July, 2014

• 18 July

  Can or Called?

  

  How do you want to live…purposefully, worthily, sensibly, or as the unwise and witless? Maybe you’re too busy to think about this question!But it’s worth stopping to think of your answer. And how should we teach our children to live? Surely we would all answer “purposefully, worthily, and sensibly.” Most ...

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• 18 July

  What Is Your Mission? Part 1

  

  This past April I had the great privilege of being a part of my church’s missionary team serving the people of Rancho De Sus Ninos in Tecate, Mexico.  Our purpose was to love on the kids in the orphanage and help with building projects around the property.  And, as is ...

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• 17 July

  You Are Born To Be Free

  

  You Are Born To Be Free By John Livingston Clark I sadly see many people aimlessly wondering about with no purpose in life. This is evident by the way they use their time and the activities in which they are engaged. Some are trapped in a cage of addiction and ...

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• 17 July

  On the Path

  

  My son loved toddling alongside me as we wandered through our wooded property.  Often, though, the path failed to hold his interest, and he would dart off to explore.  Living high in the Pennsylvania mountains, I knew Rattlesnakes and Copperheads loved our woods too.    The cleared path allowed us ...

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• 17 July

  The Voice of Art

  It begins deep within the heart of the artist.  There is a whisper, an idea; it stems from the spiritual depth of their being.  It is a voice yearning to be expressed. Through time and practice, this voice begins to take shape under the hand of the one who is ...

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• 17 July

  The Wedding Gown

  

  The gown started as white silk fabric, possibly handed down through the hands of a caring relative or friend. Delicate lace would be the finishing touch, adding beauty to the gown. But in the beginning, to the untrained eye, it surely didn’t look like much! She had no pattern to ...

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• 17 July

  Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

  

  Psalm 139:13 (NLT) You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. While people on both sides of the issue debate when life begins, the simple fact remains that when a physician performs an abortion a living being ceases to be ...

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• 16 July

  If I am Divorced am I Disqualified?

  

  Jesus said the only acceptable grounds for divorce is adultery and, if you marry again, unless you remarry your previous spouse, you are guilty of adultery (Matthew 5:32, 19:9).  In Malachi 2:16 God says He hates divorce. The divorce rate among Christians versus “the world” is a hotly debated issue.  ...

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• 16 July

  Chosen In Him

  

  “Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy” (Ephesians 1:4a Amplified). Some of you guys may know what it’s like to get picked last—especially when two sides are ...

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• 16 July

  OUR HOPE: The Power of The Tongue

  

  ‘Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.’ Proverbs 18:21 (ESV) I sometimes speak before I think.  It is something I fight against, and most of the time, I win.  But there are times, and entire days, where I ...

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