KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We all minister to one another and encourage one another. We all NEED it, in both the giving and receiving directions, ala Rom 1:12! Giving comes first in God’s order of things! Without it, we won’t discover the great peace and blessings He intends for us! GIVE to someone else, […]
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Have you ever read a passage of scripture and suffered a knee-jerk reaction to it that feels an awful lot like true conviction, only to later find out that it was a simple misunderstanding? I have. It carries a bit of panic with it, sometimes even shame. But, as I said, it subsides once I
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Disability, disadvantage, disband, disbelief, discomfort, disconnect, and discourage. What do all of these words have in common? The answer is obvious – it’s the prefix “dis.” Enact, enable, encircle, encompass, and encourage. Likewise, “en” is the common prefix in the list. According to dictionary.com, “dis” is a Latin prefix meaning “apart, asunder, away, utterly; or having a private,
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When is the last time you took the opportunity to say “Thank you” to someone for disciplining you? In my experience, such gratitude is rarely, if ever, expressed. It seems more often that a person keeps this kind of sentiment to themselves. Is it pride? I’m not sure, but whatever precludes a warranted show of
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If there’s one thing, no two, that you’re going to spend good money on, let it be on shoes and mattresses. — Some really smart person The average person sleeps roughly 6-8 hours per night. That’s roughly one third of life spent sleeping, presumably on some sort of mattress – whether it resembles a commercially
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We hear this phrase, “living for others,” a lot in Christian circles. But what does that mean, exactly? Is it that we eat, drink, and sleep so that we can simply stay alive because others might miss us if we don’t? I guess fundamentally that’s true. But is that what the Bible describes as truly