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031. Relationships: Why Are Relationships So Difficult?

No matter how much we like someone, relationships become difficult at times – especially with the people closest to us.  Especially if they insist on eating at Taco Bell. The problem is that the other...

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032. Relationships: What’s the Purpose of a Relationship? (Or, Why are these...

If we are to have good relationships, we need to first understand the purpose of them.  It would be like trying to try to understand how to have good bacon, without understanding its purpose.  It is...

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135. Why Do We Work?

A lot of times we don’t want to work, unless it’s something fun like gardening, music or cooking bacon. The technical definition of work is ‘to do stuff’. God created us to do stuff.  Unlike a plant...

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070. New Year’s Resolutions (Part 1): What’s the Right Reason to Start?

Since the earth is in the same position than it was last year relative to the sun, we should get moving on things that we should be doing anyways, like exercise, get out of debt, or win the lottery....

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071. New Year’s Resolutions (Part 2): What Resolutions Should I Have?

Last time we talked about New Year Resolutions really were about what you love.  So my list looked really stupid… “#1.  Eat bacon everyday.  #2.  Learn new recipes for bacon, #3. Thank God daily for...

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026. Why Don’t Christians Spiritually Mature as they get Older? God the...

On my birthday it had occurred to me that for some reason people assume that as you get older you also become a more mature Christian.  But you obviously haven’t seen me wear my Star Trek uniform to...

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027. How Do I Fill Voids in My Life? Searching for Happiness?

We’re always searching for that thing that’ll make us happy.  But when we attain it, we realize true happiness still eludes us.  Like finally getting to the end of a mission, and instead of the saving...

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030. Relationships: People Are Disappointing, So What Do We Do?

I’ve said it before… ministry starts with relationships.  And since people aren’t as perfect (or as humble) as I am, relationships are hard. One constant in life is that people are disappointing....

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Memory Verses

Here are some memory verses I personally like. Sanctification Verses Romans 8:28-29 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to...

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What is the Effect of Sin?

First the background, then the application. Background What is Sin? Sin is when we fall short of God and what he wants. (Rom 3:23). So because of sin, the world is in misery? Yes, sin separates us from...

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092. What Should I Do When Someone is Guilty?

There’s times where we jump to conclusions about someone after hearing one piece of information.  Especially if they have history.  So that doesn’t automatically mean that those tap dancing shoes that...

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093. What’s the Quickest Way to Become Spiritually Useless?

There’s a ton of things that are awesome and you take out one element and it becomes useless?  Like taking out an engine out of a Ferrari, or taking out the battery from your smartphone, or taking...

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094. When Things are Going Wrong – How Can I Find Peace?

The problem when we don’t have peace is that we’re taking too much pressure on ourselves. There’s only so much we can do.  But as much as we’d like to think we are, we are not in control of the...

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095. Why Shouldn’t We Tell People ‘Be Anything You Want to Be’?

It’s a phrase that’s meant to inspire people to accomplish their dreams.  But really it’s totally wrong. Sorry to be a downer, but you can’t be anything you want to be. No matter how hard I try and how...

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096. Are You Comparing Your Spiritual Usefulness to Others?

Now before you get me wrong, I’m not talking about people who are feeling spiritually inadequate because they’re lazy and don’t bother do to anything. I’m talking about people who are genuinely trying...

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097. I Had the Best Intentions But I Messed Up – Now What?

Have you ever made the wrong decision and things turned out badly – and now you feel guilty?  But it’s not necessarily from a sin you committed?   But even though it wasn’t a sin, you still feel kinda...

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098. Thanksgiving (Part 1): Yeah, Don’t Complain. Now What?

One thing that’s always never sat right with me is when people tell others to stop complaining and to be thankful because there are those who are worse off. Like, “Kids, be thankful for your green...

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099. Thanksgiving (Part 2): How Do I Turn Complaints into Thanks?

Just this morning I was complaining how our weiner dog, Brutus (pictured above), wouldn’t poop when I took him out.  I was out walking around our yard and he’s just sniffing around, peeing on stuff…...

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100. Why is Life Unfair?

There’s some major questions we have to answer about the unfairness in life. Why is life so unfair? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why is Michael Bay allowed to keep on making movies? Life...

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101. Parenting: Training Our Kids

First you must understand this one fact about all kids – their lot in life is to take your food that you were saving for yourself from the fridge. I don’t care how nice or Christian your kid is, they...

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102. How Do I Lead My Family?

The day before work started on our pool, I tried swimming in the spot where the pool was going to go. As you can see, I didn’t have much fun. Since pools aren’t cheap, my wife and I had to make a...

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002. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part I: The Foundation

 The burning question any Christian has is “How Do I Discern God’s Will?”  And in my case it’s closely followed by the question, “Is it a sin for me to eat Spam?” [Video: What is God’s Will?] Of course...

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003. How Do I Discern God’s Will? (Part II): What are the Three Parts of...

We discussed how there are three parts to God’s Will.  But what happens if you take one of these pieces out?  What would that look like?  Can we identify it in our own lives if we see it?  What exactly...

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004. How Do I Discern God’s Will? (Part 2) Wisdom

The first element of discerning God’s will is God’s Word, but just because you have a Bible in front of you, doesn’t mean you know what to do with it. I feel the same way when someone hands me a baby....

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300. Is Secular Music Evil?

The ever burning question in many Christians’ hearts is, “Can I listen to secular music?” There is something already wrong with this question. The problem that is inherent in a statement like this is...

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005. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part IV: How Do I Get Help?

So if you don’t have wisdom or understanding in something then you can seek out wisdom and understanding from others. But you can’t just ask anybody. Unless that person is all knowing.  Or really cute....

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006. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part V: When Do I Act?

So you got the Bible and you know it says a bunch of stuff, but how do you know when to apply it?  Just cause the Bible says to evangelize, it doesn’t mean we’re supposed to do evangelize all the time,...

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007. God’s Will (Part VI): How Do I Figure Out My Callings?

 We talked about God’s Will in general in the previous devotionals.  Now we need to get more specific… we need to talk about the individual.  Now I know you all want to hear more about me as an...

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008. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part VII: How Do I Manage My Callings?

The last time I went over how to figure out your callings, I realized that one of my callings was to eat a pound of cheese, which I did as unto the Lord. The thing about callings is that you have to...

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009. God’s Will (Part VIII): How Do My Callings Affect Others?

 Again we go deeper into discerning God’s Will.  It’s like going to a buffet with bacon.  You take a few pieces and they keep on bringing more out.  There’s just more and more to appreciate. To recap,...

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010. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 1): How Did God Set Up The World?

 The first thing people associate with the term worship is singing in church.  If that’s the case, and let’s be honest here, some of people around us, their singing could hardly be called worship.  It...

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011. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 2): What are the Different Parts of...

 Churches use the word “worship” in a bunch of different ways which can get confusing. Heck, I get confused just telling the difference between the communion tray and the offering tray. And let me tell...

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012. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 3): How Can I Spot When I Replace Him...

We were created to worship God. Unfortunately we end up worshipping other things – like money, celebrities, and in my case… pancakes. Since we were created to worship God, what happens when we don’t...

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013. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 4): How Can I Work on Wrong Things I...

 We all are trying to worship God but we end up worshipping other things all the time.  But like a lot of things in life, things just naturally happen and we don’t necessarily realize what we’re doing...

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014. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 5): How Can I Make Sure I’m Not Just...

 Yeah, I’m sure you’re aware of people who think Sundays are for God and worship – then the rest of the week is for non-God stuff like work, mowing the lawn, and cleaning up the dog’s poop. So how...

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130. Why Do I Suffer? (Part 1: Why is There Suffering?)

Life just seems to be full of suffering.  There are breakups, disease, disasters and AT&T’s customer service. So one of the biggest questions in life is actually not, “Why is there suffering?”...

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131. Why Do I Suffer? (Part II)

Do you ever wonder what the whole point of all our hardships is? Why do we have health issues? Why do we struggle financially? Why did they make Indiana Jones 4? OK, yeah, so the world is full of...

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076. True Meaning of Christmas? So What?

During this Christmas time it’s easy to say, “let’s remember the true meaning of Christmas.”  It’s also easy to say, “I’m going to eat three pounds of pork rinds.”  But some things are easier said than...

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132. Why Do I Suffer? Reason #2

There are a few different reasons how our suffering can turn out for good.  Sometimes it’s really hard to see it, especially if our suffering involves ‘health foods’. I will be going over four reasons...

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133. Why Do I Suffer? (Reason #3, To Glorify God? Huh?)

Sometimes the cause of our suffering is consequences of actions by others or us.  Just think about how much suffering was caused by Hitler, or Nero, or Voldemort. Yes, all suffering is ultimately...

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134. Why Do I Suffer? Reason #4: Position

Do you ever look back and notice you wouldn’t be in a better place if it weren’t for some bad past events?  Walt Disney was fired as a newspaper editor.  Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.  And Luke...

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016. Pray for a Democrat/Republican, Exes, Enemies? Yeah, right.

It’s really easy to get lost in politics. How often do we demonize people of the opposing party? Democrats want to kill babies. Republicans want to kill the poor. The Americans on the other side of the...

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018. What’s So Wrong With the Phrase “Be True to Yourself”?

One of the most bogus phrases in movies and society is “Be true to yourself”.  The other most bogus phrase is “delicious salad”. How many times have you seen some commercial, TV show or movie where the...

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019. What Does it Mean to ‘Wash One Another’s Feet’, and Why It’s Not Totally...

 “Whose Feet Do I Want to Wash?” is probably a question we don’t ask a whole lot.  It kind of ranks up there with “Which one of my eyes do I want to poke with this stick?” or “Which Star Wars Prequel...

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020. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 1)

What does it mean when the Bible says, “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed… Nothing will be impossible for you,” (Matt 17:20)?  So if I have the faith larger than the size of a mustard seed...

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021. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 2)

 There’s this fallacy that some believe where the less you know about something means the more faith you can have in it. Like it takes more faith that you’ll enjoy a movie you’ve never heard of, or...

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022. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 3: When It’s Not Faith)

Sometimes because we’re missing one crucial piece, we have nothing.  Like getting in your car but missing the key.  Or having a job interview but missing your pants. It’s the same thing with faith....

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023. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 4: Our Heart)

With faith, when you miss the middle part, you pretty much feel empty.  Kind of like missing the pages in between the covers of a book, or an edible entree between appetizer and dessert at Applebees....

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024. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 5: During little decisions, like if I...

How do we live by faith in the little decisions like what should I eat for lunch, or should I wear pants to work? I had a good question posed about my ‘How Do I Live By Faith?’ devotional series and I...

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025. Reverse Idols & How do I Deal with a Trial?

Some things are so hidden that you only find out about them when you are looking at something else.  Like eating a cheeseburger to find out that you don’t like pickles, or watching American Idol and...

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