Archives: Devos

The Pursuit of Joy

A “gloomy Christian” is a contradiction in terms. I don’t think anything has hurt the church throughout history more than the idea that a sour, sullen, serious believer is the norm. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “I would have entered the ministry if clergymen I know didn’t look and act so much like […]

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Shine

Once, when I was on a trip with a buddy, he noticed me sighing as I picked stuff up. He said, “You’re groaning a lot more than you used to.” And I said, “Dude, it’s biblical: ‘Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling’” (2 Corinthians 5:2, CSB). When the […]

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The Handle of Faith

“Why would God allow that to happen?”Would you agree that nothing is as effective in drawing people to God as suffering? Nothing gets our attention—nothing lifts our eyes upward—quite as much. I know we hate it. If we could, we’d all vote to eradicate suffering in all its forms, but God chooses to use it.And […]

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The Center

A father came home from work, bone tired. As he kicked back to read the newspaper, his five-year-old son ran in and said, “Daddy, let’s play!” The father spotted a big picture of the earth in the paper, cut it up into little pieces, and gave the pieces to his son. “Go put this puzzle […]

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Two-Way Communication

Have you ever heard someone say, “God doesn’t speak like He used to speak”? One lady responded, “Perhaps it’s because people don’t listen like they used to listen.” Well, I think both are true: Written revelations are certainly not given today like they were in biblical times, but we don’t take nearly the same time […]

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