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  • The Gift I Could Never Afford

    Scripture Focus: “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 3:24 I have discovered something rather embarrassing about myself: I am not particularly good at receiving things I cannot repay. Let somebody buy lunch, and some little accountant in my head immediately opens a ledger. All right.…

  • Delayed Obedience Dulls the Soul

    Most people don’t just wake up one morning and decide, “Today I will stop listening to God.” Spiritual deafness almost never happens in a day; it’s a slow fade. It looks more like a quiet nudge from the Lord—“Call that person.” “Turn this off.” “Make that right.” Deep down we know it’s His voice. We…