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A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 2832). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Here is another important thought that is good to come to grip with at the beginning of 2018.   Chris says, “When we realize that our days are numbered, then we realize the need to make them count. Only following God and living for him provides the kind of deep significance we crave and were created to enjoy.” He goes on, “If we lived with the truth that we have a finite amount of time, a limited number of days, then we would make better decisions. Anytime you think you have more of something than you need, you tend to waste it . It’s just the logic of human nature. If you have plenty of food in your pantry, cupboard, and fridge, it’s hard to imagine being hungry. If there’s lots of money in your bank account, then you feel like you’ll

A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 2544). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) But so many time we do, don’t we?   Chris says, “When we walk away from God, we leave the safety of God. He will let us, because he loves us enough to give us free will. But when we choose to leave his protection, we open ourselves up to all kinds of things. He doesn’t create tragedy and instigate problems—we do. The miracle is that he’s willing to use the consequences of our sin to draw us back to him and into the safety of his arms.” He says, “So when we find ourselves in the midst of such chaos, what do we do? The same thing we do when we’re driving and realize we’ve lost our way. The same solution we use when we’re hiking and discover we’re no longer on the right path. We turn around and seek the right direction. We turn away from th

A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 2092). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We do that, don’t we?   Chris says, “If our bills are paid, our family is healthy, and we have enough to eat and a roof over our heads, we might not think we need God. Everything is going well enough without him, right? So why worship God and acknowledge him as the source when we don’t have to? Most of us don’t know how to handle prosperity.” He then says, “But when times are hard, where do we turn? When our circumstances are beyond our control, when our children are sick in a way that baffles doctors, when our retirement savings disappears overnight, when we’re shocked by the divorce papers, that’s when we turn to God for help. We know we can’t change certain circumstances, and we need supernatural power and intervention to survive them

A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 1990). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) That is another good word for the beginning of 2018, the word, satisfy.   What would it take to satisfy us?   Good question. Chris says, “ Nothing will satisfy us like worshipping God. That’s why the Devil works so hard to redirect our worship to anything else. And in the process he takes the credit and enjoys being worshipped as well. The Enemy doesn’t come dressed in a red jumpsuit, wearing little horns. He comes dressed in everything we think we want. “So we must be careful what we choose. We always become what we worship.” He goes on, “If you don’t like who you’re becoming, then take an inventory of what you store in your heart. If you don’t like what you find, then simply ask God to forgive you and restore his place on the thro