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Send some men to explore the land … — Numbers 13:2This is an invitation from God to see our world through eyes of faith. God wasn’t looking for His people to just see the size of the mountain; He was inviting them to measure the miracle.Are we surrounded with problems? Maybe God is inviting us to laugh along with Abraham who laughed when he discovered he would father a child at age 100. Laugh because with God nothing is impossible. Maybe God is inviting us to worship along with Gideon who snuck down to the camp of the Midianites and…
Kim and I are looking into starting a meal preparation service to support our family and ministry. We would love to get your input and ideas: http://www.dwightclough.com/survey/Miriam and Aaron talked against Moses behind his back … — Numbers 12:1 The MessageExtending grace to our leaders is a journey of faith. All of us can find fault with those in authority over us — pastors, policemen, presidents, parents. All of these leaders are human and fallible.I admit that I’ve done it myself. But there’s a reason why I’m in a place of submission and that leader is in a place of…
Kim and I are looking into starting a meal preparation service to support our family and ministry. We would love to get your input and ideas: http://www.dwightclough.com/survey/Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth. — Numbers 12:3 The MessageThis passage used to bug me, to tell you the truth. How arrogant! I thought. Why does Moses brag about his humility? But now I better understand why it was important for us to know this about the leader, Moses. It is easy to assume — especially if we’ve been burnt by people in…
Kim and I are looking into starting a meal preparation service to support our family and ministry. We would love to get your input and ideas: http://www.dwightclough.com/survey/… God has called us to live in peace. – 1 Corinthians 7:15The reality is this: All of us have people in our lives that we wish would change or go away. Quite often those people live under the same roof we do. I want to especially encourage those of you who are married to someone you don’t like any more, someone who won’t change, someone who is, well, a jerk.God sees you. He…
Thank you!$810 has been raised toward the prayer ministry conference in November. We're almost halfway! As a way of saying thank you, we want to send you a free book if you make your donation of $36 or more before August 15. Dwight Clough Ministries Inc. is a 501(c)3 corporation. http://www.dwightclough.com/donations.htmlThen the leaders of Israel, the heads of families who were the tribal leaders in charge of those who were counted, made offerings. — Numbers 7:2The 89 verses of Numbers chapter 7 are, to the Western reader, tedious and repetitive. Each of the twelve leaders brought the same hardware, livestock…
Thank you!$810 has been raised toward the prayer ministry conference in November. We're almost halfway! As a way of saying thank you, we want to send you a free book if you make your donation of $36 or more before August 15. Dwight Clough Ministries Inc. is a 501(c)3 corporation. http://www.dwightclough.com/donations.htmlSome time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came … 1 Kings 17:7-8I want to focus on the word "Then."Brooks don't dry up overnight. The water level fell, little by little, and Elijah is just like…
… we proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and has appeared to us. — 1 John 1:2Eternal life is a good thing. It’s as good as anything gets. But it’s not good because it’s really, really, really long. It’s not good because it doesn’t end. It’s good because it’s connected to a Person.Years ago I was asking the Lord what heaven would be like. His answer was simple: "I’m going to be there and you’re going to be there. What else matters?"As an aside: Some of us have loved ones who aren’t going to be…
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched — this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. — 1 John 1:1Please notice that our faith has roots in experience.We don’t believe some spiritual-sounding idea that somebody cooked up a long time ago. The message came to us become someone had a life-changing experience with God.When I was a little boy, my grandparents told me not to touch the cookstove. Why? Because somebody touched it, and somebody got burned. My grandmother offered…
… be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing, and perfect will. — Romans 12:2Twenty-eight years ago today I started my first job out of college as a parole and probation officer. It seemed an oddball fit for me; a guy who got picked on while I was growing up – yet here I was arresting hardened criminals or ordering their arrest; interrogating them, going off to gun school, and doing my best to keep my part of the world safe from burglars,…
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. — Romans 8:18In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. — 1 Peter 1:6There are two kinds of grace for the Christian: present and future grace. Future grace allows us to acknowledge the pain of the present without getting lost in it. Yes, the boss may yell, the spouse may be difficult to live with, injury may be present, suffering may occur, but, for the believer,…