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Don't Kill the Horse

It is possible to throw our lives away foolishly by burning the candle at both ends. When Robert Murray McCheyne, only thirty years old, lay dying, he ...


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Endurance Takes a Big Heart

A recent television documentary pointed out that the cheetah survives on the African plains by running down its prey. The big cat can sprint seventy miles ...


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Significant Submission

To have God do his own work through us, even once, is better than a lifetime of human striving.


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The Mystery of Motivation

The mysterious internal combustion called motivation is sustained when you know you are important to a worthy cause.


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A Higher Calling

My long hours working as a childcare provider often tempted me to complain about my job. Although I didn't know what work God wanted me to do, I was ...


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Service Is not a Favor

I work hard to avoid the notion that people are doing the pastor a favor by serving.


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What Does "No" Mean?

One of the most common frustrations encountered by the person seeking to enlist volunteers is to receive what appears to be a categorical "No!" ...


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Fortunate Servants

You are a tool in the hands of God. He demands your service, not your rest. Yet, how fortunate you are that he lets you take part in his work.


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Little Things Matter

Perhaps what we are called to do may not seem like much. But consider what one scientist has called "the butterfly effect": even a butterfly ...


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Pray and Post Guard

After their long and weary exile in Babylon the people of Israel were set free to return to their own land. Spurred on by Nehemiah, they began to rebuild ...


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