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Hi guys! So have you ever felt overwhelmed, or what we sometimes call battle weary? I have! Sometimes the enemy just totally will not stop attacking me! Yes, there have been times that I just wanted to throw my arms up and quit. For example, a couple years ago I was working in a very
In my last blog, I wrote about a leadership retreat I went to. This retreat was the big ending to an online leadership program that I was a part of. During this program, I learned a lot of good information. But one thing that stuck out to me was the acronym our instructor taught us:
Grow: develop by increasing in size and changing physically; progress to maturity; cause to expand or increase As Christians, we are called to continual growth. We are called to constantly seek more, to go deeper. When we stop growing, we become spiritually stagnant. We become complacent. When we are first saved, we become a new
Everything is meaningless. Wow, what a way to start something off, right? That’s how the author of Ecclesiastes, said to be Solomon, starts the book off with. Talk about a man who wants to cut right to the chase without even beginning with any sort of formalities! But this is what he chooses to start
Inspect: look at someone or something closely, typically to assess their condition or to discover any shortcomings; examine someone or something to ensure they reach an official standard When in prayer about what the Word of the Week should be, I received this word: inspect. Before this word came to mind, I’d been suggesting things
This week’s recipe is one I made up, and I never thought it would turn out to be such a big hit. I recently made BBQ Pork Sandwiches for a vendor show at my church. Everyone was coming up to me saying how delicious it was. You know my heart was huge with happiness. You
Hey guys! One of my favorite movies is The Patriot — you know, the one with Mel Gibson. It is about a man named Benjamin and his family’s journey through the American Revolution. Well, one of my all time favorite lines from the movie is when Ben’s son tells him to “Stay the Course”. I
By Angel Miller What about those who sneer at the gospel message? Acts 17:32 – “When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, ‘We want to hear you again on this subject.’” Only God knows whose name is and isn’t written in the Lamb’s book of life.
It was dark out. Of course, being in the woods with no house lights or street lights only made it feel darker. Our only source of light was the bonfire, snap, crackling away in front of us. There were only a few of us, a very small group to begin with, but made even smaller
Dedication: the devotion of time, effort, or oneself to a particular task or purpose In the Old Testament times, before Jesus came and died for our sins, anyone wishing to find atonement for their sins had to offer up a sacrifice. They were instructed to take an animal that was perfect — one of the
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