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The front door and the grumble
Peter's instruction about hospitality is short, and the qualifier is the hard part.
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41 pieces
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Read the whole letter in one sitting
This week's tip is simple and rarely done: hear 1 Peter the way its first readers did.
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Spend like a foreigner
Peter calls Christians strangers in the world, and that identity reaches all the way into the wallet.
A living hope that does not depend on the morning
Peter opens his letter with praise, and the praise is aimed at a hope that is already alive.
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Eat It With Your Cloak Tucked In
Passover was to be eaten dressed for the road, and there is a life lesson in that.
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Take Off Your Sandals
A small bodily habit for marking the threshold between the day's rush and prayer.
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Two Midwives and the Job You Are Told to Do
Exodus 1 records the names of two working women and forgets the name of the king.
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Slow to Anger Is Stronger Than a Warrior
Proverbs measures strength in a way most of us would not expect.
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Read the Chapter That Matches the Date
A simple habit for the rest of August: one chapter of Proverbs a day, chosen by the calendar.
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Stop Fighting Sin by Staring at It
What Romans 7 says about the ordinary mistake of managing a habit by rules alone.
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August: Living Under Grace
The theme for the month is the difference between being ruled by sin and being ruled by grace, drawn from Romans 5 to 8.
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Read the Chapter Twice
A simple practice for reading Romans that slows the eye and opens the text.
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Endurance Is Not the Same as Waiting It Out
What Romans 5 teaches about the ordinary discipline of continuing.
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Working Without Straining
The difference between fruitful effort and anxious effort is where the effort comes from.
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Name One Person Each Morning
A small daily practice for obeying the new command deliberately rather than by accident.
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Doing the Low Job Well
Ordinary work includes tasks nobody wants, and the way you handle them shapes you.
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Where to Take a Provocation
Hannah was needled for years, and what she did with it is a lesson for ordinary conflict.
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Leave the Edges of Your Field
A weekly practice of building generosity into your margins before the need arrives.
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Staying When Leaving Would Be Understandable
Orpah did nothing wrong, and that is exactly why Ruth's choice teaches us so much.
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Do Not Send It Tonight
A lesson about words that James would recognize, for a week full of messages you cannot take back.
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Leave the Mirror With One Thing
A simple practice that turns Bible reading into something you can actually do before the day is over.
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Decide Before You Are Tired
James says wisdom is given to those who ask, which means the moment to ask is before the decision, not after it.
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When You Do Not Know What to Say
Peter spoke from fear, and Mark kept the record so we could learn from it
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Rejoice Is a Safeguard
Paul calls rejoicing a protection, and the claim holds up in ordinary weeks.
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Reread the Week in a Different Light
A Saturday practice for seeing your circumstances the way Paul saw his prison.
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The Difference Between Feeling Love and Growing In It
Paul's prayer suggests that love is something we get better at, not only something we feel.
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Tell the Truth the Second Time
Abraham repeats the sister lie in Gerar, twenty-some years after Egypt, and the lesson is about patterns.
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Tithe Something Before You Are Asked
Abram gave a tenth to Melchizedek with no law requiring it, and refused the king of Sodom's wealth in the same hour.
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Let the Other Person Choose First
Abram gave Lot the first pick of the land, and it cost him nothing that God could not restore.
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Tell Him the Whole Truth Before Bed
One practice drawn from Mark 5:33, for the end of each day this week.
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Your Neighborhood Is Not a Waiting Room
A lesson from Mark 5 about the ordinary place where the Lord has put you.
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Claim the First Fifteen Minutes
A concrete practice for building a solitary place into an ordinary week.
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Do the Next Thing
Mark's word immediately is a small lesson in how ordinary faithfulness works.
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Words That Fit the Sky
Psalm 19 offers a standard for ordinary speech that is higher than politeness and kinder than silence
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Say a Psalm at the Pillow
One small evening practice that puts Scripture between you and the night