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Trusting God When His Plan Doesn’t Make Sense
And every night as I tried to sleep, I turned to my bible, and asked God, what do you want me to do? Why am I here? Why can’t I play any more? Unfortunately, there are no verses in the Bible that said “Ondi you were not meant to play…
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Becoming Even More Undignified Than This…
Before summer camp a lot of the things I did and experienced were miracles of the Lord, and I would come to him in those times with a deep sense of awe for what he had done. What I didn’t do was acknowledge in all things, that he was the…
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Let’s Make the Waiting Worth It
When God is asking me to wait, he knows everything about my circumstance. He knows everything about what my life will be like when he finally gives me a no or a yes. He knows that I will be ready, and I will be grateful when he finally answers. He…
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God’s Got a Better Plan
I know that David was told by God not to kill Saul, but goodness gracious Saul was breaking so many rules (his own promises included), so didn’t he deserve to be attacked when David clearly had the chance? And more than that, didn’t David deserve success instead of all the…
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Listen, Learn, Then Act: Educating Myself On Racism and it’s History
And more than that, what was I supposed to do about what I didn’t know? I knew the first step wasn’t action. Action on behalf of someone without knowledge of their story would just be ignorance. It would just be saving face, or making myself feel better. I knew that…
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God With Us: His Work In Family Tragedy
Midway through college I was awoken in the middle of the night by several missed calls on my phone. They were all from unknown numbers, and there was only one voicemail. I listened to the voicemail, and my family’s life was never the same. The call was from a friend…
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David and Goliath: How Our Stories Can Slay Giants
David picked up five stones that he knew had defeated his adversaries in the past to use against this giant Goliath. These five stones may have seemed insignificant, or unworthy of defeating the giant, but with God behind them, they were unstoppable. When we face a giant, we need to…
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Psalm 23 and You: Midweek Bonus Devotional
Last week we discussed how God has used our entire life to prepare us for what we are walking through now. It is amazing to look at an event in our past and think about the ways in which we’ve seen God do his faithful and amazing work. Before we…
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The Under-Qualified King and How God Used Him Anyway
In my 8th grade honors English class, we spent one day a week in creative writing. We had folders full of drafts, we workshopped together, we even had to “publish” our favorites with construction paper covers. At the end of 8th grade, my family and I moved across the state,…
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Introduction to the Story of David
David is such a great example of what to do, and what not do. He knows about being unworthy. He knows about waiting. He knows about great sin and revenge. He knows forgiveness and friendship. He knows victory, and he also knows the bitter sting of defeat. He knows fear,…
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