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Week 166

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Sunday

Learning When to Trust, and When to be Careful

If you were in charge of a bank loan department would you loan money to someone to start a restaurant? There is a belief that 90% of restaurant start-ups fail, but apparently this is an urban myth for a study conducted by Cornell University demonstrated that in fact only 26.16% of restaurant start-ups fail in the first year.

Read More trust, wisdom, foolish people, caution

Monday

A Stomach for Truth

Sometimes the greatest barrier to people hearing the good news of Jesus is not their outright rejection of it. It is rather their fascination or preoccupation with outward expressions of God’s power without grasping the truth of which those acts testify. In Lystra Paul interrupted his sermon in order to recognize a man who was dramatically crippled since birth.

Read More truth, radical change, knowing God

Tuesday

No Shortcuts

By the time Paul and his companions reach Derbe, they are remarkably close to his home town of Tarsus. Perhaps he could have stopped in to visit family and then taken a relatively speedy route back to their home base.

Read More challenge, courage, short-cuts, (life of) faith

Wednesday

The Quest for Wisdom

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by life circumstances and wondered, “Why is this happening to me?” Recent events have shocked you. Chronic conditions are not resolved. Stress and tension have pressed in on you. The circumstances of life afford us unparalleled opportunities to trust God.

Read More temptation, wisdom, testing, trial

Thursday

Choose What Kind of Person You Want to Be

James knows that the greatest temptations we face are often not those trials on the outside; they are actually the inward enticement we feel to do wrong. If we are not wise outer trials quickly lead to temptations on the inside. We entertain the possibility of satisfying a good thing in a bad way.

Read More sin, death, obedience, choice, bait

Friday

The Immovable Cornerstone

Isaiah warns that trouble is brewing. The prosperous capital of Samaria – perched high above a fertile valley in Israel’s northern kingdom – will soon “dry up and wilt.” Enemies will march through its streets and topple its walls. Why? Samaria’s leaders are corrupt, and its people have grown deaf to God.

Read More foundation, trustworthy, faithful, cornerstone

Saturday

Soaring, Sinking and Satisfied Faith

How’s your faith? Are you trembling in the lowlands or triumphing on the highlands? In Psalm 27, David’s faith goes from the mountaintop to the valley, and beyond. His faith isn’t static and neither is ours. Sometimes it soars (v.1-6), sometimes it sinks (v.7-10), and sometimes it’s satisfied (v.11-14).

Read More faith
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