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What God Destroys – Micah 5:10–13
6/17/2013

You know that God gives blessings, but when is it a blessing for him to take away something you love? When that thing is an idol, of course.

Anything you love more than you love God, or anything you trust more than you trust God, acts as an idol. It takes a role in your life that only God should have. Idols don’t have to be carved images or even religious things at all. They can be deceptively nonreligious yet s...

Content with… What!?
6/13/2013

A friend who serves God in one of the world’s more remote jungles sent me a message this morning, asking for prayer. It seems he has malaria. The weather is stiflingly hot. And the supply boat scheduled to bring food for him and his family is past due.

What did my friend ask me to pray for? That he would be content.

My friend is wise. He realizes that discontent is dangerous to faith. To be able to serve God un...