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A thought by John Townsend from his book, People Fuel (p. 65). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) And we all have the same amount of time each day, don’t we? John continues the thought, “They are aware of it and of how little we have in life, so they order their days so as to make the most of them. ‘Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom’ (Ps. 90:12). “One of the most important uses of this prioritizing is to utilize time as the oven of growth. In this oven, various aspects of grace and truth are heated up, mixed, and melded. The outcome is a dish that is superior to the original, uncooked ingredients. “Growth and change—real and substantive change—tends to take longer than we anticipate. We are an impatient species, and we much prefer a microwave oven approach. But if we allow God’s process to work, growth happens in its correct season.” John goes on, “You will also find that at

A thought by John Townsend from his book, People Fuel (p. 58). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Townsend, John. People Fuel (p. 42). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. Yes, it is. John says, “It did a much better job than the law did to bring us into right standing before God, ‘so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord’ (Rom. 5:21). Another word for grace is favor, as in one person bending or stooping to be kind to another. A practical way to understand grace is to think of it as God being for us. He always wants our best and does not move to our detriment. Even when we are weak or straying or rebellious, God is for us. “Grace helps us feel loved and connected, helps us tolerate our own failure and that of others, and strengthens us to fight another day. God provides us with grace vertically (directly, from himself) and hor

A thought by John Townsend from his book, People Fuel (p. 42). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Townsend, John. People Fuel (p. 42). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. Have you?  I'm sure you have. John says, “With any significant connection with someone, over time we will disagree, bug each other, hurt each other’s feelings, or separate from one another. No relationship of any gravitas is without its speed bumps. It’s just the nature of being human. If you have never disagreed with someone important in your life, one of you is not necessary.” He goes on, “But the great relationships are those which employ the love, persistence, character, and skills required to work things out and move on. The connections are often stronger once the storm has been weathered. “This capacity to solve problems is a rare commodity today. How often have you expressed a difference of opinion or experienced a conflict, a