We’ve all faced financial needs in our budgets. We’ve all faced staffing needs when somebody leaves our team or moves away. Recently I needed a replacement worship leader. Even though I know better, I…
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When you think of your future, how do you feel? Are you expectant or are you dreading it? Do you believe bad things can change? Do you believe God is always with you and…
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Today I want to remind you that God will reward your service. Rewards are good things. They are benefits. They come when we serve the Lord Jesus and His Kingdom. “Put your heart and…
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Like it or not we all influence people. Sometimes we positively influence people and other times we deflate people. Today let’s look at some ways to influence people positively. John Maxwell states “difficulties seldom…
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Discouragement is a malady of the soul. People simply need encouragement to combat this. Ideally we encourage ourselves daily. But most people need some help and some hope. We frequently hear the phrase “I…
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I believe the definition of maturity could be “when your private life is the same as your public life”. What I mean by this is that our lives have a public side and private…
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As long as there are people, there will be opportunities to be hurt and offended. God has given us great instruction on how to survive and thrive in spite of these wounds. Whenever we…
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Let’s face it. We are pretty self-consumed a lot of the time. We don’t wake up in the morning thinking about others unless we purposely do so. We think of our “to do list”…
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I have always been intrigued by the English servant system. There is such an honorable position in serving a lord or duke or some important person. I am told there are schools to learn…
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Nothing is more important to my daily life than having hope, joy and peace. These all come to us through our trusting relationship with God. “Now may God, the inspiration and fountain of hope,…