According to author Warren Wiersbe, when troubles come, we really have three options—we can endure them, escape them, or enlist them.

Which approach do you tend to take? Do you simply try to "white-knuckle" through your seasons of difficulty? Do you try to escape them in some way through endless amusements or even denials?

Today, as we open a new book of the Bible, Ruth, we will learn how one family sought to escape their troubles rather than enlist them. We are introduced to Naomi's family and how leaning on our understanding in times of trouble can lead to great trouble.

Join me as we start a new, exciting journey in the remarkable book of Ruth, today on RAR!

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Have you ever faced something so difficult that you just weren't sure you'd ever get through it? The loss of a loved one, the break of a trust, the dissolving of a relationship... and you just didn't know how you would make it?

Today I revisit an episode I have entitled "A Way through the Fog," based on a fascinating account from the life of George Mueller. More importantly, I explore how we "the just shall live by faith" (Hebrews 10:38), because faith in God is our way through even the densest fog.

Join me today for this lagniappe edition of Rinse and Repeat!

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"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."

Today, we will explore Philippians 4:13's remarkable truth in its context and come to understand that in Christ, we can be content in every situation.

What's more, we can learn to trust Him to provide for all of our needs according to His riches in glory (Philippians 4:19), just as He did for the generous church in Philippi.

Join me today as we conclude this remarkable book of Philippians on Rinse and Repeat!

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Does my life belong to Christ?

How is my relationship with God's Word?

What does it look like to truly be content?

In today's episode, I ask a LOT of questions (deeply personal and hopefully meaningful ones), especially exploring Philippians 4:11b, "for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content."

All of that, and I get to share the biography of a TRULY remarkable missionary - the one and only Evie "Granny" Brand, who said, "Give me one more mountain for Christ!" today, on Rinse and Repeat!

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Have you ever experienced something so painful, and found yourself just so stuck there? A hurt, a trauma, a loss, and you don’t see a way forward?

For a long time, in reading Paul's words in Philippians 3:13-14, “…forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus,” I believed God's command to us was simply to forget those painful things, to move onward Christian soldiers!

Today on R&R, we learn that Paul speaks these words right after recounting his own past and his credentials. Paul's instruction to us here is not to stay stuck in the past. We should bring past pain and sin to Christ for healing and help, but not “stop our clock” there. Rather, as citizens of heaven, we should move into all that God has for us as we praise Him for every victory and seek Him for healing in every painful situation.

Incredibly relevant passages today on R&R!

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Do all things without complaining and disputing.

Philippians 2:14 states the prohibition. Complaining, murmuring, arguing within or among ourselves - we simply must NOT do it.

And throughout Scripture we see why complaining is so very dangerous, and how it affects not just our relationships, but also our very souls.

Today we explore this key verse in Philippians, as well as looking closely how God works in us, so as to work through us.

Turn your Bibles to Philippians 2, for today's episode of Rinse and Repeat!

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Groveling.

Running around at the behest of another.

These may be the pictures we have in our heads when we think about humility but it really should NOT BE SO.

Humility is having FULL dependence on God's mercy, and it has nothing to do with insecurity, or humiliation, as we will see in today's episode. Rather, humility is to have "the mind of Christ" (Philippians 2:5).

Turn to Philippians Chapter 2 as we continue our study in Philippians and explore what it means to have the mind of Christ. We will also explore Philippians 2:9-11, the remarkable passage which says, "Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

Some meaty stuff is coming up today on Rinse and Repeat!

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