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Serve Others!

October 2, 2025 Serve Others! One of the best ways to see the face of Jesus is to look into the face of the poor living in our midst. Too often, we wonder if Jesus still speaks to us, if Jesus is still present with us, if Jesus still listens to us, if Jesus still […]

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Be Loving!

September 25, 2025 Be Loving! The Holy Spirit has given me the gift of discernment regarding the character of other people.  When I listen to the Spirit, I am given an accurate picture of what the other person is really all about.  Unfortunately, I don’t always listen to the Spirit’s revelation about other people.  When […]

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Be Strong!

September 18, 2025 Be Strong! It is easy to feel weak!  Feelings of inadequacy, low self-worth, and helplessness drain away our strength.  Feelings of being insufficient, incompetent, or in some way defective draw down our strength.  Attacks from others, doubts rising up in us, and uncertainty about tomorrow slowly exhaust our strength. Sometimes life just […]

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Be Courageous!

September 11, 2025 Be Courageous! There’s a lot of fear out there right now!  One of the evidences is the continued increase in people suffering with a whole variety of mental illnesses.  In particular, there are more and more people who are choosing to isolate themselves from interaction with other people and from involvement in […]

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Stand Firm In The Faith!

September 4, 2025 Stand Firm In Faith! On what do you stand when everything around you seems to be shifting sand, shaky foundations, and unstable ground? When it seems there is no one upon whom you can depend, no one in whom you can trust, and no one on whom you can rely, where do […]

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Keep Alert!

August 28, 2025 Keep Alert! We want to hear the voice of God, especially when we are in a season of trouble and struggle!  When the trials and the temptations challenge in ways that bring us to the edge of giving up on commonsense and to the brink of abandoning God, we become desperate to […]

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There Is No Gain!

August 21, 2025 There Is No Gain! A few months ago, I heard a political leader make a promise that concluded with the phrase; “…so that all may experience the American dream.”  From the context of the message, it was clear that the American dream that was being promised was about success; a success mostly […]

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Something New On Tuesdays!

August 19, 2025 Something New! I am adding something new to my weekly blog posts. Beginning in September, I will be adding a second weekly blog post.  The post will be more interactive.  There will be prayers to pray, Scriptures to read, and questions to answer.  Each week, I will invite you to write (and […]

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You Don’t Amount To Anything!

August 14, 2025 You Don’t Amount To Anything! In a typical day, most of the messages coming at us attempt to convince us that we have no real value or no true worth; i.e., we are told in subtle and not so subtle ways that we don’t amount to anything!  We are told we don’t […]

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Update On Address Challenges

August 13, 2025 Challenges Overcome…With Some Great Help! After spending an hour with my blog partner about ten days ago and another 30 minutes earlier this week, the challenges I encountered with my weekly blog notification have been overcome. In June, the address data base was deleted by the company I use to send out […]

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