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  • Lessons From Fruit Ninja

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    Keeping with my life lessons from ____ posts (read those here & here), I thought I’d give Fruit Ninja a try. If you’ve never played Fruit Ninja, the concept is quite simple. Fruit flies up from the bottom of the screen and you have to use your finger to slice the fruit before it goes…

  • LEGALISM: My Recovery From This Addiction

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    I don’t know when it started, I just remember when God spoke directly to me and told me it was wrong. You see, I’m a recovering legalist. There was a time in my life when I used to think it was up to me to do all the right things. To have more check marks…

  • 4 Questions

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    1. What’s your favorite kind of pie? 2. What’s the name of 1 person that you look up to? 3. What’s one exciting thing happening or that has happened in your life? 4. How often do you wash your car?

  • Forfeiting for “Just Once” – The Power of 1

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    Many of us are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of texting while driving. Not only does it put us in danger when we do it, but it puts others in danger as well… innocent others. 20 percent of injury crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving. Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times…

  • 8 on 8’s – YOU

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  • How to Not Be Average

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    What separates the successful people from the average people is the gap between dreaming and doing. The successful person closes the gap. The average person ignores the gap. The successful person takes the chance. The average person plays it safe. Average people… Talk about what needs to be changed. Have self proclaimed solutions to problems.…

  • Looks Like Forgiveness

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    We talk a lot about forgiveness this time of the year… for good reason. For those of us that have received the forgiveness of Christ, we really have no excuse not to forgive others. But I have to admit, I struggle with forgiveness. I struggle to let go of things when people hurt those that…

  • How to Make Your Life Count… Beyond Your SS#

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    I talk a lot about “turning the world UPSIDE down.” It’s something that I believe in. It’s something that I truly believe God has called us to do. It’s something that seems so irrational and bold, but really only requires us living out the life God’s called us to. It requires God living through us.…

  • Where is God? In the Details

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    I was reading through Numbers 6 and 7 a few days ago and learned this… God is in the details. God was in the details of creation, God was in the details of the tabernacle, God was in the details of the sacrifice, God is in the details of our lives, God is in the…

  • grace.

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    grace. According to Webster, grace means… unmerited, divine, assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification. grace. We can’t earn it. It’s completely unmerited. We can’t be good enough. It envolves divine intervention. We can’t get salvation on our own. It requires assistance. We can’t go get it. It’s given freely. We can’t control it.…