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How to Abide and How to hear God’s will

“You are a very peculiar person,” said one to a Christian. “I thank you for that testimony,” answered the Christian, “for that is what I desire to be, as Peter says, ‘You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession” (1 Pet 2:9). “Ah!” said the other, “but there…

Juan 15:13 (RVR60) 13Nadie tiene mayor amor que este, que uno ponga su vida por sus amigos.

Six-year-old Bridger Walker of Cheyenne, Wyoming, his sister, and a friend went into the friend’s backyard to play. The friend explained there was one “nice” dog and a “mean” dog in the yard. The “mean” dog ran at the children. According to Bridger’s account “I stepped to the side, in front of my sister…

In the book, The God Who Knows Your Name Max Lucado writes, “The Father tends. Jesus nourishes. We receive, and grapes appear. Passersby, stunned at the overflowing baskets of love, grace, and peace, can’t help but ask, “Who runs this vineyard?” And God is honored. For this reason fruit bearing matters…

The plane that dropped 15 smokejumpers into one of the worst firefighting tragedies in U.S. history played a role in the memorial 70 years later. The C-47, now known as Miss Montana, dropped 13 wreaths, one for each firefighter killed in the fire that cause the Forest Service to rethink its fire training…

On ABC’s television show “The Good Doctor” Dr. Shaun Murphy is a medical resident with Autism. Murphy is very smart and can see medical procedures in his mind before they ever begin. However, he does struggle with social interaction, struggling with how to deal with emotions. In season one Murphy made…

Isabella Chow serves as a senator in the student government at the University of California Berkeley. Recently, a bill was introduced that would change the definition of gender under Title IX. Ms. Chow abstained from voting on the measure. When it was discovered that she was Christian and did not support…

It was dark and the borough of Queens, NY was beginning to wake at 5:30 in the morning. Suddenly, a mugger holding a knife jumped out and began to attack a woman. Close by, asleep on the sidewalk, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax saw the attack. Without a thought for his personal safety, the homeless man ran to…

Roughly 70% of Christians worldwide live without the right to worship freely, notes Karen Ellis, director at Reformed Theological Seminary’s Center for the Study of the Bible & Ethnicity. It is getting worse. Open Doors, a group that monitors worldwide persecution says that last year 1 in 9 Christians…

In September of 2015 witnesses of a mass baptism held after school at an Atlanta area high school posted footage online, drawing criticism. These critics claimed, “Holding team baptisms at football practice with coaches participating is a clear Constitutional violation (the Establishment Clause of the…

22-year-old Pedro Viloria was working at the McDonalds drive-thru in Doral, FL when he noticed that his customer—an off-duty policewoman with her two children in the backseat—had passed out at the wheel. When the car slowly rolled away with the children screaming, Viloria leapt through his window and…

Dave Earley says, “Relationships can be understood as bank accounts. Realize it or not, you have a relational account with every person within your sphere of influence. Every positive interaction makes a deposit in that account. Every negative dealing with a person makes a withdrawal in your relational…

Video footage taken by a cell phone shows an unidentified man enter a burning house and rescuing a man who was trapped inside. He calmly entered the burning structure, and a few minutes later he walked out carrying another man over his shoulder. A short time before, a woman had called authorities and…

Neuroscience research suggests that having more friends is linked with greater connectivity between certain parts of the human brain. The study presented at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience suggests that social interaction may be linked to the structure of the brain. In people with a large network…

In a new book entitled, Friendfluence, author Carlin Flora looks at the effect friends have on people and says the influence of friends could even affect a person’s health. Flora says psychologist have long believed that friendships have a direct effect on our overall health and life expectancy. One…

In 2011, Cameron Lyle, a shot-putter at the University of New Hampshire, added his DNA to the federal bone marrow registry. Just as he was preparing to compete at the American East Championships in 2013, he got word that his DNA matched that of a 28 year-old leukemia sufferer. “I would love to give him…

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the three compatriots – Potter, Ron Weasely, and Hermione Granger – traverse through a series of puzzles to prevent the theft of the Philosopher's Stone, desired by the Lord Voldemort to restore his power. The final challenge involves a game of Wizard's Chess.…

The 2012 movie, The Act of Valor, stars a group of active duty Navy SEALS and is inspired by true events. In one of the scenes, the SEALS are in hot pursuit of suicidal terrorists on a mission to kill thousands of Americans. The soldiers are carrying the heavy weight of their commitments to their country,…

When Steve Gustafson heard a cry from Bounce, his small Terrier dog, he looked up to see it in the jaws of a 7-foot alligator. "I just knew that my best friend was going to be dead," Gustafson said. "And I took off." He jumped on the alligator and wrested his pet from its mouth. After a quick trip to…

# Philippians 1:9-11 ## Opening — Paul’s Prayer This morning we conclude our look at the opening section of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. In verses 1–2, we have the opening salutation which identifies the author, Paul, and with him Timothy—The young man he has mentored. It also identifies the recipients—all…

Speaking at a recent conference, pastor of Elevation Steven Furtick told the crowd that no one needs to “feel ready” before they answer a God given calling in life. Furtick said he was not prepared when he was saved at age 16. He added that the Bible is filled with people God called, who were not ready…

Sgt. Dennis Weichel was herding a group of Afghan children off the road out of the way of a military convoy when one boy darted back into the road. Weichel, a Rhode Island National Guardsman, pushed the boy out of the way before the vehicle struck him. Instead, it hit Sgt. Weichel who died from his injuries.…