Those With the Greatest Impact on Our World Live Disciplined Lives
December 9, 2019We cannot live in neutral and expect to coast into fulfilling the call of God on our lives. We must put ourselves in gear, allow the Holy Spirit to identify the areas of our lives that need self-discipline and then daily make the choice to take up our cross and follow Him. The nature of
Read More7 Practical Suggestions for Living a More Disciplined Life
December 3, 2019How do you and I become disciplined people? Becoming self-disciplined begins with a conviction from Romans 15:3 that “even Christ did not please himself.” In the same way, we should not seek to please ourselves. This is the foundation. Here are 7 practical suggestions of where to start in living a more disciplined life: 1.
Read MoreWho Cares for Her?
November 25, 2019Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It’s heartbreaking to consider the unthinkable struggles so many women go through, many of them unseen by anyone else in the world. I remember a time a few years ago when there was a sobering stream of reports that really brought this issue
Read MoreI Was Glad When PM Narendra Modi Began His Swachh Bharat Campaign
November 19, 2019Imagine a scenario with me. Today, as you are going about your early morning routine, you feel the need to relieve yourself. You wait until the sun comes up and then you go and knock on your neighbor’s door. Once they answer, the two of you venture quietly and carefully to a safe place outside
Read MoreBe Grateful, Even in the Midst of Your Needs and Struggles
November 15, 2019I heard the story once about a poor woodcutter. He worked so hard and tirelessly day in and day out, yet he struggled to keep food on the table for his family. He grew tired of working so hard and being poor. He said to himself, “I would praise God if I could just have
Read MoreChange from the Inside Out: Internalize the Word of God
November 8, 2019We must live our lives continually reading, thinking about and meditating on the Word of God. We must always give of our time and energy to study it and know what it says about the different aspects of life, learning how to live by it. But in this we must be warned, carefully seeing to
Read MoreAround IDOP Set Aside Time to Pray, Find God’s Heart
November 2, 2019I have a list of people that I pray for daily, weekly and monthly. Recently, I was going through this list, and quite a bit of time went by before I realized my heart was not awakened. My mind was engaged but my heart was dead. I had all these names to pray through, but
Read MoreThe Nearness of God is My Good
October 21, 2019Prayer has less to do with words and posture and more to do with intimacy and closeness, like a child has with his father or mother. As in prayer, the nearness of God is not determined by space and time, but rather by the inner relationship and intimate fellowship we have with Him in our
Read MoreWhat is God’s Greatest Problem?
October 18, 2019Unbrokenness is a fearful thing. It is the spirit of Satan, whose nature is incurable pride that can forever resist God. God’s greatest problem is not our sin (for He dealt with that on the cross), but the hardness and unbrokenness of our hearts. That is God’s greatest problem, the root of all our troubles.
Read MoreGrowing up As a Girl Is an Extremely Heroic Feat
October 11, 2019Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. It’s a day for us to recognize all the potential girls have to be positive contributors and make a significant impact in the world around them. However, in many nations, just growing up as a girl is an extremely difficult and heroic feat. As Wendy Alsup
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