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Have you experienced true freedom in Christ? To be free in Christ means you are no longer coerced by people’s expectations, you follow Christ’s desires not man’s, you are not bound by guilt that others may place upon you, you are led by the Holy Spirit, and you follow Jesus ...

Our guest speaker, the Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, shared a moving story today at church that blessed my heart.  It focused on “giving your gift.”  His message was based on Proverbs 18:16 and offered the original definition of “gift”: that which you presently have to give away. I share the story ...

This world sure needs fixing.  At least that is the message I see on Facebook and news reports.  Everybody seems to know how to do it–or how someone else ought to do it.  Usually ‘fixing the world’ means getting others to change.  God’s plan is that we change–and let Him ...

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). I had the privilege of homeschooling my wonderful daughter for ten years–from four-year-old kindergarten (even though she was only three) through eighth grade.  As an elementary teacher, ...

A child of the 70s, the worn-out phrase “I need to find myself,” makes me cringe. Yet in those words—often used to justify selfishness and indulge in sin—lies a truth we cannot deny. It is a truth we do not want to deny for the doorway to finding ourselves is ...