by jgaroutte | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
“If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.” –Prov. 24:10 How do you increase strength? Exercise. Repeat the same motion again and again—even when it isn’t easy. Then you simply increase resistance incrementally over time. In other words, you...
by jgaroutte | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
I feel like there’s a mountain to conquer in my life at the moment. Slightly discouraged, I mentioned something about it to my wife (we’ve already been talking about it and making headway in the past couple weeks—finding our next step and taking it, then the next,...
by jgaroutte | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Read today’s Bible reading? Choose a Bible reading plan? Spend time in prayer? Ask a friend how their walk with God is going? Find a small group or Bible Study? Start a small group or Bible Study? Ask someone to mentor you? Reach-out to disciple another person? Begin...
by jgaroutte | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Did you hear me?” I snap out of tunnel vision, look away from the screen (Xbox controller in hand), and find my wife standing before me, slightly annoyed. “I’m sorry, what?” We’ve all seen this scenario play out before. Or with my children: “Pick-up your stuff.” Only...
by jgaroutte | Mar 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Occasionally, I get this feeling of unrest and nothing I do seems to fix it. There’s no apparent cause, I just get this sort of… ache or longing. It happened earlier this morning and I couldn’t focus on anything. Until, I realized I hadn’t spent time with God in the...
by jgaroutte | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
I believe the Bible can change you. This is at the heart of everything for Flectio. No tool or resource will ever bring about the changes you need in your life the way humbling yourself before Almighty God can. He created you. He’s the original designer. He knows what...
by jgaroutte | Feb 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
The imperfect start is the perfect way to start. Sometimes in life you look back at a mess and decide to start over. Do this enough and you find it harder and harder to begin until you know can get it right. For something really important? If you’re anything like me,...
by jgaroutte | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
We don’t exactly use this word regularly in conversation. Years ago, I was reading a familiar passage and it struck me because I was expecting a different word. Psalm 51:10 in the NIV says, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” I...
by jgaroutte | Feb 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Next to having the discipline to consistently spend time in God’s Word everyday, this is the most difficult obstacle I run into with Bible reading: “What should I read?” After all, there is no perfect formula; no step-by-step program for everyone to follow when it...
by jgaroutte | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Flectio is for people who don’t want to be spoon-fed a “hand-me-down” religion. It’s for those who recognize, “I—alone—am responsible for pursuing God.” It’s for the men and women who desire to initiate his/her own transformation by intentionally pouring over God’s...
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