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No More Than You Can Handle

No More Than You Can Handle By Joel B. 1 Cor 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a ...

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Our Hope: We, The Sheep

‘My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place.’ Jeremiah 50: 6 (NIV) When God created man, He became their shepherd, and they His sheep. We are ...

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Beyond Our Limits

Sometimes the pressures of life do shove us to our limit.  Perhaps you are there today…overwhelmed by things you cannot control, frightened by possibilities you dread or grieved by the choices of another.    Can you believe that you are in a perfect place?  It is in the times we come ...

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Asleep at the Wheel

“Honey, let me drive. I know you’re more tired than I am.” Pulling the vehicle off at the next exit ramp, my husband and I completed a record breaking “Fire Drill” to switch roles as driver and passenger. Oblivious to the switch, our girls slumbered peacefully in the back from ...

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Proof of Love

“If you love me, then you will” . How many times do people say this to one another? This phrase can be used to manipulate, and even to get the person you’re directing it towards to do something that is against their conscience. But even Jesus asked this question of ...

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Love Bond of Man and Wife

Its Friday evening. Beer-thirty, is what they call quitting time, in the office. Teddy and a colleague are sitting at the local tavern’s bar, already nursing their fourth round of drinks, when a tall, athletic brunette waltzes by. Teddy catches a glimpse of her designer heels. Her form-fitting short skirt ...

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Looking for Your Purpose?

Our loving, personable God has made each of us on purpose, for a purpose.  So many struggle to find that purpose.  They see the “renown” people with great influence and think, ” I must do the outstanding things that everyone sees” or ” I want to be the outstanding person ...

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Heroes Come in all Sizes

Kaylan Woodward has been called a six-year-old hero. He showed extraordinary coolness and bravery in the midst of a potentially terrifying situation. Kaylan and Marcy were playing in their front yards in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Kaylan and his ten-year-old friend Marcy were approached by a young, Hispanic male who ...

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Amen!

Names matter!  Looking into the names of our Lord helps us know Him powerfully.  Did you know Jesus is the Amen we use in our prayers?    Both the Old and New Testament employs the word–over 75 times in fact!  Jesus Himself chose the word as His own name.  It is a ...

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