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It’s been a couple of weeks since I have written anything. It’s not that I haven’t had things to say, rather I’ve been in one of those cranky moods where it’s better just to keep your mouth shut! However, I think I’m on the back-end of it so I’ll take a chance and put some words…
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My pastor’s preaching a series based on a book called This Was Your Life – Preparing to Meet God Face to Face by Rick Howard and Jamie Lash. As a good congregant I bought the book, which centers on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 describing Christians’ judgment of rewards before Christ. In short Christians are not judged…
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Have you ever been in one of those melancholy or depressed moods and wondered why God made you? Jesus gave us the easy answer when he said the greatest commandment is to love God and love our neighbor like ourselves. In other words we are here to be in relationship with our creator and with…
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I’ve been a little discouraged lately. It’s funny because I know that what I’m discouraged about I shouldn’t be, but that’s the thing about our emotions – it doesn’t matter how we should feel; sometimes we just feel differently regardless of the facts. Last April I published my book Do You Want to Be Healed?…
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Our adult Sunday school is watching Greg Groeschel’s Alter Ego series, which focuses on becoming the people God created us to be instead of the people we are who have been shaped by the world. It certainly is not an easy transformation but one that is vital if we are to find healing and purpose…
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I was looking for something the other day and of course it wasn’t where I thought I put it the last time I saw it. If you’re like me the very next place you look is your junk drawer. We probably all have one – that place where stuff goes that doesn’t really have a…
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Our adult Sunday school just finished a series by Bill Hybels who is the senior pastor at Willow Creek Church in Barrington, IL. Bill is best known for his annual Global Leadership Summits, but he recently wrote a book called The Power of Whispers in which he delves into the whispers of the Holy Spirit. Bill…
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Asking for help has to be one of the hardest things we do. I’m not talking about asking your buddies to help move your furniture in return for beer and pizza. I’m talking about being in need or crisis and reaching out to someone for emotional, physical, or financial help. Having grown up watching my…
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I made a commitment a few months ago that I would read at least five chapters of the Bible each morning to start my day. It’s not like I did not read the Bible before that, but I noticed I had not made it a discipline, so my reading was kind of hit and miss.…
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I think one of the hardest things I struggle with is finding that balance between loving people even when they are doing REALLY stupid things. I think we all know intellectually and maybe even intuitively that we are to love the sinner but hate the sin. I’m actually really good with that until it comes…
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