April 29, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
For James and for us the most important question we can answer is the “Who is God?” Question. ...
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April 28, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Applying this “chain” takes some intentional work....
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April 27, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Sin doesn’t exist in a vacuum....
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April 26, 2016
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The Connect Devotional, Weekly Music Notes
Let’s try two thought-experiments....
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April 25, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
According to James, God sends trials but he is not responsible for temptations. That difference may seem arbitrary to us, but it matters tremendously to James....
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April 22, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Blessed are those who experience trials because they get a specific kind of benefit that can only come on the other side of a trial....
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April 21, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
During our trials, we need to maintain a firm conviction that God is willing and able to give us wisdom to navigate our difficult circumstances. ...
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April 20, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Our generous God cares immensely about who we’re becoming as we walk through life....
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April 19, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Trials change us: for the better or for worse....
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April 18, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Trials remain trials. Pain remains pain. Suffering remains suffering. But we aren’t helpless....
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April 15, 2016
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The Connect Devotional, Weekly Music Notes
Jesus' compassion and love extend even to those of us who cross our arms and mutter in response to his generosity....
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April 14, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Rejoicing is the only appropriate response when someone comes home to God....
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April 13, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
But if we push through the valley with faithful endurance, what a joy waits for us on the other side: second chances, restoration, new life!...
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April 12, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
God values “lost sheep” so much that rejoicing spreads through heaven whenever one person changes their life course and heads home to God....
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April 11, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
Throughout his ministry Jesus made a special effort to connect with those who were socially ostracized, vulnerable and far from God....
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April 8, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
While the father’s patient forgiveness of the younger son is obvious, it’s important that we not miss that he’s just as generous with the older, self-righteous son....
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April 7, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
“This son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.”...
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April 6, 2016
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The Connect Devotional, Weekly Music Notes
The way people answer the “What’s God like?” question matters tremendously....
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April 5, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
If you have a loved one who has left home for a distant country and met disaster, grief is healthy. ...
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April 4, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
That’s his reputation. And his core of generosity never seems to be exhausted....
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April 1, 2016
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The Connect Devotional
One cannot be a son without being a brother. One cannot be a brother without being a son....
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