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Faithfulness Inspiration

Silence and Solitude: Closing the Blinds is the Answer!

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June 3, 2026

I retired in December 2018. My expectation was simple: I would continue doing what I had always done—just on a smaller scale and on my own schedule. More importantly I wanted to conect with God in a new way. I wanted to discipline myself to sit quietly in God’s…


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God’s Grand Story, Translated: A missionary, a bookmark, and a miracle

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April 19, 2026
In Central Asia, an atheist met a man he had already seen in a dream two years prior—holding the exact gift he was now being offered. This is the powerful story of a "God’s Grand Story" bookmark, a divine appointment in a coffee shop


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Discipleship Influence Inspiration Lessons learned

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July 20, 2025

It has been seven years since I retired, during which I have had no regular contact with university students. GenX, GenY have come and gone, and GenZ is here. These days, I don’t think about all of the things, or any of the things that characterize this new generation….


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Thoughtful Conversations: The Power of Words

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July 18, 2025

Occasionally, in normal conversations, a friend or acquaintance tells me about something I said to them months earlier. Sometimes, it’s even years earlier. Apparently, it had a tremendous impact on their lives. More often than not, my response has been, “what did I say?” Even when they tell me,…


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God Shows Himself Mighty Through the Lives of Ordinary People

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July 9, 2025

Peggy and I just celebrated our 56th wedding anniversary. The journey has been filled with painful lessons, grief, and confusion. It has also been an amazing journey filled with joy. The hand of God has shown Himself strong on our behalf. Peggy and I talked about our lives recently….


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Keep Memories Fresh in Your Journal

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July 19, 2023

Milt was serving as a consultant with National Student Ministries for Southern Baptists when I first met him at a student conference in New Mexico.  I think it was about 1975. He had just published the Spiritual Journey notebook and encouraged me to try it. It was the…


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Common Laborers

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May 10, 2023
"I am who I am thanks to God's grace, and His grace has not been in vain. I have worked harder than anyone, but it was not me alone; it was the grace of God working through me"


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The Discipleship of Charles Simeon

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April 12, 2023

I find it very intriguing that Jesus did not command His followers to find someone to disciple them. However, he did command all of us who claim Jesus as our Lord to “make disciples of all nations.”

Charles Simeon (1759-1836) was a pastor who brought evangelical renewal to the Anglican…


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An Intentional First Step Toward Holiness

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March 15, 2023

Breaking bad habits is admirable, but holiness is what God is asking of us. Biting my fingernails had been a lifelong habit until two years ago. I was not hopeful that I would ever be able to stop. However, by taking one day at a time I…

JOHN D. BROOKS
Wichita, KS

I am a devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I aim to lead a life worthy of my Lord with the utmost humility, to please him in every way, to bear fruit in every good work and to continuously grow in the knowledge of God.

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My Life Goal
I desire to live in such a way that when others view the events surrounding my life they could only be able to say, “look what God has done.”
Life Verses
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

Philippians 2:3

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”

Acts 20:24