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Well I took some time off from blogging because the black plague of awful hit the kids and Amanda, and then me for two weeks.  I’m still just getting over it, but I am back into the swing of things this Easter week.  I even ate breakfast this morning, after a week of virtually nothing […]

Proclaiming God’s truth.  Today’s theme was not being silent, even in the face of fear or persecution.  Many of the days in the journal are challenging, but this one specifically was more of an encouragement to go forth and share the awesome news about Jesus.  Silently watching, serving, and meeting people’s basic needs are not […]

Today’s main topic was about unreached people groups.  I never thought about it before today, but I take for granted all the amazing resources available to me just by living in the United States.  I have access to hundreds of thousands of sermons, christian music, hundreds of translations of bibles (both print and electronic) and […]

Normally when I sit down when I first get to the office I crack open Live Dead and read that, then I play some music and worship, then I’ll read through the plan I have for reading the Bible.  Today, I went Bible, Live Dead, blog.  The order change was interesting since today’s focus was […]

Today’s topic was was having a willing heart; but today’s challenge was to research Somalia, Sudan, Comoros, Eritrea, and Djbouti.  If God called me to one of those place, to reach an unreached people group, would my heart be willing? Here’s what I learned: Somalia: What a mess.  It’s sad to read about all the […]

Well  I didn’t cheat and look ahead to the next day yesterday, but it turns out day 15 was in two parts.  This makes sense as I wasn’t all that impressed or challenged with the first half of yesterday’s reading.  Uh, part two took care of that.  The most challenging reading yet, and I have […]

Halfway through the Live Dead Journal/Devo and I have to say “Phew!”  Some days are so challenging it can be a bit draining.  At the halfway mark, I thought I’d recap some of the unreached people groups to be praying for since the devotion today was more a recap of some others (Mainly focusing on […]

“This generation needs to learn to eat less, sleep less, and pray more.” -Leonard Ravenhill Punched in the gut.  That is what it felt like when I read that quote.  I know there will times I complain because I only got 6 hours of sleep the night before.  Poor me, right?  There are people all […]

I woke up early this morning, spent from 6-8am with the kids, then jumped into bed from 8-9 and prayed.  As soon as I got in to the office, I grabbed my live dead journal and was excited to see what the challenge for today was.  After reading it, I’ wasn’t quite as excited.  Today’s […]

1 Thessalonians 2:8 “We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.” As I read today’s entry, I was listening to Hillsong’s Tear Down the Walls, which happened to be the title of this mornings reading.  Near the end, the mention of this verse […]