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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – God’s Super Bunker

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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1

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Psalm 46

Robert Vicino is preparing for the end of the world. His California-based company is constructing hardened underground bunkers all over the globe designed to withstand disasters that have the potential of extinguishing humanity. His most exclusive bunkers are inside a German hillside, where you’ll find swimming pools, restaurants, multiple gyms, a hospital, a bakery, and even a zoo, which is designed to preserve some of earth’s animal species. These five-star super bunkers are priced for the very rich.

No bunker or bomb shelter on earth can truly protect us from the distresses of life or the realities of death. But Jesus can. The Bible says our lives are “hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). He is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – God’s Deepest Work

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Concerning this [thorn] I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

2 Corinthians 12:8

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2 Corinthians 11:13-15; 12:1-10

One of the most profound insights the apostle Paul had may have been the result of some people who were making life difficult for him. There were false apostles at Corinth who sought to discredit Paul’s ministry. Some scholars believe these were the “thorn in the flesh” Paul asked God to remove from him (2 Corinthians 12:7-8). He was in danger of pride over the divine revelations he had received (12:1-7). The “false apostles” (11:13-15) attacking him may have been God’s method to keep Paul humble.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – God of Second Chances

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Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea.

John 21:7

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2 Samuel 12:18-25

Radio humorist Garrison Keillor is fond of saying there is nothing like a slice of rhubarb pie to wipe the taste of shame and humiliation out of one’s mouth. That is funny, but not true. Yet everyone longs for a way to have the past wiped clean; everyone longs for the innumerable second chances life seems to require. Fortunately, God is the God of second chances.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Spiritual Training

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Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

Psalm 119:67

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Romans 8:18-30

The primary New Testament Greek word for “training” or “instruction” is paideia. It is based on the verb paideuo which is based on a primitive Greek word pais—“a child, boy, or servant.” Therefore, as its base meaning, paideia means child-training. Because Christians needed training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16), paideia entered the New Testament epistles to refer to the way God trains and disciplines us as His children (Hebrews 12:5).

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Failure Isn’t Final

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For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity.

Proverbs 24:16

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Psalm 51

The Bible is filled with heroes, but only one man was perfect—the Lord Jesus. All the other saints in the biblical record made mistakes, took detours, lost their way, faltered, failed, wandered, and sinned. Abraham lied about Sarah. Noah got drunk. Moses lost his temper. Naomi traveled to Moab. David created scandals. Elijah fell into depression. Jonah ran away. Peter denied Christ. James and John squabbled about who was greatest. Even Paul admitted, “For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do” (Romans 7:15).

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Orange You Glad!

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…the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit.

Colossians 1:5-6

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Colossians 1:1-8

As a young man, Anthony Rossi emigrated from Italy. He sailed into New York harbor, but his plans were to move to the South and become a farmer. One day he visited the library at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue and found a book on agriculture. He sat down to read it at one of the long tables. Another book was sitting there, entitled The Life of Christ. Rossi, who knew little about Christ, began reading it and was transfixed. The next day he purchased a Bible and became engrossed in its message.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Get on the Bus

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I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.

Deuteronomy 30:19

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Joshua 24:13-15

Somewhere in an American community today a special school bus is rolling up to a high school to teach students the power of their decisions. It’s called the “Choice Bus,” and the interior is specially outfitted. Half of it looks like a classroom; the other half a jail cell, complete with iron bars, grim bunks, and a bare toilet. Organizers explain to students the dangers of dropping out of school and how our decisions determine our destiny.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Airdropped Blessings

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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

James 1:17

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James 1:12-18

One day in 1952, a U.S. Air Force crew south of Guam saw islanders waving to them. The crew gathered items on the plane, packed them up, attached a parachute, and dropped the crate as they circled the island. That was the beginning of the longest sustained humanitarian airdrop in history. It’s been going on now for 64 years. Last Christmas, more than 20,000 people in the remote islands of Micronesia received needed supplies in what is now called Operation Christmas Drop.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – The Fruit of Sorrow

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Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.

2 Corinthians 7:9

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2 Corinthians 7:8-13

Sometimes when a well-known person—athlete, celebrity, politician, religious leader—makes a public apology, it begs the question: Are they truly sorry or sorry they were found out? Only God knows, of course. Said another way, if people (including us) are sorry for sins, shouldn’t they come forth on their own before they are called out?

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Spring Cleaning: Shake the Dust Off—Read Your Bible

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I am afflicted very much; revive me, O LORD, according to Your word.

Psalm 119:107

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Proverbs 3:1-2

A distinguished professor at an evangelical seminary was invited to speak to an adult Sunday school class at a large, mainstream church. When he began his lesson, he noticed none of the class members had a Bible. He asked if there were any Bibles available that could be used during the class. An extensive search was made and finally, in a storage closet, a box of unused Bibles was discovered. Once this key tool for spiritual growth was distributed to the class, the professor proceeded to teach.

It has been said that a valid measure of a Christian’s spiritual growth is the amount of dust that has settled on his Bible. The Bible is considered food for the follower of Christ—the daily source of nourishment, counsel, inspiration, correction, and hope (2 Timothy 3:16). The Word of God can do what no other book can: penetrate deeply into our heart and soul and reveal our “thoughts and intents” (Hebrews 4:12). It can do that because it is “living and powerful,” empowered by the Spirit who inspired it (2 Peter 1:21).

Don’t let your Bible be hidden or dusty. Begin today to let God revive you according to His Word.

The Bible speaks to you in the very tone of God’s voice.

Charles Spurgeon

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2 Samuel 4 – 11

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Simple Math

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A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Matthew 12:35

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2 Corinthians 9:6-15

You get what you put into it. It’s simple math. You can’t plant carrots and expect to harvest watermelon. You can’t fill your piggy bank with pennies and expect a hundred dollar bill to emerge. We may wish for results to magically appear, but the cause and effect principle remains.

Of course there are exceptions. When a child puts his newly pulled tooth under his pillow, a coin appears in its place, as long as his parents didn’t forget. The most important exception is Christ’s gift to us. We surrender our sin and failure to God, and He replaces it with the flawless righteousness of Christ. God’s commitment to us includes an eternal home and purpose for today. He delights in transforming us to bring forth good treasure. We become His lights, impacting and encouraging the people around us.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Hidden Piggy Banks

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We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
Psalm 78:4, ESV

Young children love collecting coins to fill their piggy banks. They dream of candy and toys as they listen to the clang of carefully dropped coins into bright colored ceramic. Meanwhile, hidden from view, children have a far more important collection growing inside of them: their memories.

Little eyes watch: processing and making sense of the world one moment at a time. Parents do their best to direct their children, creatively using everything at their disposal. In the bustle of life it is easy to forget the most impactful tool available: who we are and who we are becoming.
Whether we are influencing children, friends, or coworkers, who we are speaks the loudest. I can say something is important to me, but do my actions and life agree? Integrity is when a person’s words, actions, and values are aligned. The best way to become a leader worth following is to follow God, allowing Him to transform and direct us. He has infinite wisdom. As we attune and surrender ourselves to God, we grow in our ability to trust Him with ourselves and the ones we love.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
Charles R. Swindoll

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1 Samuel 28 – 31

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Home Safe

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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us…

Titus 3:4-5

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John 14: 1-6

The crowd erupts as the baseball player runs across the home plate. He is safe, and his team is a point closer to winning. Having a home is an important value of most societies, and we pity those who are forced to live on the street. The ideal home is a sanctuary: a place where we are accepted, secure, and loved.

While we may struggle to find such a home in the world, this promise remains. Our faith and trust in Christ declares us “home safe,” and Jesus is preparing an eternal home for us. This promise is not just for the future, but for today. Because He has declared our worth and purchased our souls with Christ’s sacrifice, we are free.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Important Church Celebrations: Promotion to Glory

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Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:10

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Philippians 1:21-23

After devotional writer Frances Ridley Havergal passed away at the age of 42, her sister recalled her last days. “Almost the last time we walked to church together, she turned round to me and said, ‘Marie, I’ve come to the conclusion it will be very nice to go to heaven!’”

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Christ’s Cure for the Soul

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In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

Ephesians 1:7

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1 John 1:5-10

The Huffington Post recently ran an article by a woman who opened up about her struggle to forgive herself. Her husband battled cancer, and she had been his caregiver. As his situation grew worse, the stress intensified on her. She often became angry and yelled at him. Now that he’s gone, she feels damaged, guilty, and unable to find peace.

Every human is a sinner, and sometimes we fail at the worst moments. Our sin leads to guilt, and that leads to shame.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Full of Him

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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 1:26

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Galatians 2:20

Imagine a giant football stadium filled with one of every kind of animal on earth—including one human being. As you scan that massive crowd, could you immediately find the one human? Eventually, yes. But the point is that man is one of a multitude of creatures that God created—except for one thing.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – An Appropriate Response

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The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne . . . .

Revelation 4:10

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Revelation 7:10-12

It hasn’t been seen much since the 1950s and 1960s—teenage girls swooning and fainting at the sight of certain pop music idols—but it happened a lot back then. There is such a thing as an involuntary response in the presence of an adored figure.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Always Enthroned

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In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

Isaiah 6:1

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Revelation 4:2–3

Sometimes after a calamitous event, a well-meaning person will say, “Not to worry. God is still on His throne and everything will be alright.” That is definitely true, and such statements affirm our belief in the sovereignty and providence of God in all things. But the word “still” poses a bit of a problem.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Knocking at the Door

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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 3:20

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Luke 12:35-40

In 1851, British artist William Hunt created a painting he titled “The Light of the World.” It has become one of the most recognizable religious paintings in modern history. He shows Christ standing at the tightly-closed door of a seemingly neglected cottage. Christ holds a lantern in one hand; His other hand is raised to knock on the door as if to gain entrance. The most unique feature of the painting is that there is no handle on the outside of the door. For Christ to gain entrance to the cottage, the door would have to be opened from within.

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Today’s Turning Point with David Jeremiah – Important Church Celebrations: Marriage

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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.

Ephesians 5:25

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Ephesians 5:22-33

When Jesus returned to heaven, He left behind one institution to continue His Gospel work—His church. He didn’t establish a university, a hospital, or an orphanage. He just left His church. Other wonderful ministries have sprung out of His church—like universities, missions organizations, and hospitals. But at the core of it all is His special group of people, the local church. This is where life happens. This is where babies are dedicated, where baptisms are witnessed, and where marriages are established.

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