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Did you know that the human body can go 40+ days without food, 11 days without sleep, but no more than 3 days without water? Why? Because water is your body’s transportation system. It transports nutrients to your tissues and aids in the removal of toxic waste from your system. Have you ever been really…
One of my favorite quotes is a quote from St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the early church fathers. He said, “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” We live in a world that is restless, noisy, chaotic, stressful, and at times,…
No one is immune… no one can avoid them. Jesus promised us they would come, so what can we do when they knock on our door? I’m talking about tough times. C.S. Lewis once said, “He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand.” God never promised us that He…
“Trust Me”… two little words that bear enormous weight and responsibility. The word “Trust” means, “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” Trust is not something that we give away easily. J. Hudson Taylor at the end of his life said, “I am so weak that I can…
As we wrap up our #Runaway series this week, there is a quote from Thomas Paine’s pamphlet series “Common Sense” that I believe summarizes the story of Jonah quite well. Paine said, “It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt”. Does that not summarize the…
Some lessons in life are only learned through adversity. Charles Spurgeon once said, “Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.” Have you ever attended life’s School of Hard Knocks? If you haven’t, I’m sure life will make sure that you are enrolled soon.…
When speaking of prodigals, Augustine once said, “You never depart from us, but yet, only with difficulties do we return to You.” If there is a truth God that has been teaching me this week as I’ve been preparing for this Sunday it’s this, God doesn’t do anything or allow anything without eternity in mind.…
This Sunday we will celebrate moms at SPBC. George Eliot once said, “A mother’s yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.” Moms see through the mud, the dirt, the spaghetti-stained face… they’re human “lie detectors” for heaven’s sake. Where would we be without moms? There’s a reason professional athletes (after…
William Gurnall once said, “Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.” I was recently reminded that the teacher is always silent during the test. In…
Are you facing a storm of epic proportion in your life right now? Do you feel like your ship is sinking? You want to “jump ship” but you know that’s not the answer to your struggle. Did you ever stop to think that God might be trying to teach you something? CS Lewis once said,…