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[Archive] 40: Having the Right Conversations with Becky Brooks Apr 14, 2020

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Becky Brooks has the gift of exhortation. To be an exhorter is to encourage and motivate to action at the same time. I can think of few people who do both so well.

Becky and I have known each other since we were ten years old and in Ms. Hamilton’s fifth-grade homeroom class, and I can tell you that most of my poor conduct marks that year were due to ill-timed laughter after reading the notes Becky passed to me or watching the faces Becky made at me from across the room. She is FUNNY. And she is also wise. A killer combination, if you ask me.

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[Archive] 9: His Voice!, Part I Mar 17, 2016

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“Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with Your power, and bring them to their knees” (Psalm 59:11).

We are quick to forget the voice of God when something we hoped for doesn’t happen right away, or when something we depended on disappears.

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[Archive] 8: Bitter Made Sweet Mar 01, 2016

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“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10).

Just as God made the bitter water sweet for the Israelites in the desert, He will made sinful hearts clean for us.

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[Archive] 7: Keep Listening Feb 17, 2016

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“Like sheep, fools are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd” (Psalm 49:14).

There are two shepherds: The Shepherd of Life and the shepherd of death; we will follow the one we listen to.

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[Archive] 6: Coming Out of the Pit Feb 10, 2016

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“They don’t talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who are minding their own business. They shout that they have seen me doing wrong. ‘Aha!,’ they say. ‘Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!’ Oh Lord, you know all about this. Do not stay silent, Don’t abandon me now, O Lord. Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord. Declare me, ‘not guilty,’ O Lord, my God, for You give justice … May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor. But give great joy to those who have stood with me in my defense” (Psalm 35:20-27).

If someone in your past or present has left you in a pit, if your family or employer has falsely accused you, know that you will receive justice in the courts of God.

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[Archive] 5: God’s Good Plan for You Feb 03, 2016

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“The Lord shatters the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes. But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever; His intentions can never be shaken” (Psalm 33:10-11).

Nothing and no one can thwart God’s plans for you … except you.

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[Archive] 4: The Rabbi Jan 27, 2016

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“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1)

The last words of Jesus on the cross were some of the most hope-filled words He ever spoke to us.

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[Archive] 3: The Rescuer Jan 19, 2016

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“The ropes of death surrounded me; the floods of destruction swept over me … [God] reached down from heaven and rescued me; He drew me out of deep waters.” (Psalm 18:4 & 16)

This episode’s music is from Psalms 16 by Shane and Shane and is used with permission.

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