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DEVOTIONS Family Values The pressure of work can push the priority of family down the list. Mark Hatfield
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After ...
DEVOTIONS Seize The Day When you're geared to think about the future, you come to realize how short life really is. Joni Eareckson Tada
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men." For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. You sweep men away in the sleep of death; ...
The rhythm of life is the key. Most leaders are too busy, and the consequence of an overly busy lifestyle is greater distance from Jesus. In his final metaphor, Jesus gave his disciples the picture of the vine and the branches. He told them that their personal fruitfulness was dependant on abiding in him.
Generally, we believe our fruitfulness depends upon how hard we work, not on how close we are ...
I once served a church that had written in their personnel policies that Saturdays were to be off-days for the ministerial staff. The church building would be locked and the offices closed. Only in unusual situations were any of us expected to put in an appearance on Saturdays.
Later, I served a church where one of its policies required ministers to receive three weeks of vacation each year, two of ...
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When our small staff (of two) met for a long-term planning and goals review, my colleague was visibly stressed. She said, "My whole life is church. I'm drained, rather than energized, by ministry. I want to be able to go home without thinking about work all the time."
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