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Arnold #Jesus #sermononthemount #Meekness #NIGHTLIGHT #RTTBROS

Living right side up #RTTBROS #Nightlight

A Child Is Born #RTTBROS #Nightlight

Humble before God #RTTBROS #Nightlight

God Of The Odd #RTTBROS #Nightlight

Finding Fullness in Less #RTTBROS #Nightlight "But godliness with contentment is great gain." — 1 Timothy 6:6 You know, I came across something recently that really got me thinking. Arthur Brooks, a professor who studies happiness, makes a fascinating observation. He says when a Westerner thinks of creating art, they picture a blank canvas, something that needs more added to it. More pai...

Trusting God for Today's Needs #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things." — Matthew 6:32 You know, A.B. Simpson once said something that's stuck with me for years. He said Christ makes no less of our trust for temporal things than He does for spiritual things. Now, at first, that might sound a little odd. We tend to think spiritual...

When Life Hurts: Learning from Job's Wife #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Should we accept from God only good and not adversity? In all this, Job did not sin in what he said." — Job 2:10 You know, I've always found it interesting that we remember Job for his patience, but we rarely talk about his wife. She's gotten a bad rap over the years, but I think I understand her pain. See, she d...

Brite Hope #RTTBROS #Nightlight

A Matter of Heart #RTTBROS #Nightlight "For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ." — Colossians 2:5 You know, we live in a world where we expect instant everything. FaceTime someone across the planet, watch news unfold in real time, send a text and get annoyed if there's no resp...

Finding Joy Right Now #RTTBROS #Nightlight "This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 You know, I've noticed something about human nature, and I'm as guilty of this as anyone. We spend Monday wishing it was Friday. We spend winter dreaming of summer, and come July, we're already longing for fall. We're always living in the...

How To Walk #spiritualwarfare #perserverance #RTTBROS #Nightlight #mission

Power In Weakness #humility #Nightlight #RTTBROS #spiritualwarfare #perserverance

Finding vs. Building: The Truth About Becoming #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." — 2 Corinthians 5:17 You know, I keep hearing this phrase everywhere I turn: "You need to find yourself." It's become the mantra of our age, plastered across Instagram posts, repeated in...

Pivoting in Faith #RTTBROS #Nightlight "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." — Romans 8:28 You know, I've been thinking lately about something we don't talk about enough in the Christian life, and that's the art of pivoting. Not giving up, mind you, but pivoting. There's a world of...

The Servant #RTTBROS #humility #Nightlight #leadership #perserverance

Building Tomorrow Through Today's Tasks #RTTBROS #Nightlight "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men." — Colossians 3:23 You know, as a dad to nine kids and a foster parent to many more over the years, I've watched this pattern play out more times than I can count. Kids rolling their eyes at chores, convinced it's just meaningless busy work. Bu...

Adulting in Grace #RTTBROS #Nightlight "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ." — 1 Corinthians 3:1 You know, I saw something the other day that made me laugh and then made me think. They're selling these "I Adulted" calendars now, complete with stickers you can stick on different days to celebrate your...

Leading by the String #RTTBROS #Nightlight "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant." — Matthew 20:27 You know, I love simple lessons that pack a powerful punch. General Dwight D. Eisenhower used to teach leadership in a way that stuck with people for the rest of their lives. He'd hand someone a piece of string and tell them to push it into a straight line. The...

Building Together #RTTBROS #MorningGlory "Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work." Nehemiah 2:18 Henry Ford once said, "Coming together is a beginning; staying together is progress; working together is success.&...

The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up #RTTBROS #Nightlight "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." — Galatians 6:9 I want to tell you about a man named William Carey, and I promise you, his story will encourage you if you're feeling like giving up on something God's called you to do. Back in the late 1700s, Carey felt called to be a m...

Hope: The Courage To See Light In The Darkness #RTTBROS #nightlight

The Power of Patience #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass." — Psalm 37:7 You know, I came across a story recently that stopped me in my tracks. It's about a man named George Washington Carver, and I think it'll speak to something we all...

Hue and Cry #RTTBROS #Nightlight Ephesians 5:11 - "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." In twelfth century England, they didn't have police departments like we do today. When a crime was committed, the whole community was responsible for dealing with it. If you witnessed a robbery or an assault, you couldn't just walk away and mi...

Learning from Life's Classroom #RTTBROS #Nightlight "A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels." — Proverbs 1:5 You know, I've been thinking about something Will Rogers once said. That old cowboy philosopher had a knack for seeing truth in simple ways, and one thing he loved to point out was that he'd never me...