How God Uses Us to Show His Love in Practical Ways
January 24, 2020During my early days of serving the Lord, I traveled all over India with the missions movement I was part of. In some areas where we served, it was so cold, and we slept outside every night. Thankfully we had these feather sleeping bags that kept us warm during the night. I can’t imagine what
Read MoreTotal Dependence
January 18, 2020Dependence on the Lord alone is central to our lives as we live for and serve God. Our attitude must always reflect the belief that God is our only source. Here are two key areas of our lives that automatically show whether or not we truly have the heart attitude of depending upon the Lord:
Read MoreLook at Your Daily Life With an Eternal Perspective
January 9, 2020King David prayed: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23–24). When we think about everlasting life, our minds automatically fast forward to the day we die, enter heaven and
Read MoreThose 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
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