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Reward

Finishing The Race

Christian Walk, Finish the race, Hard Circumstances, Hope, Race, Reward, Training

When Paul described the Christian walk, he sometimes likened it to a race. Using the images of the Roman Colosseum, he pictures us running…

Requirements And Rewards

Body, Control, Discipline, Eternal Life, Requirements, Reward, Self-Control

The Miami Heat are known for their strict physical requirements for their players. They measure their body fat and health every week during the…

The Louder Song: Listening for Hope in the Midst of Lament

Death, Evil, Hope, Lament, Lamenting, Pain, Patience, Perseverance, Reward, Sorrow, Suffering

In her book The Louder Song: Listening for Hope in the Midst of Lament, Aubrey Sampson shares her story of chronic, degenerative illness, the…

All Eyes On Me

1 Peter 4:10, Attention, Colossians 3:23, Ephesians 2:10, Fasting, Focus, Giving, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:1-34, Ministry, Motivation, Philippians 2:1-11, Recognition, Reward, Service, Serving

Have you ever tried to draw attention to yourself? Like a child who acts out in order to get attention from their parents, or…

A Worthwhile Suffering

1 Peter 4:12-19, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Endurance, Eternity, Glory, Pain, Patience, Priceless, Revelation 21:4, Reward, Romans 5:3-5, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:28, Suffering, Trials, Value, Worth

“Would you go through all the pain of childbirth again, just to be able to have that beautiful child of yours?” For most mothers,…

The Benefits of Self-Control

1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Corinthians 9:25, 2 Timothy 1:7, Benefit, Fighting, Love, Perseverance, Proverbs 16:32, Reward, Romans 12:1-2, Self-Control, Sin, Struggle, Temptation, United

In the 1970s, psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment where he gave a group of children the choice to either eat a cookie immediately…

Spoiler Alert

1 Corinthians 15:52, Conflict, Excitement, Film, Hollywood, Luke 21:25-28, Matthew 24:44, Prequel, Present, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 22:12, Reward, Stress, Suffering, Tension

The problem with Hollywood putting out a prequel to one of your favorite films is that it loses a sense of tension for the…

The $10,000 Dog

1 John 4:9, Christ's Death, Dog, Expense, Galatians 4:4, God the Father, John 3:17, John 8:42, Missing, Necessary, Relationship, Reward, Romans 8:32, Sacrifice, The Lost

This news story tells of a woman who would stop at nothing to get her missing dog back. If a woman would go to…

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