#storychanging
“Welcome to the games!” a voice boomed throughout the stadium. “In one corner you see our reigning champions, the Rights-fighters. In the opposite corner, we have a new contender, the Overlookers. You all know the rules. They must each respond to an offense according to the weapons they brought with them. May the strongest team…
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The prison was deserted; the war had been won. Enemy troops left everything behind and fled. Only two POW’s remained in their cells. Brock had fashioned a pole and with it reached a set of keys dropped by a fleeing soldier. Within minutes, he had unlocked his cell door. He tossed the keys through the…
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It was over. That horrible day of torture and death was behind Him. He had risen from the grave and now inhabited a glorified body, one that could walk through walls and magically appear wherever He wanted to be. This was the body He would keep forever, but there was something wrong. This new-and-improved body…
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We’re deeply hurt. Someone wronged us. We have good reason to feel the way we feel and we also have a list of good reasons why we should not forgive the offender. Maybe you are clinging to some of them: *It’s just too hard. *They’re not even sorry. *It will let them get away with…
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The stench was overpowering. Men shouted and flies buzzed. Soldiers cursed and spat. Just another execution day. Convicted criminals writhed and screamed as heavy spikes sank into tender flesh. Only one Man was silent. His battered form lay stretched between two crossbeams, feet and wrists tied tightly while Roman solders positioned iron spikes above his…
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The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up. But one disaster…overthrows the wicked. Proverbs 24:16 Rance touched the bars that separated him from his friend. “I’m sorry, man,” he said. Bo blinked with eyes still glazed from three days of hard partying. He mumbled his thanks through swollen lips. Rance shook his…
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The LORD directs the godly. Though they stumble, they never fall, for the LORD holds them… Psalm 37:23-24 “I’m really struggling with my faith,” Ellie admitted to her life group. “I’m tempted to start drinking again and when my boyfriend asked me to move in with him…” She bit her lip and tears threatened. “I really thought…
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The angel said, “Don’t be alarmed…He is risen from the dead! Go tell his disciples, and Peter… Mark 16:6-7 The sun baked his skin, but he didn’t care. He hoped he’d broil to death and end his sorry existence. He’d had the chance of a lifetime and he blew it. He, plain ol’ Peter, had…
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Immediately the rooster crowed the second time…And Peter broke down and wept. Mark 14:72 That moment when you’re caught. Time stands still and one sound freezes you in place. It might be prison bars clanging shut. It might sound like sirens, a phone call, or the scream of someone you betrayed. For Peter, it was…
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Jesus replied, “This very night before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” Mark 14:30 Passions ran high and tension was a heavy fog. Jesus was saying some crazy things. He was talking about dying and how they’d all abandon Him. It made Peter mad. How could the Lord think that about him?…
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