Laura Krokos
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The Gift of Failure
What thoughts and feelings come to mind when you think of the word “failure”? My guess is that the word “gift” didn’t come to mind. But in reality failure is a gift. God so highly values wisdom that He allows really excellent things to fail for lack of it. Here’s what I mean. Say you’re organizing …
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Is My Child Limited By Me?
Did you know the verses about training a child in the way they should go is actually talking about career training. Training a child to use their abilities, talents and resources to make Jesus known is a big stewardship. I am just about to finish Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (which is absolutely fascinating!) and he …
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4 Ways to Deal With Criticism From Christians
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Christians are the only ones who shoot their wounded”? If we were sitting down over a cup of coffee, I would love to know your thoughts about that comment. I had a great conversation with a friend the other day about how to respond to comments said about other believers. …
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More Than We Can Handle or More Than He Can Handle?
“God won’t give you more than you can handle.” We hear it all the time. And here are a couple reactions it provokes: “Yeah, I’m strong; I can get through this,” and, “I must be pretty awesome for God to give me harder stuff to deal with than other people.” Neither of these are what …
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3 Warnings in Discerning God’s Will
There can be so much worry involved in knowing God’s will. What if I’m wrong? What if I missed it? We either blame ourselves or blame God, and both scenarios expose a small view of God. But God doesn’t want His desires to be a secret. He wants us to know what’s best, and that …
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How One Woman Used Facebook to Take the Gospel to India
Have you heard of the 10/40 window? It is the section of the world where 90 percent of the unreached people groups live, yet only 1 out of 99 missionaries go there. Angi Pratt and I recently wrote a book about how to use social media to reach and influence the world for Christ. …
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