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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 your enemies, bless...

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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 crushed the sin which sepa...

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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 more positive worldw...

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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 or sister is furious...

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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 subtle urgency to finish...

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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.” * Reading through the cr...

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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 burdens, and I will g...

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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 to talk to anyone was...

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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 chosen not to—starting...

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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 self-preservation (at least in th...

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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 different now, past...

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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 choose-your-players process...

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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 and see the work of ...

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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 and healing. One day ...

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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 even when I’m far aw...

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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 rollercoaster, but a...

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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 Great is Your faithfuln...

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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 with joy. Acknowled...

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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 and mother. Having he...

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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. * I’ll write a full re...

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