KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If you fall into the “me-oh-my” trap of thinking your life is filled with problems that others cannot understand, you’ve essentially cut yourself off from one of the greatest blessings in your life – others! So much of our temporal deliverance is tied to our perspective of the future. “set your minds” – from phroneo – […]
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Well, it’s a new year. I suppose millions are celebrating the passing of 2025 and the advent of 2026. With so many life lessons learned behind us and untold adventures over the horizon, who can say what the future has in store! Woo hoo – I’m excited, how about you? As I think about this,
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Hypochondria (noun): excessive concern about one’s health especially when accompanied by imagined physical ailments – Merriam-Webster I used to be a huge hypochondriac! I still am a little, but it used to be really bad. For example, I got an MRI because I thought I had MS or a brain tumor because of some minor
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Ninety-plus percent of the things we worry about never come true. I could end this blog right there, but you came to read so I’ll write a bit more to explain myself. I’ll do that after I tell a little story… There once was a man who worked hard to provide for his family. He
TODAY’S VERSES: John 10:27-29 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.” We have finished
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Memories of Y2K I don’t know how it is in other countries, but in America, we love to obsess. Whether it’s the latest scandal, or national tragedy, or something political going on, we Americans love our drama. It’s one of the reasons I don’t receive a newspaper, nor do I ever watch the news. It’s
So, you want to be rich and famous, or even just like someone else, huh? Maybe it’s your favorite actor, athlete, politician, or neighbor. Maybe it’s a fictitious amalgamation of character traits you’ve knitted together after years of scrolling social media posts. Maybe it’s something your parents ingrained in you at a young age. There
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With the advances in communication technologies, people are trending towards living in a fantasy world over reality. I’ve been researching the detrimental effects this trend is having on our children and it’s catastrophic. Some of us escaped much of this awfulness simply by being too old, thank God. When I was a kid, we played
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At the start of writing this blog, someone very dear to my heart was diagnosed with cancer. In my mind, I was handling it very well. I was emotionally stable and, seemingly, trusting God for both the purpose and outcome of the situation. My focus was on being strong and supportive, encouraging this person with
When fear overcomes a person, they are controlled by it. Have you ever heard the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)? Hold that thought… What happened in the Garden of Eden when the woman ate of the forbidden fruit? Apparently, she was suffering from a case of FOMO! God had said that she and Adam could eat