Some say golf is a terribly boring game. Maybe that’s the point… Don’t we have enough stimuli in this world? Might we need a little more “boring” in our lives? What is “boring” anyway? And why is it ever considered a bad thing? Might we turn the tables on this caustic perspective? Golf is awesome […]
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“Well, I had to talk Sally down from the wall again today.” “What’s going on with her these days?” “Well, it’s just been this rollercoaster ride lately with her. Last year she was struggling with self-esteem, this year she doesn’t even know if she likes her husband anymore, and this past week she said she
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I was so looking forward to my Fourth of July vacation. I had taken an extra day off from work just so I could spend two nights at one of my favorite New Hampshire locations. I was even planning on playing a round of golf at the course across the street from the hotel. Good times ahead, I thought.
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Benjamin Franklin once said, “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” While that’s a quippy thing to say, it’s not entirely accurate, especially for believers. “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated
When it comes to suffering, we always focus on the victim, not the perpetrator. I suppose this is understandable given the simple fact that some of the most profound circumstances we endure involve suffering in our lives. It’s difficult to comprehend the higher order benefits of searing pain when stricken by it. Usually, the only
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OUTLINE: Is 55:8-9For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts. 3 Most Recent Blogs – How Much of Our Suffering Is Due to Impatience? – 3/10/23 – What is Biblical Discipline? –
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OUTLINE: 3 Most Recent Blogs – How Much of Our Suffering Is Due to Impatience? – 3/10/23 – What is Biblical Discipline? – 3/3/23 – We’re Supposed to Stick Together – 2/24/23Suffering and SanctificationAny time God sanctifies one of His children, He is glorified, regardless of how He accomplishes it. My Message to So-called “Christianity” TodaySTOP trying to rationalize God with
God uses a variety of ways to teach us His precepts. They are, by all means, unconventional in the sense that His thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are His ways our ways (Isaiah 55:8). If we use our own expectations as guidance, we will quite often be sorely disappointed. Are not failed expectations among the most
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OUTLINE: Theme: Simplicity and Purity of Devotion to Christ – New Year, Fresh Start (2 parts) [prioritization of first love] – Stress (10 parts) [greatest stress factor is loss of first love] – Look Around. Seriously, Look Long and Hard (2 parts) [embrace the simple things in life]Reading Your BibleIt is imperative that you read your Bible with the utmost good
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OUTLINE:The Science of Analysis Paralysis – blog.doist.com“Analysis paralysis / Overthinking: 1 .Lowers your performance on mentally demanding tasks 2. Kills your creativity 3. Eats up your willpower 4. Makes you less happy”HE LOVES USOur Dear Heavenly Father doesn’t want us to get overwhelmed by the ways of the world, or what the world SAYS we should
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