September, 2014

• 13 September

  Judging Worth

  

  The essence of judge not lest you be judged involves valuing individuals as God values them.  We are not our sins…nor are we our good deeds.  We are created beings, made in the image of a high and holy God.  Judgments detract from that beautiful truth by using an inaccurate ...

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• 12 September

  Mender of the Heart

  

  Doctors have confirmed it; you can die from a broken heart. “Broken Heart Syndrome” occurs when the heart fails due to hormone surges. Often, it occurs in the elderly when one spouse dies after many years of marriage, and the other follows– sometimes within hours. It occurs more often with ...

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• 12 September

  I Could, But I Won’t

  Just because you have power, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to use it.

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• 12 September

  Standing United

  

  Yesterday was the thirteenth anniversary of that horrific day in our nation’s history. A day when the whole world watched, in real-time, as terrorists attacked our citizens on American soil.

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• 12 September

  The Message Remains The Same

  

  The message has remained the same for over 2,000 years.  It can still bring the same freedom, victory, and joy to it’s hearer – regardless.  Those who believe and receive it step from death into life in the twinkling of an eye.  Each one is born again.  Each becomes an ...

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• 11 September

  God’s Word Works!

  

  The Word of God works. Truett Cathy proved it—not that it needs proving, but celebrating wisdom’s victories is enjoyable and profitable! Cathy, the Chick-fil-A founder who died this week, left a legacy to learn from. His franchise began with and operates from a biblical foundation. And, as they say, the proof ...

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• 11 September

  Honoring Persecuted Christians

  

  Honoring Persecuted Christians By John Livingston Clark Imagine a woman giving birth while in prison and shackled in chains. That is what Meriam Ibrahim did. In May of 2014 she was put in prison for converting from Islam to Christianity. A court in the country of Sudan considered her “guilty” ...

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• 11 September

  “Anything is Possible”

  

  The boy’s father was at wits-end, was there any hope for his son? It had gone on for years, the boy’s twisting and thrashing about, so badly that he foamed at the mouth and attempted to throw himself into the home’s fireplace. He’d even come close to drowning when he’d ...

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• 10 September

  Our Hope: The Wonder of Wonders

  

  Every day when I arise, I look to the wonders in our world.  Not wonders like tall buildings.  Not huge shopping malls, or fancy swimming pools. Not wonders like beautiful and expensive mansions.  The wonders I look for are the wonders of God.  And because they are His wonders, they are ...

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• 10 September

  Will Your Tattoo Send you to Hell?

  

    Another hot button topic these days is the subject of tattoos and should Christians be indulging in body art.  My daughter sent me an article on Facebook from the website of the United Church of God.  It is in answer to the question, “What does the Bible say about ...

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