Day 18: Need a Friend? I Have the Greatest One and His Name is Jesus!
One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was […]
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Day 17: Through Jesus, God Has Equipped Me to Accomplish My Calling!
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted an old friend in […]
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Day 16: Jesus’ Scars are Proof of His Great Love for Me!
Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a […]
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Day 15: I Am Living My Life as Jesus’ Witness on Earth!
Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he […]
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Day 14: I Am Letting Jesus Find Me and Love Me!
Some 14 years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our opening session in the theology of faith. That was the day I first saw […]
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Day 13: I Have Tasted and Seen Jesus and He’s Awesome!
At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is called “Baptist Day”. It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited to […]
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Day 12: I Put My Trust in God to Exceedingly and Abundantly Provide All My Needs!
A very poorly dressed woman with a look of defeat on her face walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner […]
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Day 11: By His Still Small Voice, I Hear God Speaking to Me!
Not long ago I heard a story about a young man and an old preacher. The young man had lost his job and didn’t know which way to turn, so […]
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Day 10: The Greatest Testament of God’s Love: Giving Up Jesus to Save Me!
A little boy was selling newspapers on a windy Chicago corner. People went into and out of their houses and homes to get away from the wintry cold, hardly noticing […]
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Day 9: Despite the Circumstances, I Expect God to Rain His Answer to My Prayers!
As a drought continued for what seemed an eternity, a small community of farmers was in a quandary as to what to do. Rain was important to keep their crops […]