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Living intentional lives

John Borgwardt

For those living in the upper Midwest, Kwik Trip or Kwik Star gas stations are taking over the landscape. They’re known for relatively inexpensive food and gas prices, but maybe even more for their friendly staff and clean bathrooms. For some reason, when going into the store, everyone holds the door open for others—it just happens. The owners of Kwik Trip would tell us, I’m sure, that this doesn’t happen by accident. It’s very intentional.

Intentionality.

As Christians, we need to be living intentional lives. We strive to serve our Savior for the salvation he’s won for us. We do our best to serve others because Jesus served us first. We look for opportunities to tell others about Jesus whenever the opportunity presents itself.

So when’s the last time that opportunity presented itself to you?

Not recently? Then you need to hear about Tom, although this story isn’t really about Tom.

Explore the May issue:

Words matter

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It was one of those teachable moments between parent and child. It was around 1995. My young daughter was watching a television show in one room, while I was in an adjacent room working on the computer. The sliding glass doors between the rooms were open . . .

30 days, 30 ways

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A couple years ago, I challenged myself to share Jesus (or at least my business card) for 30 days in a row with people who weren’t connected to my church. I would use the results of the challenge for my presentation at Evangelism Day at Martin Luther College . . .

Understanding the divine call

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The Bible teaches that every Christian is a member of the priesthood of all believers. That means that every believer has direct access to God in prayer through faith, can assure repentant sinners of God’s free forgiveness in Christ, and has the responsibility to share . . .

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