Sanctification & Growth
Weekly Devotionals
Let God Choose the Curriculum
There is one school of thought which holds that the student ought to be allowed to assemble his own curriculum...
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An Overflowing Cup
**This week we continue our quarterly theme of Elisabeth Elliot’s Heroes of the Faith. “The Lord is gracious and compassionate.: good to...
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How Do We Know We Are Called?
We need never ask the question, "How do I know I'm called?" We ought rather to ask, "How do I...
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Remember This in the Dark Place
When we ask God to work His holy will in us, we ought not to be surprised that the answer...
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A Hard Decision, a Hard Discipline
Both Meirwyn and Robert had faced hard decisions, the latter involving marriage or singleness for the sake of the gospel. They waited. They prayed....
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The Discipline of the Body, Part Two
The Jerusalem Bible translates it this way: “Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship Him, I beg you, in...
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The Discipline of the Body, Part One
A television commercial shows a man springing out of bed, racing down the stairs, gulping a cup of coffee, snatching up coat...
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Under Orders: Part 2
When I was in college, it was the custom when the yearbook came out to ask one’s friends to autograph...
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The Gift of Work
The principal cause of boredom is the hatred of work. People are trained from childhood to hate it. Parents often...
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Stress, Discipline, and Choice
Today we begin a new series on Discipline. We pray you are encouraged and strengthened in your faith by Elisabeth’s...
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A Transformed Marriage
Those of you who pray for God's working through my speaking will be glad to know of one who had...
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Strength for What’s Coming
“You shall observe all that I command you this day, so that you may have strength to enter and occupy...
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Rich Enough For The Need
Can God possibly do anything about the matter that troubles me most today? Isn’t it really a bit much to...
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Strength for Anything
Paul writes to the Christians in Philippi about his prison experience, but without any descriptive detail. He might have dwelt on...
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The Calm Spirit of Christ
Today is moving day. There will be plenty of reason for fretting and stewing, impatience and turbulence. I am one who seems...
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No Reservations
Obedience to the call of God must be wholehearted. That is, we can lay down no conditions, withhold no part of ourselves...
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Take Strength
These strong, simple words can be spiritual adrenaline for us when we need them. They were written by a man...
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Something Much Smaller
Has it ever happened with you that you have asked God to show you what He wants done about a...
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Small Change
We have promised the Lord our loyalty and lifelong obedience, “at any cost.” We imagine perhaps having to pay the...
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Sudden Change
Suddenly it happens that a source of life or joy or refreshment is cut off? The supply dries up and...
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A Life’s Work
Few women today are concerned about ironing sheets, but it is still possible to let many other things take precedence...
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Where to Begin
To be transformed into the image of Christ, we must know His character, love His obedience to the will of...
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Nothing is Lost
A pastor's wife asked, "When one witnesses a work he has poured his life into 'go up in flames' (especially...