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OUR HOPE: Where’s The Message?

‘The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God endures forever.’  Isaiah 40:8 (NIV) Several years ago we helped our daughter-in-law and two grandsons move from our town to a home near the army base where her husband, our son, was stationed.  He was in Afghanistan at ...

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Guard Your Heart

Provisions

As most of you are aware, complaining and discontentment are symptoms of a deeper problem. When we find ourselves griping or whining it usually means something else looms large. Sometimes, it’s only an emotional reaction to ‘not getting our own way’. In simple terms, it means unhappy or dissatisfied. To ...

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Weeds Are My Enemy

The purest seed was planted as the spring frost was unfolding in the fields.  Like most farmers, Eli depended solely upon the harvest of his wheat in order to sustain his family.  Yet, the enemy crept in and planted tares, a weed disguised to look just like the wheat in ...

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When The Laughter Stops

Ecclesiastes 3:4 says, ‘[There is]…a time to weep and a time to laugh,’.  God recognizes the need to cry, and the need to be joyful.  And because of this, He has blessed us with those who will indeed make us laugh when all we want to do is cry.  Robin ...

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Has Sports Become An Idol?

Has Sports Become An Idol? By John Livingston Clark Football, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, or tennis, which will it be? Eighty-nine percent of Americans believe sports are an important part of the culture. Not only that, according to the Barna Group, sports figures have greater influence than religious leaders. It ...

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Lucifer

He was amazing to behold. He possessed a face like the sun, shining in full strength with eyes like flames of fire. Exhibiting a voice like the roar of many waters, he epitomized perfection. Glowing white hair covered his head; white like wool–like snow. His feet were like refined burnished ...

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What God Opens

We heard a sermon today in church about ‘books opened’ by the Ancient of Days in heaven concerning judgment (Daniel 7:10). Indeed, strewn throughout scriptures we read of God opening and closing depending on the situation. Thankfully, we serve One who opens the best way where there seems to be ...

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Family: It’s So Important

Family: It’s So Important By Joel B. Friends, today I want to talk to you a little about family and how important it is. Yesterday, my family adopted an eight-week-old male sugar glider, who we named “Samson”, or “Sam” for short. Sugar gliders are marsupials from the opossum family. They ...

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