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Crossing Cultures Devotional Making Disciples Memoir

Spiritual markers

Remember spiritual markers. 

Turning points in personal history. 

Moments of growth when God gives wisdom. And courage to take the next step. Boldness to enter something new.

Remember significant signposts in His Word. 

And give thanks.

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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Place

“Of all the places you’ve lived, which one is your favorite?” 

It was a casual conversation and a question I’ve been asked many times. Impossible to answer.

So I said the usual: “There’s something special about each one.”

But over the next days I reflected on the significance of place in our lives. What is it that lodges a certain location in our hearts and minds? 

And I began to notice place in God’s Word.

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Pray continually

At the beginning of each year, my mother asked, “Do you have a Scripture verse for this year?”  January 2013 was no different. 

So I asked the Father to reveal a specific Scripture for that year. An overarching theme to pray and study. And a verse to send Mom. 

On January 2, I picked up the Morning by Morning devotional by Charles Spurgeon. These words caught my eye, “The motto for this year must be ‘continue in prayer’ (Colossians 4:2).”  

Pray continually.

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Spurgeon’s Morning by Morning devotional