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Good Grief & the Trials of Rebuilding
As we head into another holiday season, I find myself reflecting on the painful subject of grief. If you're like me, the holidays have a way of triggering lots of…
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2020: Will the Rude Awakening Lead to a Great Awakening?
If you're bewildered by what God has been doing in 2020, you are not alone. The pandemic has brought us deaths, lockdowns, masks, social distancing, closed businesses and churches, widespread…
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The Megachurch That Got Pruned
Picture a church that had 32,000 members - and lost 22,000 of them in just one day. Even worse, it soon was down to only 300 people. Although this sounds…
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Turning Your PETITIONS into PRAISE
Recently God convicted me about a missing ingredient in many of my prayer requests. This became apparent as I reread the apostle Paul's words in Philippians 4:6: Do not be…
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Can YOU Smile at the Future?
Countless books, articles, blogs, and sermons have highlighted the amazing attributes of the woman described in Proverbs 31:10-31. Solomon (or "King Lemuel") seems to acknowledge right away that this is…
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Haman Will Hang on His Own Gallows
Last week I woke up one day with the words of 2 Kings 6:16 rolling around in my head: "THOSE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THOSE WITH THEM." You can…