What We Seek First

What We Seek First

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From:  Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado, Thomas Nelson, 2009. 


Seek first the kingdom of wealth, and you’ll worry over every dollar. Seek first the kingdom of health, and you’ll sweat every blemish and bump. Seek first the kingdom of popularity, and you’ll relive every conflict. Seek first the kingdom of safety, and you’ll jump at every crack of the twig. But seek first his kingdom, and you will find it. ~ Max Lucado

What do I seek first? Do any of the points Max Lucado mentions in this paragraph resonate especially for me?  It’s good to have goals in all areas of life, but what is my primary goal – and how do my other goals fit into it? Do any of the other goals conflict, and how can I make my secondary goals support what I seek first?


Twelve Favorites of 2014

Twelve Favorites of 2014

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During the course of this past year we published over a hundred blog posts here (and more than a hundred on our sister site LivingWithFaith.org ). This list of “Twelve Favorites” gives you the posts that were most popular on this site, so check out the list to see how it compares with your own favorites and to see if you missed any…

Not Rushing to Anger

Truth and Consequences

Credit to Whom it is Due

Three Triumphant Words

Abraham and the Blazing Torch

Breaking and Entering

Days We Soar

Forgiving and Forgetting

What the Cavemen Learned

A Mirror You Can Trust

A Little Light

He’s Already There

* We have many new blog posts lined up for January, and three new blog series that we think you will enjoy. So check out any of the favorites you may have missed from the past year on this site and then on our sister site – LivingWithFaith.org – and look out for the new year’s offerings coming soon!


BibleGateway’s Top Verses of 2014

BibleGateway’s Top Verses of 2014

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BibleGateway.com – the world’s most visited Bible translation site – has published the top ten verses for which people searched on their site during 2014. The results were based on no fewer than 1.5 billion pageviews by 150 million visitors.

     1. John 3:16
     2. Jeremiah 29:11
     3. Philippians 4:13
     4. Romans 8:28
     5. Psalm 23:4
     6. Philippians 4:6
     7. 1 Corinthians 13:4
     8. Proverbs 3:5
     9. 1 Corinthians 13:7
     10. Romans 12:2

Noticeable is the fact that seven of the top ten scriptures are from the New Testament, and in an article titled “150 Million Bible Readers Were Searching for Love Most in 2014,” Christianity Today points out that the most popular scriptures are all encouraging ones, and that BibleGateway visitors searched for love more than any other term. The report shows which books, chapters and verses of the Bible are most viewed and many other interesting facts about BibleGateway use.  You can read their report here


Have you Checked?

If you haven’t checked our sister site, LivingWithFaith.org, recently you will find that there is more new material there. As is the case with this site, blog posts and/or other material is uploaded at least once a week and usually more often.

Recent blog posts you might enjoy on LivingWithFaith.org include: “James the Son of Zebedee.”  “What Faith Is Not,” “The Mother’s Name,” “It’s Not about Feelings,” and “Missing Small Miracles as We Look for Large Ones.” In addition, there are also recent book reviews, quotations and articles.

Meanwhile, on this site, we have new material on the Quotations and Tactical Living pages – with lots more to come!

A New Book Selection

Our September recommended book selection is now uploaded to the Books page.  You will find a modern classic on understanding the Bible – from translation to interpretation, a new edition of a truly insightful book on the Lord’s Prayer, and a brand new book of interest to fathers and sons.  Check them out, and if you haven’t visited the Books page before, you may find several other titles of interest there.