Category: Christian Living
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The Magic of Thanksgiving
Confession: I love Christmas music more than the average person. Yes, my Spotify Christmas playlist is currently slightly less than 38 hours long and, no, it does not include all of the Christmas music I listen to every year. Yes, I start listening to Christmas music in the early fall. No, it is not disrespectful…
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The Big Idea of Little Worship…New Book Now Available!
If you have not picked up your copy of the new book yet, what are you waiting for?! I’m so excited to be able to share this project with you. If you’ve ever wondered how to pass your faith on to your kids then this is going to be a great resource for you! It’s…
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In the Zone? Get out of it!
I didn’t get my driver’s license until I was 19 years old. I was perfectly comfortable riding in the passenger seat. I considered driving to be a colossal responsibility and feared causing some accident that would cost the life of someone or do terrible damage. A car is legally considered a lethal weapon after all.…
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Childlike Faith or Spiritual Maturity?
Embarrassing Memory Alert: In middle school, I was a part of the National Junior Beta Club. Our school was invited to take part in an event where some of us competed in athletic exercises. I was assigned to participate in the creative writing exercise. The administrators gave us two different essay topics but we were…
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Creating Godly Family Rhythms for the School Year
Well, it’s official. We now have an elementary schooler, a middle schooler, and a high schooler in our household. Our kids, (9th grade, 7th grade, and 4th grade) started school again this week. It’s always difficult to regain a family rhythm for this time of year. I mean, we just spent roughly 3 months creating…
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The Discipline of Fasting
As we close our blog series on prayer this week, I want to cover a discipline that is closely related to prayer. It is one that is not always widely talked about but Scripture mentions many times in cooperation with the exercise of prayer. It is a discipline we must learn how to use for…
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Ask. Seek. Knock.
During the Pandemic when we were all stuck inside the house, some people used the time to develop new skills or take up new hobbies or interests. I, myself, learned one new skill also. I wish I could say that it’s useful and helpful and earns me a lot of money and recognition. It doesn’t.…
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Intercessory Prayer: A Lesson from Nehemiah
Have you ever prayed for someone in a way that you were absolutely desperate for God to intervene? This type of intercessory prayer is not like seeing a friend in passing and telling them you will pray for them and then going about with your day. It is not the casual prayer you voice for…
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A Prayer in Times of Crisis
Have you ever experienced a crisis? Of course, you have. We all do. I once heard that the average family experiences at least one medical emergency or some type of crisis every ten years. I thought, “That’s extremely conservative.” We seem to have some sort of crisis every ten days! Sometimes every ten minutes! The…
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Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom
All of us at some point or another come to a place in our lives where we just don’t know what is next. We are on the cusps of a decision and there is no clear right or wrong answer. Or we are in a situation and don’t know how to best proceed. We are…
Jacob Orr 