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Freedom Found in Confrontation
“Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest...
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Three Ways to Keep Community When We’re Asked to Keep Apart
“…let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty...
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Birthdays
“‘For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:13-1...
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Give a Compliment
“Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” Proverbs 12:25 Think about the last time someone gave you a genuine, heartfelt compli...
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Bite Your Tongue
“You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judge...
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Streaks
“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thorough...
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Respond in Love
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 I remember one summer when I was on the men staff at Greystone, I g...
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How to be a Jesus Lovin' Pal
“A friend loves at all times.” Proverbs 17:17 “Friendship is acting out God’s love for people in tangible ways. We were made to represent the love o...
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Accountability
“By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.” Ecclesi...
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Love Like Jesus
“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifi...
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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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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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False Testimony - 9th Commandment
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16 This command is pretty involved, and also has some similarities to the 6th ...
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Words are Magnetic
“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” Proverbs 16:24 My children love trivia. They recently told me ...
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Giving Back
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10 As ...
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Speak Truthfully
“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.” Matthew 5:37 We’ve all had conversations with other people whe...
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Putting Others First
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10 This verse in Romans 12 comes as one of the most simple, yet p...
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Serve, Not be Served
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 For most of my years at cam...
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Getting the Credit
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He w...
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Friendship
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his fri...
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Image of God
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard ...
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Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
“Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The say...
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Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness
“Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jes...
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Kindness
“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be ch...
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Friends
“He who walks with the wise grows wise: but a companion of fools, suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20 Webster describes a friend as, “one that acts in the...
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Commitment and Saying No
“Let your ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” Matthew 5:37 In the world around us, we are bombarded...
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Gossiping
“Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.” Proverbs 26:20 Do you remember the last time you had a campfire? For some of yo...
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Made For Relationships
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in the image of God he created them.” Genesis 1:26a One of the draws for us to come back to camp each ...
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The Fellowship of Believers
“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by b...