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More to Your Story

By Dave Henning / September 17, 2016

More to Your Story (Thomas Nelson, 2016) Max Lucado originally published More to Your Story: Discover Your Place in God’s Plan in 2011 under the title God’s Story, Your Story.  In his Introduction, Pastor Lucado states that the great promise of the Bible and the hope of this book center around this statement: “Your story […]

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All things work together for good

By Dave Henning / September 16, 2016

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”- Romans 8:28 Max Lucado begins Chapter 9 (“All Things Work for Good”) of More to Your Story by observing that we’ve all asked questions about how adversity plays a part in […]

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A season of blocked doors

By Dave Henning / September 15, 2016

“During a season of blocked doors, we can grow frustrated.”- Max Lucado In Chapter 8 (“The Right Doors Open”) of More to Your Story, Pastor Max Lucado tells of a problem with Molly, the Lucado’s nine-year- old golden retriever.  When Molly wants out of the house, she scratches the door.  As a result, marks decorate […]

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Year-round resident

By Dave Henning / September 14, 2016

“The Holy Spirit is a year-round resident in the hearts of his children.  As God’s story becomes our story, his power becomes our power.”- Max Lucado In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.”- Ephesians 1:13 Max […]

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Welcome to the vest system

By Dave Henning / September 13, 2016

“Welcome to the vest system. Hard to hide it.  Harder still to discard it.  But we work at doing so.  Emphasis on the word work.”- Max Lucado “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removes our transgressions from us.”- Psalm 103:12 In Chapter 5  of More to Your Story, […]

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Fear of flying blind

By Dave Henning / September 12, 2016

“We know the fear of flying blind.”- Max Lucado And he [Jesus] asked them, “But who do you say that I am?”- Mark 8:29 Max Lucado begins Chapter 4 (“You Hear a Voice You Can Trust”) of More to Your Story by telling the story of Jim O’ Neill, a sixty-five-year old pilot.  Fifty minutes […]

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Doodlebugs of this life

By Dave Henning / September 11, 2016

“Limit your world to the doodlebugs of this life and, mark it down, you will be disappointed. . . . You were made for more than this.”- Max Lucado “Seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.”- Colossians 3:1 (NKJV) In Chapter 3 (“You Find Your True […]

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Understand God’s narrative

By Dave Henning / September 10, 2016

“We can’t understand God’s narrative without understanding Satan’s strategy.”- Max Lucado “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”- James 1:2-3 Max Lucado begins Chapter 2 (“You Know Satan’s Next Move”) of More to Your Story by noting that […]

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The splendor of the first Christmas

By Dave Henning / September 9, 2016

“The splendor of the first Christmas is the lack thereof.”- Max Lucado “And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.   She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”- Luke 2:7 In Chapter 1 (“Ordinary Matters”) of More to Your Story, Pastor Max […]

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Waiting on God

By Dave Henning / September 8, 2016

Waiting on God (Baker Books, 2015) Waiting on God: What to do when God does nothing is written by Wayne Stiles (DMin, Dallas Theological Seminary).  Dr. Stiles currently serves as an executive vice president at Insight for Living Ministries.  The Old Testament account of Joseph provides the framework for Wayne’s discussion of the most difficult […]

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The text of my life

By Dave Henning / September 7, 2016

“God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.”- 2 Samuel 2:25 These words of David follow the title page of More to Your Story: Discover Your Place in God’s Plan by Max Lucado, originally published as God’s Story, Your Story.  In the Introduction (“When You […]

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Our Christian colors

By Dave Henning / September 6, 2016

“We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.”- C. S. Lewis “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”- Psalm 25:5 Throughout my 22-year Lutheran elementary teaching ministry, whole family ministry constituted one of my […]

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