Tag: love
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Conquering in Christ
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:28 It breaks my…
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Not About Me
Isn’t church all about me? Isn’t it about my wants, my wishes, my hopes, and my dreams? Are you saying right now, “No, of course not! It’s about Jesus!”? It is about Jesus, but do we make it sometimes about us? Paul spoke to the Corinthian church about something like this. He said, “For I…
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Praying with Confidence
Think for a moment who you call when you need help… It probably is a short list. Yet, the people on it are people that you can call on with confidence. How do you know that? You know it because those people have shown that they are committed to you. They have been there when…
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Judging’s Secret Deceptions
Paul says in Romans, “Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?” (2:4) Kindness. Repentance. When was the last time that we thought about how we are drawn to God? When was the last time we considered…
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Growing Our Strong Children
Strong willed children are a unique challenge for parents. For some reason, it seems as if they are specifically wired to challenge everything authority asks of them. However, those same children are amazing adults. The trick is getting them from the experimenting toddler to the confident adult without everyone going crazy. I pulled the following…
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Starting the New Year Right
As we begin the New Year, this is a time that we look both to the past and to the future. We look to the past thinking about where we have been. We use that past to think about where we want to go in the future. Are you thinking about your future? Are you…
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Thanksgiving, the Overlooked Holiday – and that is the way we like it
Take a look at this thought by Barbara Rainey – “I’ve heard many people say that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. Is that surprising? Though it’s a holiday sandwiched between the increasingly popular Halloween and the overwhelmingly merchandised Christmas, Thanksgiving remains the holiday of ‘coming home.’ It’s a holiday of rest—in stark contrast to the…
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A Thought on being Truly Thankful
The following devotion is taken from In the Secret Place: A Pilgrimage Through the Psalms by Jerry Rankin. I thought that this was an especially good reminder for this Thanksgiving week. BTW – Jerry Rankin is a past president of the International Mission Board of the SBC. That doesn’t make him cooler than the rest…
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50 Things You Can Say to Make Your Child Feel Great
Janel Breitenstein has written an interesting list for all of us to consider. We all want to encourage our children. Sometimes we just lack the words to do it. Here are her suggestions. I whole-heartedly agree with them. Some are serious. Some are just fun! For example – # 9 is quite a gift we…
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In Charge and Never Dropping the Ball
Daniel 4:35 “All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can ward off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’ Have you ever considered how big God must be…
Pastor John D Jakes 