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Firsthand faith
“Hand-me-down faith may work when things are going well, but when pressures and problems hit, what you thought you believed will crumble
Firsthand faith is not something you wear on the outside. Firsthand faith, in our experience, is centered deep in your own mind and heart. Sure, it’s still a work in progress, but it’s yours. It’s you. When hard times hit, you have a lot to draw on to weather the storm. In fact, firsthand faith is so real and personal that it just gets stronger when it is challenged.
Who wouldn’t want that kind of living, breathing faith?”
Excerpted from Firsthand by Ryan and Josh Shook
Daily Reflection: Are you relying on the faith of another (parent, spouse, child, friend), or do you know the Lord firsthand?
NEWS: Tim Challies Recommends Clear Winter Nights by Trevin Wax
Popular blogger and author Tim Challlies reviewed Clear Winter Nights by Trevin Wax, calling it “a book, a story, that will encourage the Christian and provide answers to the skeptic. I highly recommend it.” Go here to read the full review.
Women of Christmas Radio Special
WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group and Westar Media Group are producing and distributing a 30-minute radio special featuring New York Times bestselling author and popular speaker Liz Curtis Higgs and her latest book The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary and Anna .
Hundreds of Christian radio stations around the country have signed up to air the 30-minute special or a series of 60-second vignettes, which offer a closer look at the three vital women in the story of the Christ childs birth. Higgs, who is best known for her million-selling Bad Girls of the Bible, along with radio host Chris Fabry discuss a trio of the Bibles good girls, Elizabeth, Mary and Anna, and why God chose them to fulfill his promise of a Messiah.
Christmas is so much more than a holiday, says Higgs. [ … ]
What Isn’t Apparent
“A woman in her early thirties confessed to me, ‘Apparently my husband and I cannot have children.’ Since they have yet to conceive, she fears it might never happena logical assumption based on solid evidence. Still, that word apparently is very telling. Faith is believing what isn’t seen, what isn’t apparent. This wise young woman is quietly leaving a door open for a miracle.”
Excerpted from The Women of Christmas by Liz Curtis Higgs
Daily Reflection: Do you tend to believe only what is apparent, rather than the unseen reality God may be in the process of unfolding?
Honoring God
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. Psalm 111:7
Psalm 111:7 speaks of God’s works, but as Christians, shouldn’t we do our best to emulate Him? Whatever task is set before us we should strive to perform to our best ability and with honesty. A man’s true character shows best when he thinks no one is looking. If we do the right thing–our best work–even when no one is around to see if we do a slip-shod job, then we’re honoring our God and no one can find fault with us.
Original Devotional by Kim Vogel Sawyer, author of What Once Was Lost
Daily Reflection: How do you honor God with your best work?