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What’s Behind the Domestic Violence?
“Why is he angry all the time?” Janelle asked me over a cup of tea. “He explodes over nothing.” “What do you mean?” “He screamed, cursed, stormed out of the house, slammed the door behind him, and...
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Let There Be Light!
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. In most of our homes, you simply flip a switch and light fills a dark room. Pretty incredible, really. Let There Be Light! Now follow me in a thought experiment....
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What I Assume About You…
What I assume about you, doesn’t tell me much about you. I’ve bumped into the notion of assumptions a lot lately. And whenever I encounter the same idea a bunch of times, I figure perhaps God’s trying...
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Seeing God’s Hand in Our Trials
We must see our heavenly Father’s hand in our lesser trials and cares, as much as in the greater ones. David recognized the hand of God, in Absalom rising against him in rebellion–but he saw it no less...
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Ten Questions to Ask
Ten questions to ask at the start of a New Year, or on your Birthday Once, when the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him, the Lord rebuked them through the prophet Haggai....
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How Should I Respond?
Difficult current events prompt today’s word-of-the-week… RESPOND Of course we’re sad. Confused. Afraid. Angry. Hopeless. God’s not surprised by events that we find beyond comprehension. And He’s not...
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Do You Make Things Complicated?
Recent experience has me re-visiting a previous word-of-the week… SIMPLE What Jesus asked of us is simple. I need to remember that today. Maybe you do too. He asked us to love with no strings....
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How Do You Know If You Suffer from PTSD?
“What’s wrong with me?” Thirty-eight-year-old Charlotte asked me. “What makes you ask that?” She whispered, “When I was a child, my dad beat me almost daily for any little thing.” Her eyes moistened,...
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Are Assumptions Being Made?
ASSUMPTIONS The assumptions people make about you, your story, and your experiences disclose a great deal. They disclose a great deal about the person making the assumptions, and you may wish to pay...
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Can Affliction Be Good?
Some years ago I heard an allegory which I have never forgotten. It often comes back to me when I think of the way in which the Lord leads His people. The fable runs that a few ears of wheat were...
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The Third Chapter of Life
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” ~Anatole France Frequently the...
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The key of Death is in the Savior’s hands!
“Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last, the Ever-living One! I died–but see, I am alive forevermore! And I hold the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead).” Revelation 1:17-18 When it...
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Our True Relationship with Him
We should observe, how our Lord speaks of the relation between Himself and true believers. He says, “Henceforth I call you not servants but I have called you friends.” 14You are My friends if you do...
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Listening to Your Gut
‘The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.’ (Ascribed to Albert Einstein)...
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That Master Key!
For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart!...
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It’s okay to say, “I’m not sure.”
The current political “discussion” inspires today’s word-of-the-week… KNOW Some folks seem to know just about everything. The wisest people I know, the ones I trust the most, seem to be full of doubt....
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Finding a Sense of Personal Amity
“Where the roses bloom forever And where separation comes no more If we never meet again,this side of heaven I will meet you on that beautiful shore.” ~Johnny Cash I have come to believe that in the...
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Love isn’t a feeling
A conversation from a long time ago prompts today’s word-of-the-week… FEELING “Love isn’t a feeling.” My friend looked at me like I’d just landed from Mars. “Of course love is a feeling. When you fall...
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When Doors Won’t Open for Us
A statement of frustration brings us today’s word-of-the-week… OPENS “It feels like even when I’m at the right door it never opens for me.” “Okay, tell me how it works.” “It’s like I’m following my...
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What About That Setback?
A friend experienced a setback. A “speed bump” is how he described it. I’d say it was more like a major detour, but either way, things aren’t exactly going his way right now. This is a guy who’s had...
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