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one of those 4-word days!
Sometimes my quiet times are simply 3 or 4 little words. That’s all. Some people are Bible-marathoners. And I love that. It’s awesome to read through the Bible in a year. But some days, I can’t get...
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A Whole New World
So let’s say ‘complaining’ is something we dabble in from time to time. Or maybe we even indulge in it. It feels ‘normal.’ Others around us do it. And its bonding. And sometimes, we even enjoy it....
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The party path
It’s so stinking much fun! Seriously. The God of the universe says, “I don’t want you thinking about complain-y things. I want you thinking about non-complain-y things.” And we tend to respond, “NO. I...
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The Afterparty
Living life by doing everything without complaining is truly a party. I mean, why hang out in the yucky things of life? Keeping our focus on what the Lord is doing… and how He wants us doing it –...
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Your fellow partiers
It took me a long time to realize I’d done it wrong. Years. And years. And even then, I wasn’t sure if I agreed with my new conclusion. I had this sort of tug-of-war between what I wanted to be true...
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I was a fool
I had something to drop off quickly to her. So I ran in, conversed for a few minutes, then headed back to my car. As I walked back, the ‘so that’ of this verse was clear as day to me: Do everything...
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The cure for grumbling!
So if we’re trying to think on things that are admirable… which includes not complaining… how exactly do we do that? When life gets frustrating – when people get frustrating – what do I do? Today I’m...
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Grumble up!
So the first part of James 5:9 tells us not to complain or grumble against one another. And we’ve been camped out on thinking things that are admirable. So should we complain or grumble at all? The...
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6 Ways to Respond to Complainers
What do you do when someone starts complaining? Tempting, isn’t it? : ) I’ve tried the ‘gentle redirect’ approach, where you simply try to start to subtly steer the conversation on a tangent. But...
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