By John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, at http://www.breakpoint.org, January 11, 2018. ——————————— Alabama’s stunning come-from-behind NCAA championship victory over Georgia was fueled by freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. In a remarkably humble interview after the game, especially given what he’d just accomplished on national television, he said: “I would like to thank my Lord and Savior […]
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Matthew 8:23-27 — Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got
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By Joshua Rogers, “The Big Surprise I found in My Marriage — After Nine Years,” posted December 30, 2017, at http://www.joshuarogers.com ————————- I had been sitting on the edge of my bed for about 20 minutes when my wife, Raquel, walked in. I didn’t even look up. “I can’t do this,”
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By Joshua Rogers, at http://www.joshuarogers.com, March 3, 2017. Rogers is a writer, speaker, and attorney who lives in Washington, D.C. ——————————- I did not enjoy going to church last Sunday. I took my three kids the service by myself because my wife wasn’t feeling well. The journey started out well enough — we
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This story is from the Open Doors USA magazine. ———————- It was the greatest miracle that ever happened to Brother Duan, and he would not have experienced it had his bus not broken down. En route from a northern to a southern province of China in December, he happened to be
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Above: Chinese village —————————— From the Open Doors Daily Devotional, December 24, 2017, at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ————————– Chinese evangelist, Brother Xi, was travelling one very cold Christmas Eve in the rugged province of Gansu. As he came to the next village he sensed something was wrong. He introduced himself as a bearer of good
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By Randy Alcorn (1954- ), posted December 11, 2017 at: http://www.epm.org I grew up with a dad who slept at home, but generally wasn’t there for me or my brother. He was a good provider, and I was proud of his extraordinary physical strength, but he didn’t come to my games or any
Posted November 30, 2017 at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org Eight men sat in a small dimly lit room in a rural Chinese village home. Seven were preachers and their eyes were glued to the Bible held by the eighth man. It was a leather-bound zippered Bible with gold-edged trim on the pages. The Western
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From: http://www.opendoorsusa.org El Gasim, an African Muslim, saw the sign of the cross one day while praying the usual five times a day in the prison where he was incarcerated. He changed positions but the cross wouldn’t go away. This went on for seven days. He had no explanation for it, except that
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(…continued) An hour later I sat in the sanctuary at the morning worship service. I tried to concentrate, but my mind kept flashing back to the scene downstairs at senior breakfast. What had happened on that cold, drizzly Sunday morning? Normally, I had to act as a kind of police force. I
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