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How He Loves Us
One day, I was mindlessly scrolling through Twitter when I saw a tweet that stopped me in my tracks: “God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.”–Regina Brett It is a simple, yet easily forgotten concept; and a beautiful reminder. God’s love for us is not…
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The Purpose of Prayer: How to Get the Most Out of Your Prayer Life
We’ve all been there before. A co-worker or a friend from church starts to take interest in your friendship. He and his wife invite you and your wife to have lunch together. Next, they invite you to their children’s birthday party. The relationship seems to be growing, until they invite you over for a dinner…
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One Less Drop of Pain: You Can Make a Difference
“Not to alarm anyone, but there are thousands of people dying annually, and most of us will not change our lives to reduce that number. I wonder why these deaths aren’t threatening to us, why they don’t cause us to drastically change our lives, to love our neighbor as ourselves?” This was written by a…
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Sabbath At Home: The Quest
What was your last taste of life unfettered by COVID-19 concerns? Do you remember? Because there was such a sudden change to the way we do everything (whispers of that possibility notwithstanding), you probably didn’t think at the time, “This is the last chance I get to do this for a really long time.” For…
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The Prayers of the Inadequate
During my first year in college, I was smitten by a very special young lady. And while she and I had some interaction, I never asked her out on a date. It seems I never found the right words to say. As a result, our relationship never developed. In fact, our relationship was put on…
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This One Thing We Need
Have you ever worked on something in your life that was all consuming? That is how I felt when I was working for my undergrad in college. It seemed like any little spare minute I had I was constantly in front of the laptop, constantly reading and constantly writing papers. Life was awesome, God was…
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How COVID-19 Changed My Taking Things for Granted
There is a saying by Thomas Fuller: “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” It is human nature to start taking things for granted when danger isn’t banging loudly on the door. As an employee for a healthcare organization, and prior to COVID-19, I did just that. I had my…
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Life Without Recipes
As our new reality adds limitations to daily life, it can be tempting to be frustrated by what we can’t do. We can’t gather in large groups. We can’t go to the library. We can’t do a lot of things. One can get a headache thinking about all the limitations. However, limitations can be a…
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3 Things God Thinks About You
The enemy always tries to distract us with negative thoughts that don’t come from God; thoughts that we’re not enough or God won’t accept us as we are. Our own mistakes can convince us that it’s true. But the Bible tells us something different! God sees us differently than we see ourselves. Read the blog…
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Mind Cure
Do you struggle with negative thinking? Growing up, I was naturally pessimistic and sarcastic. I brought out the negative things in life, even in jokes. There were times, especially in high school, when I let my situation affect my thoughts. I was not a happy Christian solely because my thoughts would not allow me to be. If…
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5 Ways to Remember
Have you ever had the experience of walking into a room with a mission, only to step inside and completely forget why you’re there? It just goes to show that, sometimes, our capacity to remember isn’t as great as we think it is. Most times, this doesn’t create very noticeable consequences in our daily lives.…
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3 Ways to Know God’s Will for Your Life
“What is God’s will for my life?” It’s a common question. What does He want you to do with your time and talents? What abundance does He have in store for you personally? How does He want you to live out your purpose? Thankfully, God doesn’t leave us to figure it all out on our…
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12 Promises That You Can Have True Peace
According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every year.”* With the pace of life in today’s society, almost all of us have experienced a lack…
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7 Prayers God Will Always Answer
Do you ever wonder if God hears your prayers? Sometimes it’s easy to wish God would write the answers to our prayers in the sky or send lightning and thunder from the sky in response. But even when we don’t get the answers we want, or perhaps we don’t hear from God in the way…
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3 Things I Learned Doing Door-to-Door Ministry
In my first four years of doing ministry through literature evangelism and Bible work, I learned some very valuable lessons. I still have much to learn, but these are life lessons God taught me through this ministry: perception, perseverance and purpose. Lesson #1: Perception Do you know what IQ is? What about EQ? EQ is how well you manage…
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5 Bible Study Tips
1 – Pray for Wisdom Ask God to give you insight and wisdom as you study His Word. The apostle Paul tells us that spiritual things are “spiritually discerned,” and the prophet Isaiah admits that we don’t always understand the thoughts of God. We need God to show us the message that He has for…