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4 Practical Life Lessons from Acts

How does the book of Acts fit into your Bible reading? Confession – for a long time it was one of my least favorite books. I think it is natural to have changing feelings about various Bible books as you mature. This is part of God’s plan of revealing himself to his children. The book…
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April 20, 2020 0

5 Keys to Overcome Uncertainty

We live in an age of unprecedented uncertainty. In the past year, I have read The Plague by Albert Camus and A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe. Both books reveal pain and suffering and uncertainty. A few years ago, I went through a season of uncertainty. While it pales in comparison with…
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April 9, 2020 0

Surviving and Thriving During Our Current Hardship

This is a time of hardship such as we have never experienced. There is so much uncertainty, fear, suffering and sorrow. And changes are happening daily. There is barely any light at the end of the tunnel. Everyone has days that shatter their hopes and dreams. And now we are going through a time and…
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April 2, 2020 0

How to Encourage When It’s Most Needed – Like Now!

Do you know how to encourage? Are you a natural encourager? Does encouragement ooze from every word you say and everything you do? That is not me! So I have to be very intentional about encouragement. Right now, we are surrounded by people who need encouragement. Most of us are in situations where we are…
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March 26, 2020 0