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Five Ways to Jump Start Your Devotions

Five Ways to Jump Start Your Devotions by Alasdair Groves, Executive Director at Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation “Spending meaningful time alone with God is one of the most important aspects of the Christian life, but it is also one of the most difficult to sustain. Failure in this area, real or perceived, is common and is guilt inducing for most Christians. We give many different reasons for our struggle: it bores us, it discourages us, it’s work, we’re busy…

Five Things to Encourage You as You Read through the Bible in a Year

Five Things to Encourage You as Your Read through the Bible in a Year by Jayne V. Clark, Chief of Staff at Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation “A year ago today I embarked on an adventure I’d undertaken several times before—reading through the Bible in a year. The only difference this time was that I was going to read the English Standard Version (ESV). Looking back, it occurred to me that one could trace the history of the “Bible of…