June 2020

Stumblers

I stumble, I get careless, I make mistakes, I miscalculate, I say the wrong thing in the wrong way, I sin. I recognize it (repent), I ask for forgiveness, and I accept Jesus’ mercy (un-earned by works or deeds), I change. If God was looking for perfect, holy people I would be left out. But, …

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Why Pray?

Do you believe that what you pray for will occur? Are you willing to wait for God’s timing in your prayer requests even if it means months or years later? When you Pray do you hurry on to your next appointment for the day, go to sleep immediately, or do you wait in silence to …

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Living Faith

A lantern shines in the darkness illuminating the path immediately in front of us. Further ahead nothing can be seen for the darkness envelopes the path with a sea of black. We walk on anyway knowing that little by little we will see enough to get us where we are going even though we don’t …

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Stay Positive

Martin Luther King said it simply and very well, “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” In a world full of hate choose love. In a city full of violence choose peace. In a family full of disharmony choose positive words. In a job filled with anger …

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Spirit Fruit

One way we stay healthy is by feeding our physical body fresh fruit. By avoiding rotten fruit we guard against becoming physically sick. How do we guard against becoming Spiritually sick? By sowing in our minds the seeds of the Spirit Fruits and fostering their growth in Faith, so they grow larger than any hate, …

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It’s A Process

Life is a process no matter how you tackle it. Wouldn’t it be a magical place to live if all people of all races in every country in this world came together in harmony completing a circle of unity? Our Heavenly Father would be dancing in the courts of heaven if humans could get this …

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The New You

As we move forward with this fresh new infilling of the Holy Spirit of our Divine Creator, it’s time to rewrite the future in Christ. Your new identity begins with Christ and the calling you are destined to fulfill. Out with old, in with the new. Same for the church. What resonates deep within, nudging …

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Growing Pains

Change is one of the hardest choices and/or processes we go through in life. Whether it is changing jobs, schools, moving, divorcing, addiction relapse or recovery, death of a loved one. It takes us out of our place of comfort and can thrust us into turmoil, defeat, anxiety, even panic. OR, it can be the …

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Stoke the Fire

Many times a really exciting and uplifting worship experience, whether it’s one on one with God, singing a praise song in the car, or during a church service, can get us stoked and fired up spiritually only to fizzle out by week’s end. Endless financial setbacks, chaos at work, distractions at home, discord that disrupts …

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