Ever wonder how the Apostle Paul was able to be “content in all things” while being imprisoned. Think about all he had gone through: stripped and beaten with rods, thrown into the unlit inner cells, feet locked into stocks and sitting in filth and stench. How could he sleep, let alone, be joyful enough to […]
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Run away! Okay, not really. But as a child, that’s what I had learned. Every time my parents fought (often), my mom’s reaction was “I’m leaving!” So, later in life, that’s all I knew how to do. And to make it worse, I learned that if one felt passionate about something, then you SHOULD argue
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Gossip – like dropping an egg and thinking you can put things back like they were before the damage was done. Fools listen to gossip. Listening just eggs on the gossip (pun intended). Whether true or false, gossip is harmful. It tears friends and families apart. So whether you are tempted to talk or simply
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YOU ARE VALUABLE. Your worth is not determined by where you are or those around you. God made you because He loves you and you are a treasure to Him. I hope this analogy helps you see that. A bottle of water at Costco is 25¢.The same bottle in the grocery store is worth about
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For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20) As a 10-year-old, I longed to know more about God. I heard about the Bible but didn’t have one, so I rode my
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Some people say having Jesus die on a cross for our sins is ‘a strange way to save the world.’ Interestingly enough, one of my favorite Christian songs, by a group called 4Him (a Grammy-nominated group with seven Dove awards), has a song with that very name. As strange as it may sound to us
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Lots to ponder at Christmas: Jesus wasn’t born in December so why do we celebrate His birthday then? In fact, there was no tradition of Jews celebrating birthdays (according to first century historian Josephus) so why celebrate at all? Isn’t the holiday marked with pagan rituals? Should we have a tree? And what does that
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As I kid, I was taught to recite memorized prayers. Later in my 30s, I realized one can just talk to God by pouring out your heart. And then…the best thing can happen…if you will be SILENT and LISTEN, you might actually hear God speak. I have 3 very short stories in my book that
SILENT & LISTEN – two words; same letters; Necessary in Prayer! Read More »
A person who lived sometime between the 10th and 6th centuries B.C. wrote this proverb: Proverbs 30:4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what
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After publicly admitting, “I know there’s no god,” the magician Penn Jillette goes on to say, “I don’t respect people who don’t proselytize; I don’t respect that at all. If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell, and people could be going to hell or not getting eternal life or whatever, and you think
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