July, 2015

• 14 July

  Be a Complete Reflection of Christ

  

  It is a beautiful Saturday morning. Sunny, but the ground is a bit wet from the morning showers. I am seated by the pond near my home and am taking in the waterscape as part of my personal time of reflection. I usually pray and reflect in my living room, ...

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• 14 July

  Show Love In Your World

  

  “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” Proverbs 12:25 (NIV) There was a time when those who believed in Christ were free to say and do whatever they felt was right and good publicly, without fear of oppression and ridicule.  Those days appear ...

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• 13 July

  Parenting In Sync

  

  For two summers of my college life every Tuesday and Thursday night were devoted to one of my favorite Summer Olympic events, rowing. The way a team works with precision and such grace is a magnificent site to view as the boat glides across the water with the crew driving their strokes in ...

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• 13 July

  Should Women be Ordained Pastors?

  

  Have you ever stopped to notice that there are no ordained woman preachers in the Bible? Have you ever wondered why the twelve disciples were all males? “Do you believe women should be ordained pastors?” James Brown sings that “it’s a man’s world.” Many will strongly disagree with his claim, ...

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• 13 July

  Healing from a Dead Relationship

  

  Sometimes the greatest lessons we can learn in life come from our failures. Don’t you just love the fact that Scripture promises us: “All things work together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Not just “some” things … but ...

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• 13 July

  Planting A “Garden of Hope”

  

  Many business people like to feel powerful and in control.  That all changed for a former executive who learned what really is important in life. Daron Babcock used to work at a private equity firm until his wife died of cancer. Drinking and drugs then became his downfall. He said, ...

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• 13 July

  Are You Believing a Lie? Do You Want to Know the Truth?

  

  “If what you believe to be true is not, would you want to know?” A friend posted this as her Facebook status after our pastor posed the question in church. Here were a handful of the responses: “It depends on what it was.” “Yes, I’d want to know.” “Probably not.” ...

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• 12 July

  Gifts of Healing from God

  

  The garden was God’s original home for his human creation. All around Adam and Eve were trees with different kinds of fruit to eat of all colors—orange, yellow, green, red. In the air permeated the fragrance of the essence of plants, perpetually medicating the humans with unobtrusive, unseen healing powers ...

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• 12 July

  Go and Tell the World: Baptizing Them in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

  

  Jesus under the anointing of the Holy Spirit commanded the disciples in His generation and in subsequent generations to travel into all the world and make disciples in His kingdom. The Lord has not left us alone to accomplish this supernatural endeavor. He knew beforehand that we would face principalities ...

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• 12 July

  He Knows Your Name

  

  On June 25, the body of a four-year-old girl was found on the shore of Deer Island in Massachusetts. A woman was walking her dog along the beach, when she spotted a trash bag, which—to her horror—contained the remains of a little girl. “Baby Doe,” as she has been dubbed ...

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