 20, 2022)
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