Spiritual Musings
To wind down and reconnect with God
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a study on christ’s priesthood
(This is a Bible Study written for small group leaders and previously published by Adult Bible Study Guide) STEP 1—MOTIVATE. Help your class members answer this question: “Why is this lesson important to me?” Franck Kabele, a 35-year-old preacher shared a revelation he received with his congregation. He told them that he believed he could walk on Read more
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A Study on Rest
A Bible study of Sabbath rest rooted in Mark 2:27–28, exploring its purpose in our spiritual journey: to remember, rejoice, and commune with God. Read more
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God in a Fortune Cookie
Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land that I will show you Genesis 12:1 When our family received a call to go to Nepal as missionaries, I said no. It was the worst possible time–My career that was perched for great possibilities would die; my son’s intensive piano lessons that were Read more
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family chronicles
Who am I, LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 1 Chronicles 17:16 Suppose you were to lose everything you held dear, how would you feel? What would you cling to if all that had once been tangible in your life was no more? The Israelites often found Read more
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just a little is sometimes all it takes
Question: Suppose Americans cut down the amount of meat they eat by 10% and replace the 10% with grains and soybeans, how many starving people do you think the money saved would feed? Answer: 60 million people. (Americans eat a lot! The per capita consumption of peanut butter alone in the US and Canada is Read more
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measuring life with potato chips and cheesecake
My first few months of missionary life in Nepal were awful. I felt trapped, imprisoned and deprived of necessities like heat in my home, television sitcoms, hot showers, high speed interne, and people who used deodorant. But most of all I was outraged that there was no potato chips or cheesecake. Unable to imagine six Read more
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jenny and the judges
What happened, when I was 14, to the family that lived behind our home and how my mother reacted to the whole drama taught me a lesson in Christian living. The family consisted of a single mother and her two daughters, Mary and Jenny. Mary was quiet, complacent and obedient. Jenny was head-strong, opinionated, and Read more
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for loot or love?
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22: 20, NIV) Sky’s favorite thing to do as a toddler was to look through Grandma’s silk sarees. The brilliance of the bright colors and gold embroidery would keep her enthralled for hours. And she was ecstatic when she learned that all of them would be hers one day. However, Read more
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our lineage and what it means
(published 2006 in the Adventist Review) When Tom Robinson, an amateur yet avid genealogist, sent a sample of his DNA to a bioarchaeology firm, the resulting discovery required more than a letter in the mail. Robinson received a personal phone call that informed him that he was a direct descendant of Ghengis Khan. For some, Read more
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