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A Victim of My Own Mind

“Help, I’ve been taken hostage!” “By what?” you may ask. By my negative thoughts, fears, anxieties and the like. By my mind, yes, my very own mind. Well, it’s time for me to be honest about this, to confront it and put it to rest. Here’s what I’m talking about. ...

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Listen! Can You Hear The Hope?

“Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.” Proverbs 18:13 In March of 1863, 18-year-old Charles Appleton Longfellow, unbeknownst to his family, left home in Massachusetts and boarded a train for Washington, D.C., to join the Union Army to fight in the Civil War. Charles was born to Fannie Elizabeth ...

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An Answer to Discouragement and Despair

Many of the old hymns we find such comfort in today came from the experience of great tragedy and loss in the lives of their composers. Feelings of discouragement and even despair were poured out in the words of their music, but so also were feelings of comfort and contentment ...

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How To Overcome Doubt

Everyone has times when they doubt God’s promises for their lives. There are times though, when doubt becomes chronic and casts a dark shadow over our faith. Doubt looms over us like a powerful force that chips away all that God has promised us. Where does this kind of doubt ...

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Our Hope: Open Your Eyes and See!

“He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.” Psalm 104:3-4 (NKJV) Don’t look at the news.  Don’t read the papers.  Don’t listen ...

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