August, 2014

• 20 August

  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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• 20 August

  Guard Your Heart

  

  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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• 19 August

  Does Media Define Beauty?

  

    I never seemed to look like the women in the glamour magazines, I am part Native-American and part French. Growing up, I felt so inferior and defined my beauty by magazines and women I saw on T.V. and movies. I did not have anyone at home to tell me ...

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• 19 August

  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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• 19 August

  Are You Scared Of The Future? Psalm 91 To The Rescue!

  

  During the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year of college, I had the privilege of being a camp counselor at a farm camp.  We had all kinds of domestic animals.  I will never forget the day I witnessed the speckled hen urgently call her chicks.  They ran to her ...

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• 18 August

  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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• 18 August

  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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• 18 August

  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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• 17 August

  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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• 16 August

  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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