When American author O Henry wrote his beloved Christmas story ldquo The Gift of the Magi rdquo he was struggling to rebound from personal troubles Still he penned an inspiring story that highlights a beautiful Christ-like character trait mdash sacrifice In the story an impoverished wife sells her beautiful long hair on Christmas Eve to buy a gold pocket watch chain for her husband As she learns later however her husband had sold his pocket watch to buy a set of combs for her beautiful hair Their greatest gift to each other Sacrifice From each the gesture showed great love [... more]

In biologists captured a pair of orange pygmy seahorses in the Philippines They took the marine creatures along with a section of the orange coral sea fan they called home to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco Scientists wanted to know if the pygmy seahorses were born to match the color of their parents or their environment When the pygmy seahorses gave birth to dull brown babies scientists placed a purple coral sea fan into the tank The babies whose parents were orange changed their color to match the purple sea fan Due to their fragility by nature [... more]

A ldquo master of disguise rdquo lives in the waters of Indonesia and in the Great Barrier Reef The mimic octopus like other octopuses can change its skin pigment to blend in with its surroundings This intelligent creature also changes its shape and ldquo the way it moves and behaves rdquo when threatened In fact the mimic octopus can impersonate fifteen other kinds of sea creatures including the venomous lionfish and flatfish and even deadly sea snakes Though imperfect these disguises provide time to escape other predators and may have kept the mimic octopus from being discovered until Unlike the [... more]

In this Sunday message Greg Laurie's son Pastor Jonathan Laurie delivers a message on the will of God Christians often ponder this subject and now is your chance to get your big questions answered Notes Before we can discern and discover God's specific will for our lives we must first follow His revealed will for our lives found in Scripture Pastor Levi Lusko Present Your Bodies Seeking God's Will should not be relegated only to the weighty matters of who we should marry what cancer doctor we should move forward with should we take a risk and move out of [... more]

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True joy in the Christian life can be found in offering ourselves as living sacrifices for the glory of God and the flourishing of His church Today Steven Lawson expounds on our calling to serve others for their spiritual well-being Get a DVD Copy of Steven Lawson's Teaching Series 'Rejoice in the Lord' with a Downloadable Study Guide for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org rejoice-in-the-lord Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Dr Stanley encourages us to surrender ourselves as living sacrifices to the Lord [... more]

Dr Stanley looks at the demands of complete surrender and urges listeners to meet the challenge [... more]

Having a community of believers to surround you will support you in your walk and give you the opportunity to support others as well In a special Sunday episode Pastor Jonathan Laurie gives us a model of what a gospel partnership really looks like Notes Priscilla and Aquila were ordinary people who made a profound impact To be Corinthianized meant to be morally corrupt to the extreme Priscilla and Aquila were missionaries evangelists teachers and friends to the church Priscilla and Aquila built their life upon the rock-solid foundation of Jesus Christ Hope comes from being in a relationship with [... more]

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The apostle Paul urged the Roman church to present their bodies as a living sacrifice But what does that actually mean What does it look like in practice Hear the answer when you join us for more life lessons on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]