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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 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

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 1790). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We just had one of those difficult situations where we had a severe storm come through our area and it caused mudslides and innocent people were killed.   Many people have problems equating a loving God with something like that happening.   I mean how could a loving God allow that to happen?   Chris tells about a sixteen-year-old young man in their community who loved his family and his God but he had a brain tumor that finally killed him.   Chris says, “So often nonbelievers in our culture refuse to believe in a God who would allow someone like Sid to suffer with cancer and die so young. They can’t reconcile that a good God would allow the atrocities that they often see in our world today: natural disasters and calamitous events, birth defe

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 1194). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Courage is another good word to look at here at the beginning of 2018.   It is something we need and will need in the living of this new year. Chris says, “Courage is the condition of your heart that allows you to believe you’ll succeed without knowing how you’ll succeed.”   That is what it is. Chris then says, “But where does courage come from? The origins of the word itself reveal the way courage is forged in the depths of our souls. The English word courage evolved from cour , the Middle English word meaning ‘the heart,’ the seat of one’s deepest feelings. This usage evolved from Old French, corage , and originally from the Latin word for ‘heart,’ cor .” He goes on, “Notice the way core and c ourage both come from this word for