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Bread for the Resistance: 40 Devotions for Justice People is unavailable, but you can change that!

Sometimes you get tired, doing this thing we call justice. Making the case, fighting the fight, having to explain again and again why it matters. You feel burned out or disillusioned. Sometimes you just need a word from the Lord. In these daily devotions, Donna Barber offers life-giving words of renewal and hope for those engaged in the resistance to injustice. When you face adversity, you can...

Before I knew it, an unexpected thought entered my head: wow, I could get used to this life! The words slithered through my mind as I scanned the room and smiled. However, almost immediately, like the disciples on the road to Capernaum, I felt exposed and convicted by the Spirit for experiencing that fleshly pride in my heart. I was also frightened by how quickly and easily my soul lusted after promotion. It was my first taste of that pedestal treatment, and I realized I had surely failed the test.
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