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Slightly Obsessed #224: When the Pressure Feels Too Great
My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof, For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. – Proverbs 3:11-12 It sits in our dining room in all its four-foot, leafy splendor. It’s a fig tree, and it’s a bonsai. At least, it…
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Slightly Obsessed #223: Right Clothes, Wrong Spirit
Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. – Matthew 7:15 Turn on the television, and the assault begins. The whole world appears to be shouting, “Look at me! Look at me!” Everyone wants to sell their worldviews, their products, or their validation. The church isn’t…
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Slightly Obsessed #222: The Rain
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. – James 5:18 This summer has lain heavy on my soul. As the hills surrounding my valley turned dry and brown in the daily heat, so I have withered under an unrelenting spiritual oppression. I read my Bible, prayed…
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Slightly Obsessed #221: Are You Green and Sappy?
The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, To declare that the LORD…
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Slightly Obsessed #220: We Only Have One Job
Because He has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With a long life I will satisfy him…
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Slightly Obsessed #219: When the Hedge Comes Down, Part 3
Then Job said, ‘Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; Therefore, I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.’ – Job 42:3b, 5-6 Job…
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Slightly Obsessed #218: When the Hedge Comes Down, Part 2.
Satan said, ‘Does Job fear God nothing? Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.’ – Job 1:9, 10a, 11 Behind the Veil The…
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Slightly Obsessed #217: When the Hedge Comes Down
Satan said, ‘Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to…
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Slightly Obsessed #216: Daddy Has You
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. – Psalm 103:13 They call them fur babies, those pets we adore and spoil and spend too much money on each year. The other day I rolled up to a stop light along with the usual…
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Slightly Obsessed #215: Sunday School Had It Right
Let them praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven. – Psalm 148:13 A Ugandan acquaintance of ours once told us how he learned to master his Sunday school lessons. “The right answer,” he said with a grin, “is always, ‘Jesus.’ As a child, no…
