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Category: Life

  • Recently Following…

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    Here are a few blogs that I’ve recently added to my Google Reader. I thought I would share some of them with you… Withoutwax.tv Benjamin Smoak Church Crunch Brad Cooper And, of course, here are some that I’ve always followed… MJ Harvell Perry Noble There you go, that should give you something to kill a…

  • 3 Misconceptions About Us and God

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    1. It’s about what I do, not about what He’s done. 2. We can impress God. 3. God stops loving me when I sin. I think I’m guilty of thinking all of these. What things do you allow to creep into your mind that aren’t true? How can we guard against beginning to think these…

  • Cheap Grace

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    I used to think that I could actually do something good enough for God to like me. For years I spent my time trying to perform for God as if He was keeping tally on a giant scoreboard in heaven. For years, I thought that if I could get polished enough, God would place me…

  • Think Positive

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    Thomas Edison, after many unsuccessful attempts, said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” I think that it’s safe to say that Edison was an optimist. I think it’s safe to say that those that think this way live happier and more joyous lives. I think it’s also safe to…

  • Gospel It’s

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    The Gospel: Preach it! Teach it! Live it! Others WILL get it! Perhaps the most important of these is the living it part…the part that we often get wrong. We can’t live anyway we want and still expect to be effective at spreading the Gospel. Our personal life is tied to the work we do…

  • Gotta But Can’t

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    The last part of 2 Corinthians 6:16 says “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” Sometimes we look or think about a verse like this and think that God has a duty to be our God. We look at it and take…

  • What If…

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    Just a few quick thoughts to end your week… What if… We spent the time that we normally spend on putting others down and finding fault in others to improve ourselves? We didn’t look for the worst in others, but concentrated on the good? We believed that we have the ability to do anything God’s…

  • Our Crazy Dog

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    This is what Melissa and I get to see about once a night when we bring Bernard in the house. I think he has a problem…

  • Our Greatest Mistake

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    “To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.” –Peter McWilliamsWhat makes us so afraid to fail? We’ve heard countless stories of people that have failed hundreds of times before succeeding, but we still shudder at the thought of failure. For me, the biggest reason I don’t take…

  • Here’s the Deal

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    So, here’s the deal… I spend about 8 hours a day thinking about helping others grow spiritually. Just today, I have to help the pastor with his upcoming series, create next month’s newsletter, do some planning and some writing for our upcoming family conference, do some follow up from the Egg Dump, prepare tomorrow night’s…