I will still be here in the coming year blogging through the Bible in a Year. But beginning this January, I’ll also be posting Bible in a Year videos on YouTube. You can view several of them right now including...
Can you believe it? 2024 is almost here! By the time you read this, we may have already turned the page.
Even though we are all busy with shopping and holiday preparations, many of us are contemplating our goals for the coming year. If we want to grow and accomplish new things, it’s important to set goals. But if we’re serious, we should have a plan to make those goals happen. That’s true with spiritual things just as it is in every other area of life.
What do you want to accomplish in 2024 in the way of spiritual growth? What is your plan to accomplish those goals?
Why not set a goal to read through the Bible in 2024?
This year is drawing to a close and many of us are thinking about our desires and goals for 2023. By the time you read this, we may have already turned the calendar. With all the turmoil and instability over the last few years, most of us want more peace, more joy, and more confidence in the future. Are we at the mercy of the government or the economy or the culture around us if we’re to have those things? Or is it possible that the right goals and habits can play a big part? If so, what kind of goals and habits?
Maintain … is it a good thing or a bad? I think it could be either depending on what we are maintaining. The first thing that comes to mind is maintaining the status quo. That’s usually a bad thing. It makes me think of maintaining mediocrity. But I believe there are other areas where maintaining is a good or at least a neutral thing.
Leaving a church that you love and the church family you have come to know and love is always hard. But then maybe it should be.
We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re there right now. You’re going through a trial yet God seems nowhere to be found. And you find yourself wondering why.
You believe His promise to never leave you or forsake you. You believe God answers prayers. But … silence.
Leaving a church that you love and the church family you have come to know and love is always hard. But then maybe it should be.
Communication or the lack thereof is a problem in many relationships. How about yours? Do you ever feel like you talk to friends and family, even your spouse, but just aren’t sure you’re being heard? Do you feel you’re frequently misunderstood and when you keep trying it only leads to an argument? You’re not alone. But the answer isn’t getting angry, talking louder, or clamming up. What can we do instead?
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We all want intimacy in our marriages, what the Bible calls a one-flesh relationship. We want our spouses to spend time with us, consult us about decisions, share our hopes and dreams, encourage us when we’re struggling, treat us kindly, and for there to be openness and humility. But are there things we should do or not do if we’re to achieve that kind of one-flesh marriage? And, if so, what are they?
We’ve been discussing the three components of marriage God laid out in Genesis 2.24 and other places in Scripture: leaving, cleaving, and what we’re calling “weaving,” growing in a one-flesh relationship. In the last post, we started talking about “weaving” and today we’re going to go a little deeper on the subject.
Are you faced with a problem that you don’t understand? I know I’ve got a few. There are relationship issues that haven’t sorted themselves out and some doors that are shut for no logical reason. There are questions with no obvious answers, family members who have been hurt unnecessarily, and challenges I wish weren’t there. How about you? How can we face those things without losing our faith and trust in God? And could they actually be God’s protection in some way?
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