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Killing Negative Nancy With Kindness
Yesterday, we focused on not being negative with our words. I talked about how we could and should be more considerate when we open our mouths about others. Today I want to discuss what to do if you...
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Resolving the New Year
Do you make New Years Resolutions? I don’t either. I set goals. Workable goals. Goals that are not made of dreams but are made of truths. Goals that can be accomplished not by imagination but by hard...
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Why I Worship God
We sing two songs at our church and most people try to make it an either/or issue but I think it’s a both/and issue. I will say one more than the other but I worship Him because of both reasons. Look...
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Mental Illness and the Church
Recently I ran across a blog post about the church and its “disability” to handle mental disabilities. I thought it was a great blog. However as a pastor and job coach for those with mental and...
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Death Doesn’t Mean It Is Finished
In one sense it was an opportunity. In another sense, it was a tragic moment. I was sitting inside the small library of a small community, one where there’s only one road that goes right through town,...
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Sharing Your Faith
One of my favorite things to do is teach new Christians about God. I lead a Christianity 101 small group and we meet at Dunkin Donuts just to get out of the “church”. The other night as we were...
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Still Prodigal
Let’s stand together and admit somedays, you just don’t feel like living for God. You don’t feel like reading God’s word. You don’t feel like listening to the direction the Holy Spirit is giving. You...
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The View At The Top
I’ve recently gotten into hiking. I love camping and this is just another step in loving the great outdoors.Throwing a 30 lb. pack on your back and walking up to ten miles a day to see some awesome...
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I Can’t Stand It
A father/mother embraces his/her child before deployment A spouse weeps over the flag draped coffin A child is beaten by a parent A spouse is domestically abused Divorce Suicide Depression Anxiety...
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Examining Ourselves Is Impossible
1 Corinthians 4:1-3 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy. 3...
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Expecting Establishments To Do Your Job Christian
Here’s a quick thought. There’s so much uproar about taking prayer out of schools, taking the ten commandments out of court rooms and then there are folks who throw fits because Google didn’t do a...
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God Loves Souls, Not Stereotypes
Yesterday, I ran into three different people who after talking with them I was caught totally by surprise that they love Jesus. Granted, I was stereotyping the type of person that can only love Jesus....
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Where Peace Is Found
Fear – the least experienced hikers labor under a yoke of fear and worry, cluttering their packs with devices they hope will duplicate the security of more familiar environments. Veteran hikers, whose...
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Living a Spirit Led Life
Last Sunday I taught in the Essentials 201 class of our Gracelife University about living a Spirit led life. Simply what that means is we live by faith not knowing what will be around the next corner...
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Is Sunday All There Is
Every Sunday, I think God does some awesome and tremendous things at our church. Not things you can visually or tangibly see but things that move our hearts closer to Him. After we meet, I go home and...
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Ruined
Sometimes when I see a familiar passage of scripture in a book I skip over it. After getting advice from my pastor telling me that one thing he never skips over is scripture in a book when he’s reading...
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Leading Without An Instrument
I’m reading an amazing book right now for worship leaders titled “Doxology and Theology.” I ran across a quote last night that is so true. If you’re a worship leader… Get this… Feel this… Understand...
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My Story
Last Sunday I got to share my story with our congregation at GraceLife. I’ve always said it’s not one of great adversity. I never had THAT moment where I thought if I get out of this I will live for...
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Being In Christ is Win/Win
Matthew 5:13-16 (NASB) “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless,how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under...
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