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We live in a world that tells us to compare. Compare ourselves with our friends.  Compare ourselves with what we see on TV and in the movies.  Compare ourselves with “statistics” to find out whether we’re “normal” or not. But that’s not the path to freedom, and that’s not the way of Jesus. “Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding…”Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” -2 Corinthians 10:12, 17 There may be a thousand things in this world that we don’t have, but God has promised His children a glorious gift...

Repentance is not the same thing as beating yourself up. When you hear the word “repentance” or “repent”, what comes to mind?  How does it make you feel? Sometimes in church world, that word gets used to describe feeling so bad about doing wrong that you try really hard to do right instead.  The Bible does indeed talk about that approach…and does not approve. (See Galatians 3:1-3.) Sin should indeed cause us to grieve, but not stay there.  It should cause us to want to change, but not by “trying really hard.” Repentance is not drumming up your strength to “do the right thing.”  It’s discovering the emptiness of sin and the delight of Christ Himself.  THAT is what produces lasting change, and with...

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Few things say "we're on a jungle mission trip" more than monkeys and macaws.

Apparently, mission trips are hard work.