What do you give to God who owns everything? Is there anything he wants that he does not have? For many years I vowed to try harder, to do more, to be better. I knew I needed to change. I wanted to please God. I didn’t know how. As I grow older, I have more […]
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Facing the Future with Hope
Hope is one of those words that seem to have a different meaning in our current culture than it did when the Bible was written. When we think of hope in our everyday lives, it’s a wish. I hope it won’t rain tomorrow. I hope my team wins the championship. I hope the shoe store […]
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From Darkness to Light
Charles Sheldon’s 1896 book, In His Steps, asked, “What would Jesus do?” It was a simple but profound question. The book has sold more than 30 million copies and is among the bestsellers of all time. What was the appeal? The book caused millions to get back to the basics of humbly living like Jesus. […]
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Who Is Jesus?
Have you ever thought about why there’s so much glitter at Christmas? Why the thousands of watts of lights? Little children color rainbows with as many crayons as they have in their box to approximate the innumerable colors they see in the sky (of course there are far more than seven.) At Christmastime we who […]
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When the Holidays Hurt
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s practically impossible to express just how wonderful it is to celebrate the birth of our long-awaited Messiah who came to set us free from the curse of sin and the sting of death! So it may be hard to imagine that for many people at Christmastime, […]