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In yesterday’s post I shared six things that John Piper, Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, learned from his late father, Dr. Bill Piper.
Here are six more:
1. It is a sin to do less than your best. Best always involves the whole thing and several decisions.
2. It is wrong to be yoked to one who has refused the yoke of Christ.
3. The part of your character that is deficient is the part that needs attention.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I’m on my way to New York this morning to record a radio program with Dr. Tim Keller, senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of the excellent new book, The Meaning of Marriage.
I’ll let you know in the coming days when the discussion will air.
For now, I wanted to share with you a powerful list of poignant lessons. They come from the pen of pastor and author, John Piper. They are among the top things he learned from his father, Dr.
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It’s common to get caught up in the serious side of life, and how can we not? It’s a rare day that we don’t encounter somber circumstances of one sort or another. There’s illness, relationship dysfunction and the struggle to make the mortgage payment on the very day when the car’s transmission goes up in smoke.
A friend of mine refers to the normal vicissitudes of life as “The Tales of the Never Ending.” Indeed, it would seem that if we’re not careful, there is almost always something going on that threatens to suck joy out of an otherwise happy situation.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, humor by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
As we look expectantly and excitedly toward 2012, I’d love to share with you some ministerial highlights from this past year. I am humbled and grateful to report the following:
Focus on the Family helped strengthen or save 1.2 million marriages in 2011. This figure is part of the 90 percent of projects and commitments Focus was able to fulfill in spite of the year’s economic downturn, which significantly impacted the organization.
The ministry, through licensed professional counselors on staff, provided counseling to nearly 52,000 individuals since January.
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The Champion’s Warrior Creed
If I have the Courage to face my fears;
Honor, which I show to God and my fellow man;
the proper Attitude concerning myself and my circumstances;
the Mental Toughness required to make hard decisions;
Purity of heart, mind and body;
Integrity to stand for what I believe in, even in the most difficult situations;
effective Ownership of all that is entrusted to me;
and focused Navigation to successfully chart my course in life;
I will live as a true Champion Warrior, committed to battling evil, and imparting my world for His glory.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I shared with you yesterday a popular email that’s been going around, and here is another. While I’m certainly no animal behaviorist and so can’t vouch for the specifics here, I do appreciate the principle it illustrates:
THE BUZZARD:
If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
Here is an email that’s been making the rounds. How does it strike you?
Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, technology by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
SILENT NIGHT: The Song Heard Round The World
The traditional story is that Rev. Josef Mohr (1792-1848) and Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) wrote it in Oberndorf, Austria, on Christmas Eve when they discovered the church organ was damaged (different versions say it rusted out, or mice chewed through vital parts3).
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Hardly has a Christmas hymn undergone so many changes to get from what was originally written, to what we sing today.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
JOY TO THE WORLD
Isaac Watts published the words for this hymn in 1719. He had written his first hymn in 1692 at the age of 18 as a protest against what he thought was the low quality of songs in Anglican hymnals.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, entertainment, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.Home
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