Tag: jesus christ
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Team Jesus
I have played sports all my life. Growing up, it was mainly baseball, with some basketball on the side for fun, and for the extra cardio. When my baseball career ended, I picked up golf, and I also began to play way more basketball than I ever had before. I started at the UNLV gym…
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Daily Thoughts | 1
Every December, my wife and I read through the gospel of Luke for “advent reading.” There are 24 days in December leading up to Christmas, and it happens to be the case that there are 24 chapters in the gospel of Luke, so we read one chapter per day starting on December 1st, and finishing…
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Good Grief
The monstrous clouds had billowed in and brought with them the rain.The forecast promised sunny skies, but those were done away. I saw it not approaching—the thunderous night ahead.Hatches best be battened down lest comfort turn to dread. I sheltered in and lit a fire to wait this tempest out.But soon the gale began to…
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Prayer Changes Everything
Believer, Sometimes prayer changes things with time, and sometimes prayer changes things in a moment, but prayer always, always changes things . What’s more, what prayer changes isn’t always, firstly, our circumstances, but us and our perspective. When I was younger, I had a sincere and well-meaning, but weak, view and understanding of prayer —…
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Get Off the Train
Last night, I had a dream that I need to write down before I forget the details. Some of the details are already foggy, but the important ones are clear as day. I was outside, near a railroad crossing, talking to some people about God, and about the Bible. My grandfather on my dad’s side,…
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God’s Office Hours
I recently gained a great insight about the heart of the Lord toward his people in the middle of a conversation I was having with a friend, and I wanted to share. Buckle up! When I first started college in 2016 at UNLV, many of my friends who were already in college advised me that…
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