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3 Destructive Thoughts

>> Watch part 2 of this series: Creative Parenting New to this series? Watch the introduction video here You know there’s some lines of thought that are so destructive when it comes to parenting. Destructive line of thought #1: I’ll work hard now and be able to play later. One line of thought is this: Well I’ll work hard now...

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Lesson 2: Experiencing God’s Love and Forgiveness
Lesson 2: Experiencing God’s Love and Forgiveness

This is part 2 in a 4 part series - Lessons for Christian Living It was a small thing-a driver cut you off, a classmate insulted you, your spouse forgot to pick you up-but suddenly you’re swearing and yelling. Or perhaps you find yourself tempted by other actions and attitudes, like gossip or bitterness, that take your focus off God. These...

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Healing a Marriage
Healing a Marriage

Story told by Tom Archibald and Suellen Beatty, written by Laurie Wang TOM: Suellen likes to introduce me as her first and third husband because it surprises people. I can see why some people think it’s shocking and I guess it is, but I am so grateful to God that I have the privilege of being her husband today. A marriage  with God in it...

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Stepping Out in Faith
Stepping Out in Faith

My husband was gone--and now I would have to determine how I would support myself and my five-year-old younger daughter. I was offered a full-time job in the downtown office where I had done some part-time work. "Oh, Lord," I prayed, "what should I do?  I hate the thought of putting Lori in the care of others all summer and after school. She's such...

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To Provide the Basis for Our Justification
To Provide the Basis for Our Justification

This article is part of an extended series. We have now been justified by his blood. - Romans 5:9 [We] are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. - Romans 3:24 We hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. - Romans 3:28 Justified or forgiven? Being justified before God...

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The Forgiveness of Sins
The Forgiveness of Sins

This article is part of an extended series. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses. Ephesians 1:7 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.  Matthews 26:28 About grace When we forgive a debt or an offense or an injury, we don’t require a payment...

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The Power of Prayer
The Power of Prayer

This is Part 4 of a series: Conversing with God through the Bible You’ve read the text. You’ve spent time thinking. Now comes prayer. The kind of prayer we’re talking about goes beyond merely asking for things – although there’s time for that, and God even tells us to do that often. But in the process of lectio divina, there’s a time...

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The Practice of Spiritual Readin
The Practice of Spiritual Readin

This is Part 2 in a series: Conversing with God through the Bible So, how can you grab hold of that revelation? If this book can have that kind of transformative power, how can you let it impact your life? There’s an ancient practice called lectio divina (or “spiritual reading”) that has been used for centuries to do that very thing. The...

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