teachable
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Before the Knot Tightens
Scripture Focus: “For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.” (James 3:16) I came across a thought recently that stopped me for a moment: If pride and selfishness were laid aside, five minutes would remove most difficulties. Five minutes. At first that sounds almost too simple. Some disagreements have been…
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Check the Label
Scripture Focus: “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” — James 3:17 I read labels. Not every label, mind you. There are only so many minutes in a human life, and I don’t…
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The Wind in the Branches
There are some things in life we know are real, even though we’ve never actually seen them. I’ve never seen the wind. I’ve watched towering trees bow beneath its strength, curtains billow through an open window, leaves skitter across the driveway as though they suddenly remembered an appointment somewhere else, and clouds drift across the…
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King Josiah
King Josiah ascended the throne of Judah at just eight years old, inheriting a kingdom deeply scarred by decades of spiritual corruption. His grandfather Manasseh had filled Jerusalem with idolatry, violence, and occult practices, and although Manasseh later humbled himself, the damage had already been woven into the fabric of the nation (II Kings 21:1–16;…
