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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

Lessons from 1 and 2 Samuel – How to Kill a Giant!

Every book in the Bible gives us lessons on how we are to live. Some books have many lessons. For example, Proverbs is full of lessons, hundreds of them. Other books are more challenging to extract lessons for our daily lives. Narrative books like 1 and 2 Samuel must be read carefully with a goal…
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January 4, 2019 1

Prayers to Change You in 2019

There are hundreds of ways to pray. There have been hundreds of books written about prayer. There are scores of prayers in the Bible. So what kind of prayer will change my life in 2019? Three Life Changing Prayers If you are like me, you tend to get locked into a type of praying. I…
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January 1, 2019 0

Forgiveness When It is Impossible

Last week, we dealt with forgiveness in the ordinary circumstances of life. We have opportunities to forgive people all the time. When people are rude to us, when they spread rumors and put us down, when they ignore us or say things that hurt our feelings — these are the ordinary circumstances of life. We can learn…
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December 26, 2018 0