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4-to-Read…November 17

Each week, Everyday Servant links to 4 really great posts from Christian blogs…

4 to read

Some are from well-known writers and blogs…

Others are from blogs you might have missed…

All are posts posts that stir our thoughts and stretch our beliefs…

In this week’s 4-to-Read…

  1. Does God want you to serve Him right where you are?
  2. Does God want you to move half way around the world to serve Him?
  3. Seven steps to praying for God’s help on a tough decision
  4. Do we hate the people with whom we disagree?

This week…Posts from Jon Acuff, Relevant Magazine, Ron Edmonson and David Rupert…

Giving up everything to serve God!

It sounds exciting…

It probably means moving somewhere else, right?

Or could it mean that God put you where you are, because He wants you to serve him there?

How do you know which path God wants you to follow?

Read the two very interesting post below from Relevant Magazine and Jon Acuff as they explore the reasons to stay, and the reasons to go…

1. Serving God by staying put…

Are we so used to hearing stories about people who move half way around the world to serve God that we think we can’t serve by staying put?

Could it be that He put us where we are because that’s where He wants us to serve Him?

Read this interesting article from Relevant Magazine…

2.  Serving God by moving half-way round the world

Sometimes, just like He did with Abraham, God does call us to move to a new place.

How do we know for sure if He wants us to go to a new place?

Read Jon Acuff’s advice on one voice to ignore and one voice to heed when you are trying to figure out what God is saying to you…

On to other Topics…

3.  How to Pray for God’s help!

It’s a phrase we hear all the time.

What does it mean to pray for His help?

What can we learn from the way the heroes of the Bible asked for His help?

Read Ron Edmonson’s post on one Biblical leader and the 7 steps he took when praying for help…

4.  Should we hate those with whom we disagree?

Read a challenging post on hate, love, and disagreement from David Rupert on his blog Read Letter Believers…

 

There is so much Christian material to read online…

No list could possibly be complete…

Use comments to add links to your own choices…

 

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