Daily Devotional - Saturday December 21
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- Published: 21 December 2024
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"Let us lay aside every weight ... and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us." Heb 12:1 NKJV
WHATS KEEPING YOU FROM WINNING?
In ancient Greece, athletes practiced with weights strapped to their bodies. But on the day of the race, they took them off in order to win. What's keeping you from running and winning? (1) Comparing yourself to others? The only person you should compare yourself to—is you. Your objective is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by concentrating on what you can do today to improve and develop. If you do that often enough, and if you compare the way you were weeks, months, or years ago to how you are today, you should be considerably encouraged by your progress. (2) Limiting beliefs? Because of how they were raised, or certain mistakes they may have made in life, a lot of people don't believe they can accomplish great things. But the greatest limitations people experience are typically the ones they inflict on themselves. For example, what if you want to learn a foreign language but don't think you can do it? Once you have uncovered that faulty belief system, understand how not learning that language is restricting you. Then imagine what it will be like when you learn that language. How will it make you feel? What will it enable you to do? Then write an inspiring statement that upholds your ability to learn the language! Remember, it isn't what you are that hinders you; it's what you think you're not. Claim this promise: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Php 4:13 NKJV). That means-by God's help you can win.
Add a commentDaily Devotional - Friday December 20
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- Published: 20 December 2024
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"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted." Eph 4:32 NKJV
PRACTICE BEING TENDER-HEARTED
In his best-selling book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen Covey describes an experience he had on a subway in New York. A man and his children boarded the train,,and the children were so loud and rambunctious, they disrupted the entire car. The man sat down beside Covey, seemingly oblivious to the situation. Covey finally said, "Sir, your children are really disturbing a lot of people. I wonder if you couldn't control them a little more?" The man looked startled. Then he said, "Oh, you're right. I guess I should do something about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother died about an hour ago. I don't know what to think, and I guess they don't know how to handle it either." Covey's attitude instantly changed. Looking back on it later, he admitted that he learned a valuable lesson: Seek to understand before seeking to be understood. Sometimes the people who irritate and hurt us do so because they themselves are in pain. They're dealing with issues we don't know about. And when they lash out, it's just the burst dam of personal frustration. And it calls for looking beyond their words and actions and trying to see their hearts. And that's hard to do when you're self-absorbed. The Bible addresses this: "Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you" (vv. 31-32 NKJV). If you have been grumpy toward those you live with and work with, the word for you today is—practice being tenderhearted.
Add a commentOur Christmas Appeal Needs Help
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- Published: 19 December 2024
Dear CHRI Listener,
When we were kids, my dad would leave the porch light on until we found our way home and only turned it off when we were safe in our beds.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:5
But, what do you do when you find yourself in total darkness? When there’s no light?! For two millennia, Jesus has continued to be the light, and every Christmas it shines brightly. We’re blessed to see it reflected in the faces of children, and it continues to glow in our hearts throughout the year. CHRI, your radio station, has kept that light burning in your community for 27 years, yet sadly there are still many people living in darkness. This Christmas, please support CHRI with your prayers and if you’re already a donor, thank you, but if not, please consider donating your best gift to CHRI and help keep this light of Christ shining brightly over the vast areas where CHRI can be seen and heard. Your gift will ensure that someone will see the light this Christmas.
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven”. Matthew 5:16
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Thank you for standing in the light for CHRI!
Merry Christmas,
Bill Stevens GM and your CHRI Team
We Can Be the Light
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- Published: 16 December 2024
Every Monday at 5:00 P.M. ET, Care Baldwin shares a Monday Motivation on the Drive with Care. This week, she encouraged us to lead a weary world to the promise of tomorrow.
"We can be the light."
Read more for the audio replay + transcript of Care's message!
Brian Doerksen Returns to Ottawa - May 24, 2025
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- Published: 16 December 2024
