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Category Archives: tools4trenches
A Word for the Week: “Reality” (Colossians 1:16-18)
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him … Continue reading
God comforts (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Peer Counseling and the 5 Love Languages (1 of 6)
If you’ve visited any of the mini-series on leadership in tools4trenches, you may remember that I define godly leadership simply as influencing others to follow us in a good direction. Most of a leader’s focus is for the future actions … Continue reading
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God focuses (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
God rules (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
God frees (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Scriptures on “form”
This weekly sub-series can assist your physical and relational exercise of 24 dynamics topics of spiritual fitness in Scripture that parallel physical and relational fitness: balance, flexibility, initiative, partners, weight, etc. You can print some or all of the Scriptures … Continue reading
God secures (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Link to “TruthXChange” (a Christian Website)
Dr. Peter Jones, the Director of Truth Exchange, describes the ministry of TruthXChange as follows. Our name, truthXchange comes from something the Apostle Paul wrote to a church in first century Rome, when the Pax Romana (imperial social harmony) claimed to unify the known … Continue reading
God commissions – part 3 of 3 (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
God commissions – part 2 of 3 (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
A Word for the Week: “Quality” (Mark 10:17-26)
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is … Continue reading
God commissions – part 1 of 3 (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Peer Counseling: Assessing Concerns
If you’ve visited any of the mini-series on leadership in tools4trenches, you may remember that I define godly leadership simply as influencing others to follow us in a good direction. Most of a leader’s focus is for the future actions … Continue reading
God provides (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
God calls (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
God protects (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Scriptures on “flexibility”
This weekly sub-series can assist your physical and relational exercise of 24 dynamics topics of spiritual fitness in Scripture that parallel physical and relational fitness: balance, flexibility, initiative, partners, weight, etc. You can print some or all of the Scriptures … Continue reading
God confronts (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Link to “Our Daily Bread” (a Christian Website)
A variety of solid authors have made Our Daily Bread Ministries a go-to source of brief, Christ-centered devotions for decades. ODB describes their ministry simply as follows. “For more than 75 years, our purpose has remained the same: to reach … Continue reading
God graces (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
God heals (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
A Word for the Week: “Purpose” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self[a] is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that … Continue reading
God wounds (a 40-day devotional series)
(In 2017, I wrote this series for the 40 days prior to Easter to prepare our hearts and minds for the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. I’m reposting the series now for the 40 days after Easter to encourage us to … Continue reading
Leadership and Myers Briggs Personality Types (4 of 4)
This mini-series offers a great variety of topical videos and a few consistent questions to prompt your reflection and discussion of three key issues in leadership: vision (where to lead others), influence (why they will choose to follow – or … Continue reading
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