Loving Your “Enemies” A Sunday Snippet
Jesus stunned His audience by saying, “You have heard it said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love...
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Will You Roll the Stone Away? – A Sunday Snippet
On that first Easter morning when the women found the stone rolled away, the tomb of Jesus was empty. He had risen as He said, and...
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Billy Graham and Overcoming the Impact of Parental Divorce
With Billy Graham’s passing at 99 years old, we have lost the Moses of our era. It’s difficult to name someone who has had a broader and...
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Nuzzling in God’s Neck – A Sunday Snippet
Nuzzling in God’s Neck – A Sunday Snippet Maybe you had one of those conversations with your mom, dad, or stepparent. Maybe your brother...
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Why am I Running From My Prayer Closet? – A Sunday Snippet
I try to fit in my daily prayer routine before my crazy days begin. Too often the pressures of my upcoming schedule create a not too...
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Wishing to Satisfy the Crowd – An Easter Snippet
“So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.” *...
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Why We Don’t “Come to Him” – A Sunday Snippet
In our last post we looked at how Jesus offered to take our burdens when He said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy...
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Healed, but Dead – A Sunday Snippet
Healed, but Dead – A Sunday Snippet Jesus was walking with His disciples when ten lepers approach Him and ask to be healed. For a leper...
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To Believe or Not to Believe? That is the Question
Every Easter mankind is faced with the same choice, believe Jesus is the world’s Savior or don’t believe it. Historically, people have...
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Handling Tremors after the Divorce Earthquake – A Sunday Snippet
Security, safety, and self-preservation often drive our actions and inactions daily. What constitutes security, safety, and...
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Are you willing to lower your Shields? – Sunday Snippet
Recently I found myself in a situation that had caused great pain in the past. Though God had brought healing in that area and things are...
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Finally Picked! A Sunday Snippet
Athletic prowess was not my forte as a child. I could hold my own, but when teams were picked, only two or three kids dreaded the...
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Praise From a Thankful Heart –A Sunday Snippet
O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! * When I look at the night sky...
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The Cross and Feelings of Unworthiness
Three days have passed since the world celebrated Easter. The eggs and chocolate may be gone, but the cross continues as a sign of hope...
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Accountability for the Hurting
Psalm 139 1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts...
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Striving for What We Already Have – A Sunday Snippet
When I was a young boy, my family would take trips to an amusement park called Eldridge Park. Amusement parks in those days only had one...
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Thanking God for His Faithfulness
Great is your faithfulness Great is your faithfulness Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Your hands have provided...
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Sometimes Healing Requires a Change in Perspective – A Sunday Snippet
Psalm 100 (A psalm of thanksgiving) Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing...
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Honor Your Father and Mother? The Sunday Snippet
Tucked in the middle of the Ten Commandments is a command that has proved troubling for adults with divorced parents. Honor your father...
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The Sunday Snippet – Winning the Battle, but Losing the War
I’m reading and working through a challenging book called, The Long Way Home: The Powerful 4-Step Plan for Adult Children of Divorce. * ...
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