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Prayer changes things!

If I Don’t, Who Will?

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“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;” Ephesians 6:14 As a…

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I’m Outa There!

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“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves…

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Getting Advice

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 Sometimes it amazes me where folks get their “wisdom.” I remember asking a young lady, “Why would you go to…

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God Provides

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“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”  Phil. 4:19 God…

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Catching Monkeys

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Missionary Arnold Skelton told of an interesting way that natives capture primates. Many hunters use their skill with bow and…

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Why Are You in a Place Like This?

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“… and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a…

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Encourage Yourself

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One of the most debilitating forces we all face is discouragement.  Most have started with much zeal and hope of…

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Grading on a Curve

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I loved it in school when the teacher graded us on a curve. It was a grading system that did…

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Why Are You Praying to Me?

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“And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken…

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Why, Oh Lord?

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“And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen…

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Grace, Not Good Deeds

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In Ephesians 2, Paul addressed converted Gentiles (vs. 11), and he reminded them of the most important points of how…

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