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His Goodness Abounds

“Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You in the presence of the sons of men.” (Psalm 31:19, NKJV) How we view God will change the way we live and how we relate to others! A proper […]

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Stretching The Heart Like A Rubber Band

“The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary …” (Isaiah 50:4, NKJV) Sometimes … perhaps more than any of us would care to admit … it is really hard to keep a good attitude about life […]

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Knowing The One Who Created These

“Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.” (Isaiah 40:26, NKJV) For a number of years, we had the wonderful opportunity […]

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This Is One Of Those Times

 “Help, Lord …” (Psalm 12:1, NKJV) You know the feeling, don’t you!  We all know the feeling when it rises up in our hearts … when it brings tears to our eyes … and when it generates a deep gnawing pain way down in our hearts.  Oh yes, we all know how it feels!  God’s […]

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More Than Food and Football

“As you, therefore, have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:6-7, NKJV) What word would you use to describe this past year?  Unbelievable … unkind … harsh … brutal … […]

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The Fragrance Above All Others

“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.” (2 Corinthians 2:14, NKJV) Entire sections of the big box stores are dedicated to fragrance!  These sections are at the very entrance and they are intended to capture our attention.  […]

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When Two Are Better Than One …

“Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.  For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.  But woe to him who is alone when he falls; For he has no one to help him up.”  (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, NKJV)  I don’t like to be alone.  Now, don’t misunderstand, […]

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You Have One Job To Do …

“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 of this law.” (Deuteronomy 29:29) On Saturday mornings during the fall of the year is a show entitled College GameDay. And it has so much […]

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Could This Be You?

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” (Galatians 6:9, NKJV) “Hello darkness, my old friend … I’ve come to talk with you again …” Most of us who have lived for any length of time recognize these words from the […]

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Good News In Bad Times …

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:  Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.” (Jeremiah 29:4-5, ESV) There are times in our lives when we feel ‘stuck’ and can’t seem to picture any […]

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