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Maybe your past makes you shudder. Or maybe doesn’t look so bad to others, but you know how you really are. Why would God want you when He knows all about that? He saved you, barely, because He’s so nice. But you’ll always be B team. Minor league. No way could someone with your history…
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Zacharias and Elizabeth welcomed their baby into the family as a gift from God. Zach spoke a blessing over his tiny son, prophesying what God had told him about the boy’s future. Those words became reality as baby John grew up and accepted the role God had designed for him. He became known as John…
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You were so glad to leave it all behind. Heartaches. Suffering. Brokenness. Jesus rescued you from all that, cleaned you up, and is now transforming you into His own image. But still… Old friends call. Addictions remind you that you’ll always want them. Loneliness echoes in your soul and you remember with longing the ways…
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Boy meets giant, kills giant with a slingshot, and is hero. We’ve heard every moral lesson that could be squeezed out of this historical event, but they only weaken its real message. This is not a tale of the underdog winning the day or a challenge to face your own giants. It’s the account of…
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Tessa turned over, kicked off the sheet, and grabbed her phone. 2:00 AM. Why couldn’t she get those voices out of her head? They were robbing her of peace, joy, and sleep. “How could you…” Why did you…” “Why didn’t you…” The condemning thoughts pelted her mind as memories played like a ticker tape parade…
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What are “speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God”? Check your Twitter feed. Scroll through your friends’ Facebook posts. Read the comments below any YouTube sermon and there you go! Man’s wisdom on display. Speculations start with “Well, I feel that…” Lofty things start with “I know what the Bible…
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We are what we think. Whatever we dwell on defines the direction of our lives. We may not see it, but other people do. When we spend our free time drooling over the latest gadget, movie star, fashion trend, or financial scheme, our minds become worldly. But when we spend our free time gazing at…
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“I’m just so angry all the time and I don’t know why,” Kent said. Abel leaned on his golf club and studied his friend. “What are you so worked up about?” Kent kicked at a golf ball, “Everything’s changing. I hate how the Muslims are taking over our country and those liberals up north are…
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Our brains are hunks of gray matter inside our skulls. They are the control centers for the rest of our bodies. Strangely, the Bible never talks about our brains, but it talks a lot about our minds. The mind is that part of us we also call a soul. The mind takes information from the…
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Maybe you’ve known God for a long time. Maybe you’re just now coming to know Him. You’re going to church, trying to read your Bible, but what’s next? There’s so much in that Bible. How do you know what to do with it all? How do you get from where you were to where you…
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