Life's highway is not always smooth. We're bound to hit a pothole every once in awhile--a job loss, a financial crisis, a troubled relationship. Some potholes can be quite severe, inflicting serious damage. When that happens, it good to have a survival kit nearby. The BoldPath Pothole Survival Kit includes four hard-hitting messages on two CDs by teacher Leary Gates, message notes, and a 30-day mini-devotional program to help you avoid turning a pothole into a sinkhole. Read a post from Leary's blog on potholes or visit the Pothole Survival Kit web page to learn more and to order a copy for you or a friend that could use some encouragement.
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Life's highway is not always smooth. We're bound to hit a pothole every once in awhile--a job loss, a financial crisis, a troubled relationship. Some potholes can be quite severe, inflicting serious damage. When that happens, it good to have a survival kit nearby. The BoldPath Pothole Survival Kit includes four hard-hitting messages on two CDs by teacher Leary Gates, message notes, and a 30-day mini-devotional program to help you avoid turning a pothole into a sinkhole. Read a post from Leary's blog on potholes or visit the Pothole Survival Kit web page to learn more and to order a copy for you or a friend that could use some encouragement.
"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." -- Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
In 1697, the English playwright William Congreve wrote the oft misquoted line, "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast." You read that right. The correct word is "breast." And it's an apt word to describe many men right now. Their chests are beating hard with anxiety over the their jobs, their finances, their future. A savage breast is restless.
Perhaps you are restless too.
Continue reading A Song Especially for You.
We live in the information age. A high premium is placed on getting information and getting it quickly. But how often do we really let this information speak to us, to allow it bring our assumptions and perspectives into question, to change us from within? That's the difference between formation and information. What difference could this make in our reading the inspired Word of God, the Bible, as a means of living more purposeful lives?
Continue reading Reading the Bible transformationally.
