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Denying Our Desires

1 John 3:1-3, 2 Peter 1:3, Denying Ourselves, Following Christ, Galatians 2:20, Giving, Helping others, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Serving

In 1986, Alan and Eric Barnhart started a crane-and-rigging company. They viewed their company as God’s company, though, and decided to cap their income…

Oncoming Sacrifice

1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 John 4:11, 1 John 4:19-21, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 5:21, Galatians 5:12, Galatians 5:13, Husband, Love, Marriage, Proverbs 10:12, Redemption, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Spouse, Wife

Brian Wood made the ultimate sacrifice for his wife and unborn child when he saw a twenty-one-year-old driver about to collide with the car…

The Vigilante Pastor

2 Corinthians 10:5, 2 John 1:6, Broken, Compass, Controversy, Deuteronomy 11:1, Faithful, Fallen, Fearing God, Following, Giving, John 15:14, Revelation 14:12, Sacrifice, Vigilante

The documentary Almost Holy covers the work of Gennadiy, who calls himself “Pastor Crocodile.” His mission is to take homeless and drug-addicted children off…

Crushing Competition

1 Peter 1:19, 1 Peter 2:22, Christ, Christ's Death, Competition, Crushed, Dominate, Envy, Gratitude, Hebrews 7:26, Hero, Isaiah 11:5, Isaiah 53:7, Sacrifice, Victory

“The price of greatness is more than you want to pay. The world’s most legendary athletes are usually the ones most wildly out of…

Superhuman?

Cross, Easter, Fully Human and Fully God, Galatians 4:4, Good Friday, Hebrews 2:9, Jesus, Jesus's Death, John 17:1-5, John 19:17, Mark 15:34, Matthew 27:37, Matthew 27:46, Philippians 2:7, Psalm 22:14-18, Sacrifice, Suffered

The following clip from the movie Batman v Superman displays the otherworldly strength of Superman(just play the first minute of the video). We might…

Man of Sorrows

1 Corinthians 15:31, Dying to Self, Faith, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:24, God's Will, John 12:24, Lamb of God, Luke 9:23, Mark 8:35, Matthew 10:38, Philippians 2:1-30, Righteousness, Romans 6:1-23, Sacrifice, Sin, Suffered, Surrender

Now Jesus, the perfect and final sacrifice, would die for the sins of all humanity in order to deliver all who believe from sin…

Mindfulness

Active, Attentive, Distraction, Focus, Luke 12:24-34, Matthew 6:25-34, Meditation, Mindfulness, Philippians 4:6-7, Present, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 8:38-39, Sacrifice, Single-Minded, Trusting God

In this time when multi-tasking is so popular, we often forget how valuable being single-minded can be. When we focus on one mission, we…

Empowered To Sacrifice

Comparison, Contentious, David Livingstone, Empowerment, Explorer, Gain, Hebrews 10:34, Love, Luke 14:27, Luke 18:22, Luke 9:24, Matthew 10:37, Missionary, Respect, Sacrifice

David Livingstone is one of the more well-known missionaries and explorers to southern Africa. Though he is also known for being contentious and a…

Credit Score

2 Corinthians 5:21, Bank, Christ's Death, Credit Score, Debt, Future, Imputed, Investment, Isaiah 46:13, Isaiah 56:1, Psalm 89:16, Replacement, Righteousness, Romans 3:21, Sacrifice

If you pay off a large debt you’ve accumulated from credit cards, it won’t necessarily erase all your problems. Your debt is paid, but…

Equal Value

Brothers, Cerebral Palsy, Colossians 1:15, Colossians 3:10, Disability, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Grace, Inclusion, James 3:9, Joy, Sacrifice, Universal, Value, Worth

Cayden, born with cerebral palsy, was unable to help himself. His parents said they were told he would be helpless, a “vegetable” his whole…

No Repayment

1 Corinthians 4:12, Altruism, Calling, Compassion, Freedom, Kindness, Love, Luke 6:33, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:44, Repayment, Romans 12:17, Sacrifice, Satisfaction, Service

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”- John Bunyan Our compassionate God calls us…

A Picture of Atoning Victory

Atonement, Christ's Death, Christ's Victory, Easter, Good Friday, John 12:23-25, John 19:29-30, John 19:5-6, King of Kings, Luke 23:26-31, Luke 23:44-47, Mark 15:29-32, Mark 8:31, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 27:33-37, Resurrection, Sacrifice

In the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis paints a picture of this atoning victory. To atone for the…

A Father’s Love

1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Peter 1:3 James 1:17, Countercultural, Example, Father, Fighting, John 3:16, Kindness, Love, Model, Psalm 103:13, Sacrifice, Steadfast, Witness

Debasita Dasgupta, an Indian artist living in Singapore, creates illustrations that demonstrate fathers around the world loving their daughters in tangible ways. One father…

Selflessness

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 Peter 3:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Caring, Friendship, Galatians 5:13, Giving, John 5:30, Mark 12:31, Philippians 2:3-4, Philippians 2:5-8, Romans 12:10, Sacrifice, Self-centered, Selfish, Selfless

When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He made the ultimate, selfless sacrifice. There are times He calls us to be selfless….

Volunteer Heroes

1 Peter 4:10, Acts 20:35, Anxious, Calling, Community, Firefighters, Galatians 5:13-14, Hero, John 13:12-14, Matthew 20:28, Risk, Sacrifice, Service, Volunteer

Children are often asked, “What do you want to be when you grow-up?” Many little kids respond, “A firefighter!” There is something attractive about…

Gaining By Losing

Acts 13:47, Counting the Cost, Death, Eternity, Faithfulness, Hostility, Jim Elliot, Mark 16:15, Mark 8:35, Matthew 5:15-16, Missionary, Perspective, Romans 1:16, Sacrifice, Salvation

Jim Elliot was an evangelical missionary who attempted to reach out to a small Indian settlement in Ecuador with a team. Unfortunately, the entire…

Propitiation

1 John 2:2, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Forgiveness, Galatians 2:16, God's Anger, Grace, Isaiah 43:25, Justification, Propitiation, Redemption, Refuge, Rescue, Romans 3:25, Sacrifice, The Cross

There’s a word used in the Bible to describe God’s anger against us being appeased: propitiation. “To understand [propitiation], think about how a mother…

Brother Yun

Acts 4:31, Boldness, Evangelism, Faith, Faithfulness, Hebrews 13:16, Joshua 1:9, Persecution, Perseverance, Proverbs 28:1, Purity, Romans 12:1-2, Sacrifice, Saint, Witness

“Brother Yun is a Christian missionary who was saved at age 16 and felt called to witness in different parts of China. He was…

Living In Community

Acceptance, Colossians 3:12, Community, Empathy, Hospitality, Humility, James 2:13, Kindness, Luke 6:36, Mercy, Micah 6:8, Sacrifice, Selflessness, Titus 3:5, Welcome

One episode of the podcast Invisibilia highlighted the efficacy of community-based treatment for mental illness. In Geel, Belgium, families have “fostered” those with mental…