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They Can't Take Everything #RTTBROS #Nightlight "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings." — Philippians 3:10 Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist. He was also a Holocaust survivor. When the Nazis ordered him to report to a concentration camp, he faced an unbearable choice. He had been invited to flee to America and teach at...

Prison To Platform #RTTBROS #Nightlight

Stop Fighting a War That's Already Over #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before." — Philippians 3:13 One of the strangest stories to come out of World War II involves a Japanese soldier named Hiroo Onoda, stationed in the Philippines. When Japan surrendered in 1945, Onoda refused to believe it. He stayed in the jungle an...

Why Do My Words Keep Getting Me Into Trouble? "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise." — Proverbs 10:19 Social media has multiplied our words beyond anything Solomon could have imagined. In his day, your words reached the people in your immediate circle. Today, your words can reach millions. And every word is permanent. Screenshotted. Sh...

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Get Grit: Finish the Race #RTTBROS #Nightlight "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." — Philippians 3:14 At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, a marathon runner from Tanzania named John Stephen Akhwari fell hard on the pavement at the 19-kilometer mark. He dislocated his knee and badly injured his shoulder. The medical team wanted him to quit. The...

Run To The Finish #RTTBROS #Nightlight

Freed In Captivity #rttbros #Nightlight

A Closed Mouth and an Open Sky #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." — Proverbs 17:28 You know, Aesop told a story a long, long time ago that I just can't shake. There was a turtle who lived on a quiet pond, and his best friends were a couple of ducks. Every time those ducks ca...

A Wartime Walkie-Talkie #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints." — Ephesians 6:18 You know, John Piper said something years ago that I haven't been able to shake loose. He said that prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie, not a domestic intercom to ring up the butler...

Two Doors, One Savior #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." — Matthew 11:28 John Eldredge said something that stopped me cold when I first read it. He said, "You can't repent your way out of brokenness, and you can't heal your way out of sin." Now sit with that for just a moment, because that's a profo...

The Submitted Mind #RTTBROS #Nightlight

The Art of Letting Go #RTTBROS #Nightlight "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." — Philippians 4:11 You know, there was a man born into slavery around 50 AD, a man who had every reason in the world to be bitter and broken. His name was Epictetus, and his owner once twisted his leg to the point of breaking it, just to demonstrate his power over him. Epictetu...

Water From the Rock #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." — Proverbs 3:5-6 I want to tell you about a man who dug a well on a tropical island while his neighbors thought he had lost his mind. And when the water came up, they concluded he must be a god. His n...

God Allows #RTTBROS #RTTBROS #Legacy #Problems #Hurt

Covered in Prayer #RTTBROS #Nightlight #parenting #Legacy #blessing

Prison To Pulpit #RTTBROS #Nightlight #prayer #Problems #Hurt

Words That Outlasted Empires #RTTBROS #Nightlight "The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace."— Numbers 6:24-26 You know, sometimes God does something so remarkable that it just stops you in your tracks and makes you shake your head in wonder. Back in 1979, an arch...

Problem Of Calluses #Nightlight #RTTBROS #Heart #Hurt #Problems

When God Answers #RTTBROS #Nightlight "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." — John 15:7 You know, I think one of the most honest struggles in the Christian life is prayer that feels like it's just bouncing off the ceiling. We pray, and then we wait, and then we wonder. Did anybody hear that? Is anybody home? I ran ac...

Season 20 Episode 12 For This We Have Jesus #RTTBROS #Nightlight For This, We Have Jesus A Prayer Guide for Parents Who Know They Are Not Enough Sandy and I have discovered something about parenting that no one warns you about clearly enough: the problems your children face do not stay simple. They compound. They multiply. They become, in time, almost infinitely complex, and you are not infinite....

Better Together #RTTBROS #Nightlight

Prayer For The Distressed #RTTBROS #Nightlight

The Look!!! #Nightlight #RTTBROS