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You Have Influence – How to Use It

We all have influence. Is it positive or negative? Are you making the world better or worse? We all want to make thing better, right? Here’s a starting point. Webster’s Third Unabridged Dictionary defines influence this way: to affect or alter the conduct, thought, or character of by indirect or intangible means. The words you…
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January 18, 2019 1

Seven Traits for Spiritual Success

There are certain traits everyone needs in order to succeed. In our spiritual lives we encounter obstacles, temptations, opposition and discouragement. God helps us develop all these traits so we can grow and become everything God wants us to be. The Seven Tenacity. Tenacity is a scrappy and active pursuit of what Jesus is leading…
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January 15, 2019 0

Lessons from Kings

The books of 1 and 2 Kings provide us with the narrative of the ancient kingdom of Israel and how God dealt with his people. It contains plenty of lessons on how He works and how we are to live. 7 Lessons One – the Power of Presence And when the priests came out of…
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January 11, 2019 0

Lies, Slander, Hate — How to Guard Your Mind in a Culture of Verbal Abuse

Words of discord, division and hate (I don’t like to use that word but it is so appropriate today) are being shared and embraced. They race like a cancer through our culture and we don’t even realize we are sick! Where ever we go, there is information and disinformation being streamed and displayed. We can…
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January 8, 2019 0