Iron and Clay
Is your home spiritually lead? Learn more about Christian leadership with a life lesson.
"So this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some strength of iron in it…partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle…so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united any more than... >Read More
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Faith Aerobics
Can we pray for you today?
"Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees" (Hebrews 12:12).
I had to admit it. I had been sedentary for way too long. When I'd wake up in the morning I could feel the stiffness in my back. In the mirror I see the sagging where there used to be tautness. Too... >Read More
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A Fortunate Lesson
Could you use a listening ear? Our mentors are always available.
“Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 10:14).
A friend came over to watch my latest movie I got in the mail. We ordered Chinese food to be delivered. At the bottom of the sack were two fortune cookies. I like fortune cookies. They are just sweet...... >Read More
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Amused, or Be Used?
Can we pray for you today?
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit" (John 15:1-2).
Have you heard that old saying, "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away"?... >Read More
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Bound to Happen
Does the future concern or overwhelm you? We are here to listen.
“When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he... >Read More
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Walking in the Rush
Do you feel like nobody listens? Do you want us to pray for you?
“Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me” (Psalm 56:1).
Living in a smaller town, I forget how hustle-bustle it can be in the city. So when I get into large crowds at a concert or in the mall during the holidays, I... >Read More
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Three Step Plan
God knows...God Cares...God loves You…There is hope. Someone is waiting to talk with you now.
“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and... >Read More
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Love can be dangerous
