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Worry
“Cast all your care on Him, for He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 Are you a worry-wart? My grandfather was. He used to tell me that he has to worry a...
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Building Codes
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods...
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Whatever
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17...
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Work
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your ...
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Learning to Love Those Around You
Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. Mark 2:17 One of the question...
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Real Life
“Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in ...
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Living for Stuff
“And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to...
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Attitude
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 2:5 There is a story of a child psychologist that wanted to observe how diff...
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Growth May be Slow...But It's Coming!
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. 1:6 A few years ago my fam...
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Anger
“A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.” Proverbs 29:11 What angers you? Have you ever gotten so irritate...
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Are You Really Listening to Jesus?
Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not t...
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Carnival on Easter Sunday
“But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain ...
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Control
“O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.” Psalm 115:9 I love to feel like I’m in control. I expect things to work the way t...
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All Things are Possible
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 My grandfather signs all of his notes, letters, and cards with this ver...
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Under Your Nose
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5 I recently purchased an iPhone along with an OtterBox case to pr...
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You Can't Have Jesus Without His Bride
And lest us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one...
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Worry
“And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on...
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Grace
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 I recently heard grace described ...
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I'm Sorry!
“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins a...
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Prayer
“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, ...
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Rest
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Rest hours at Greystone are glorious, aren’t they? Where el...
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Toxic
“Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Have you ever stopped to ask yourself—like JimDaddy asked me back at Ca...
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Guilt and Shame
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am,...
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Directions
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 Do you like following directions? ...
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Stress
“Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who ...
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Judging Others
“Do not judge or you will be judged.” Matt. 7:1 Author Ken Sande defines judging as “looking for others’ faults and, without valid and sufficient re...
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O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of...
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Contentment and Rest
“O LORD, My heart is not lifted up; My eyes are not raised to high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have...
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Wrestling with Rest
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Genesis 2:2 By t...
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Do Not Covet - 10th Commandment
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything...