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A Risen Life
This month we celebrate the glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to the honor and majesty of His Father in heaven. Death and the grave could not hold our Lord. The Roman soldiers and religious leaders could not scheme to keep Him in the tomb. No power in the universe was powerful enough to render Omnipotence…
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It’s Easter Every Day
This month, the Christian church around the world will commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Easter can be a powerful time of worship and celebration for the church as we take a specific day each year to remember the incredible work that Christ did for us on the cross. With thousands of Easter church services…
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Not Fit For the Kingdom
Have you ever looked back on your life and thought, “If I only said… I should have done… I wish I was with (insert name)?” If you are anything like me, you have said those words in your head so many times that they somehow have become your reality.
A few months ago, I was on my usual…
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Dealing With Difficult People
The world is full of difficult people - do you know a few? Be honest now, who comes to your mind? Probably one person who does not is you. Most of us do not think of ourselves as being hard to get along with. The problem is with other people, if they would only get it and change. The…
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10 Trends to Watch in 2012
I’m not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet. But it doesn’t take a prognosticator to predict a few trends I believe we’ll see in the next year. Here are a few trends to watch in 2012, in my humble opinion.
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Time to Train Young Leaders
As we head into the primaries, every eye is on candidates. This is important! The election of a leader is very important and we should all be involved. Having said that, let me also say that what is really important is not the next leader, but leadership.
We need to be training leaders. We can’t elect and then…
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Healthy Relationships 101
I was really excited about the chance to write this month’s article on relationships. I love relationships. They are both complicated and essential. Whether it is your relationship with a spouse, parent, in-laws and so on, managing those relationships year round can be nerve-wracking at times. I’ve learned a few survival tips along the way that have helped me…
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How to Pray Effectively
Have you ever wondered why God was not answering your prayers, or at least not as quickly as you would like or not in the way you expected? I have on many occasions.
There are several things to consider when praying.
1.God answers prayers in ways we do not expect.
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Scandalous Love
The message this month is about a love so scandalous that it was willing to leave the court of heaven and the throne of grace, take on human flesh, dwell among us, live a perfect life, be ridiculed, slandered, falsely accused, betrayed, abandoned, condemned to death, beaten, nailed to cross beams, and forsaken by His Father in heaven. In…
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Do You Have Toxic Relationships?
Where do you go when you need to get everything out in the open - the secret sins you think nobody knows about, the times of joy that you can’t keep locked away in your heart or the times in life when you feel so depressed that you don’t even want to hear yourself think? Where do you go…
