Category: Encountering God
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Who or What’s in Control?
Consider this thought: “You can control your attitudes or your attitudes can control you.” Controlling your attitudes is a proven principle for success. Have you ever watched how children typically interact with each other?
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Trading Fog for F.O.G.
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute I want to clear up something. There are times when you may feel your life is like a ship in the fog. You are in motion but cannot see where you are going, or what is in your path. It can be unsettling. There seems to…
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No Recounts When the King of Kings Comes
During the 2004 American presidential election, the race was so close that it came down to a recount of the vote in the state of Florida. This was aggressively contested and it took a decision from the US Supreme Court to declare the winner. Unlike the United States, the Kingdom of God is not a…
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Desperate, Hungry and Longing
Here are three significant words for you: “desperate,” “hungry” and “longing.” Do they describe your approach to Jesus? Are you desperate for a touch from Him? Are you hungry for more of Him? Do you long to be so close to Him that it’s as if
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The Word Zone
I was immersed in my daily Bible reading when I realized that I experience a unique comfort from it. I value the Bible as a very special place into which I can go. It’s like a zone of its own amazing texture and color. It also carries an aroma and a taste that is pleasant…
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If You Want to Win the Battle, Lead the Way with Praise.
For just a Mentoring Minute, I want to revisit a battle that carries a lesson for all of us. It was recorded in 2 Chronicles, Chapter 20 that the battle was weighted heavily in favor of Judah’s enemies. It was a fearful time.
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Requirements for Righteous Living
I’d like to share some thoughts with you about the knowledge required for righteous living. This begins with the primary requirement of being saved and then, committed to serving Christ. There ought to be many indications of this in the person who loves and serves Him, but I want to focus on the one that
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How Do You Measure Yourself?
I was recently going through one of my journals from 1994. I came across some thoughts I had written down in preparation for a sermon, that I don’t think I ever preached. My thoughts began with this question: “Why am I doing what I am doing and
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Very Much Dead; Very Much Alive
Most Christians are familiar with the resurrection of Lazarus, as recorded in John, Chapter 11. In the Thirty-Ninth verse, Jesus commanded the people at Lazarus’ tomb to “Take away the stone.” The immediate response of Lazarus’ sister Martha was understandable, considering her fresh experience of burying her brother. She objected, citing the decaying condition of…
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Dr. Bob’s Latest Journal Entry
Dr. Bob’s latest journal entry is called “A Waterfall of Expectations: Here’s the link.
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