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Outpost 17June 82 Chronicles 26-28 / John 17
"I don't know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must "feel" eager or "feel" motivated to act. It's complete garbage. The moment it's time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won't feel like doing anything at all."
-Mel Robbins
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Outpost 17April 242 Samuel 10-12 / Luke 19:29-48
“God desires to reveal His heart to us and to build His heart into us as we seek His face.”
― Bill Mills
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Outpost 17April 232 Samuel 7-9 / Luke 19:1-28
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Outpost 17April 222 Samuel 4-6 / Luke 18:18-43
“Imagine how much a man's life would change if he trusted that he was loved by God.”
― Donald Miller
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Outpost 17April 212 Samuel 1-3 / Luke 18:1-27
"But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing!”
― John Wesley
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Outpost 17April 201 Samuel 30-31 / Luke 17:20-37
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.”
― Thomas Paine
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Outpost 17April 191 Samuel 27-29 / Luke 17:1-19
“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly de...
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Outpost 17April 181 Samuel 25-26 / Luke 16:19-31
“It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.”
― James E. Faust
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Outpost 17April 171 Samuel 22-24 / Luke 16:1-18
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
- Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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Outpost 17April 161 Samuel 19-21 / Luke 15:11-32
“There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it, and take it. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I don't know. I need help. These are the signposts. The cardinal directions.”
― Louise Penny
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Outpost 17April 151 Samuel 17-18 / Luke 15:1-10
“But so much of what is beautiful and valuable in the world comes from the shepherd, who has more strength and purpose than we ever imagine.”
― Malcolm Gladwell
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Outpost 17April 141 Samuel 15-16 / Luke 14:25-35
“In the thoughtlessness of my incessant hurry, I have made God an ‘addendum in’ my life verses the ‘agenda of’ my life. And what I need to hurry up and realize is that with these priorities positioned as such, what I am hurrying to is my own demise.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Outpost 17April 131 Samuel 13-14 / Luke 14:1-24
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime." – Babe Ruth
2024-04-1308 min
Outpost 17April 121 Samuel 10-12 / Luke 13:22-35
“What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.”
~ John Bunyan
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Outpost 17April 111 Samuel 7-9 / Luke 13:1-21
“The biggest lie promoted by various of our social institutions-and this in some ways plays into our human nature and our sin of laziness-is that we're here to be happy all the time.”
- M. Scott Peck
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Outpost 17April 101 Samuel 4-6 / Luke 12:35-59
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
- Virginia Wolf
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Outpost 17April 91 Samuel 1-3 / Luke 12:1-34
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
― Viktor E. Frankl
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Outpost 17April 8Ruth 1-4 / Luke 11:29-54
“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Outpost 17April 7Judges 20-21 / Luke 11:1-28
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
― Calvin Coolidge
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Outpost 17April 6Judges 18-19 / Luke 10:25-42
“God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”
― Francis Chan
2024-04-0609 min
Outpost 17March 5Judges 15-17 / Luke 10:1-24
“Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear -- and doubt.”
― H.A. Dorfman
2024-04-0508 min
Outpost 17April 4Judges 12-14 / Luke 9:37-62
“God repeatedly uses the least-likely...to make the deepest impact on our world.”
― Dillon Burroughs
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Outpost 17April 3Judges 10-11 / Luke 9:1-36
“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”
― Irving Stone,
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Outpost 17April 2Judges 8-9 / Luke 8:22-56
“A proud man is always looking down on things and
people; and, of course, as long as you are looking
down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
~ C.S. Lewis
2024-04-0206 min
Outpost 17April 1Judges 6-7 / Luke 8:1-21
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
― Viktor E. Frankl
2024-04-0109 min
Outpost 17March 31Happy Easter!
Judges 3-5 / Luke 7:31-50
“Find your authentic voice, become vulnerable, and then put yourself out there.” ― Meredith Brooks
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Outpost 17March 30Judges 1-2 / Luke 7:1-30
“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.”
~ T.S. Eliot
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Outpost 17March 29Joshua 23-24 / Luke 6: 27-49
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
2024-03-2910 min
Outpost 17March 28Joshua 21-22 / Luke 6:1-26
“Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others”
― Sebastian Junger
2024-03-2810 min
Outpost 17March 27Joshua 19-20 / Luke 5:17-39
“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.”
~ Oscar Wilde
2024-03-2707 min
Outpost 17March 26Joshua 16-18 / Luke 5:1-16
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
~ Elinor Roosevelt
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Outpost 17March 25Joshua 14-15 / Luke 4:33-44
“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.”
~ Gustave Flaubert
2024-03-2506 min
Outpost 17March 24Joshua 11-13 / Luke 4:1-32
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
― Jalaluddin Rumi
2024-03-2407 min
Outpost 17March 23Joshua 9-10 / Luke 3
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2024-03-2312 min
Outpost 17March 22Joshua 7-8 / Luke 2:25-52
“The monster is only scary while it is in the closet.Once in the light,you can see its many flaws and weaknesses.And often,we end up laughing,at what we shield our eyes from no more.” - Tom Althouse
2024-03-2207 min
Outpost 17March 21Joshua 4-6 / Luke 2:1-24
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
― C.S. Lewis,
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Outpost 17March 20Joshua 4-6 / Luke 2:1-24
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
― John C. Maxwell
2024-03-2007 min
Outpost 17March 19Deuteronomy 33-34 / Luke 1:24-56
“If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus' fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.”
― A.W. Tozer
2024-03-1910 min
Outpost 17March 18“Humans don't mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.”
― Sebastian Junger
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Outpost 17March 14Allowing heartache is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting. Deuteronomy 23-25 / Mark 14:51-72
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Outpost 17March 12Leadership is not about being better than someone but rather about capacity to serve. Deuteronomy 17-19 / Mark 14:1-25
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Outpost 17March 11It is never the amount of money but rather the amount of heart that truly matters. Deuteronomy 14-16 / Mark 13:14-37
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Outpost 17February 24Faith is not about perfection but rather...relationship. Numbers 11-13 / Mark 5:21-43
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Outpost 17February 13Balancing God's business and our responsibility. Leviticus 17 / Matthew 27:1-31
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Outpost 17February 4God desires perfection but really he desires relationship. Exodus 34-36 / Matthew 23:1-22
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Outpost 17February 3The inspiration to persist can come from the most unexpected places. Exodus 31-33 / Matthew 22:23-46.
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Outpost 17January 28We will never be perfect...and that's the whole point. Exodus 16-18 / Matthew 19:16-30
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Outpost 17January 27If you want to know how to love...watch your pet. Exodus 13-15 / Matthew 19:1-15
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Outpost 17January 25God hardens pharoah's heart and then declares in Matthew that God desires that none should perish.
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Outpost 17January 23Communication is the key. Moses and Peter both fumble in their interaction with God and Jesus.
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Outpost 17January 21Trusting God means that we also trust ourselves. Joseph reassures his brothers. Jesus defies tradition.
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Outpost 17January 19Daily Devotion. Judah is willing to take the place of Benjamin and Joseph opens up and reconciles with his brothers. Jesus mourns John the Baptist and then feeds the 5000.
2024-01-1904 min
Outpost 17Why12/5/2014. In this episode I read and reflect on the journal entry recorded 8 years ago that initiated the writing of the devotions.
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Outpost 17January 18First recording and therefore the first episode explained along with reading of January 19 devotion.
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