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Spotlight on Jabez

July 27, 2021July 25, 2025 Biography

Check out Jabez Nailed Prayer and discover the four requests Jabez asked of God. Jabez’s single recorded accomplishment reflects that he rose above his less-than-desirable name to excel at living to please God. The Scripture states plainly:

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers…
1 Chronicles 4:9 NASB Selected

Jabez, mentioned in two short verses in 1 Chronicles, has a story that rocks my world each time I visit. Why not take a few minutes and find encouragement in this man’s prayer?

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Biography | Spiritual Insights

Leah: Always the Underdog
January 7, 2016July 27, 2025 Biography, Spiritual Insights
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Author’s Note: I love to read the Bible’s accounts of the men and women who make up its pages. Abundant lessons can be gleaned by the determined student who takes time to read and meditate on those lives. What was life like in that time? How would it feel to take the character’s place in…

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Biography | Serving

The Gift of Mirrors
August 16, 2021July 25, 2025 Biography, Serving
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Mirrors. Every woman loves them. Edith Deen (1955) and Herbert Lockyer (1967) composed books bearing the same title, All the Women of the Bible. Deen included an alphabetical listing of 189 women. Lockyear’s count stands at 179 as names are duplicated. In addition the authors mention unnamed women from the pages of Scripture. Interested readers…

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Biography | Character

John Mark: Most Likely to Fail
February 18, 2022July 25, 2025 Biography, Character
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Who earned the most votes as “most likely to fail” in your high school class? How easily we can become discouraged as we consider our lack of followers or our unpolished gifts set and think that our contribution to the kingdom of God lags that of the heavy hitters, the big names. And then we…

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Prayer | Spiritual Insights

Prayer is Not Floobydust
April 28, 2017July 27, 2025 Prayer, Spiritual Insights
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I was introduced to the term floobydust by Bob, a gray-haired analog engineer, as we prepared to power a circuit board for the first time. I’d followed his scribbled schematics in wiring the sockets and soldering the components. Now we faced the moment of truth to determine if the smoke would remain in the parts….

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Biography | Guidance | Spiritual Insights

Finding our way – Part 1
October 26, 2013July 28, 2025 Biography, Guidance, Spiritual Insights
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We have maps and GPS devices to help us in finding our way and navigating our trips, but discerning our life direction can be challenging. How do we decide if the next step should be forward or backward, right or left? When do we hit the accelerator, and when should we apply the brakes? In…

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Biography | Character

Lessons from a storm and a shipwreck
August 23, 2022July 25, 2025 Biography, Character
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Most of us would not consider a storm and a shipwreck as positive additions to a voyage. Paul experienced both on his journey to Rome. He had already been assaulted by a mob and arrested. To add insult to injury he was left in prison for more than two years though his innocence had been…

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