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Longing for True Joy
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:2 “The mai...
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Tim Udouj
Before becoming the pastor of Grace and Peace Presbyterian in Greenville, SC, Tim served as the RUF pastor at Furman University. He was a minister at Main and August Camp, and now lives in Greenville with his family.
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The Secret of Contentment
For I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned th...
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words...
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Addicted to Busyness
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28 On the college campus where I’m a pastor, I have a little game...
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How Many Times Do I Have to Forgive?
“Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 Don’t you hate it when so...
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Prayer is Like Banging at the Door
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Luke 11:9 As a pastor, one of the mo...
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You Just Need to Grow...Down?
Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all. Mark 9:35 How old do you wish you were right now? That sounds like a str...
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Don't You Care About Us?
And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39 Do you ever hav...
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What Are You So Worried About?
Therefore I tell you, do you not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will put on…but s...
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Wow, That Felt Good to Get Off My Chest!
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1 Sometimes when we finally confess something that we’ve held in...
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At the Mercy of the Waves
…it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself…It is the Lord who judges me. 1 C...
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Everyone Has Faith in Something
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 This morning as I begin writing I approached my ...
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You Become What You Worship
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set you minds on things ...
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Avoiding the Roller Coaster
“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you ob...
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No Longer a Slave, But a Child
“So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.” Galatians 4:7 Have you ever had a teac...
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Justifying Your Existence
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” ...
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Instead of Punishment, Let's Get Ice Cream
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 Have you ever been caugh...
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We All Like Playing Dress Up, Don't We?
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar…Even before a word is on m...
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So, What's Wrong with the World, Anyway?
“Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As ...
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You Were Made for Worship
“Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 What is it that you really love?...