Many times, there are those who describe Satan’s influence as a little demon on our shoulders with a pitchfork in his hands while Christ or an angel is on the other shoulder trying to tell us what to do. This is actually far from the truth.
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Christmas is a special time for Christ worldwide: • During the early days of Christianity, different parts of the world celebrated on different dates. If you traveled widely in the Roman world, you could conceivably enjoy six different Christmases in a single year.
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There are certain ingredients that if anyone told us not to put them into our bodies we would immediately say, “FOR SURE!” To list a couple of them, rat poison and cyanide. Your immediate response would be REPULSIVE! And that tells the story.
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When anyone is raising kids buying school clothes, games, or toys or allowing them free time is the best thing ever, they may think. When a parent chooses chores and homework, disciplining them for whatever reason, the parent is viewed as a ‘meanie,’ especially a stepparent.
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While I was out of town, my wife called me as I was eating dinner. She asked me what I was eating, and I told her a salad. She quickly complimented me and told me how glad she was that I chose to eat a salad.
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While I was out of town, my wife called me as I was eating dinner. She asked me what I was eating, and I told her a salad. She quickly complimented me and told me how glad she was that I chose to eat a salad.
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When anyone is raising kids buying school clothes, games, or toys or allowing them free time is the best thing ever, they may think. When a parent chooses chores and homework, disciplining them for whatever reason, the parent is viewed as a ‘meanie,’ especially a stepparent. Interestingly, chores teach responsibility, and homework prepares them for a great future, whether academically or they choose to choose a vocation.
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Life is filled with obstacles, challenges, walls to tear down, and vicious enemies. Most of the time it seems like the Lord is not interested in miraculously removing them quickly from our lives. Instead, the Lord tells us He is using these issues to mature us (James 1:2-4), refine us (1 Peter 1:3-11), and discipline us (Hebrews 12:5-11).
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Communication can be difficult and has become even more complex because of social media. We need help with taking the time to understand each other and sometimes are more interested in being heard than being understood. We like others listening to us but sometimes have no desire to listen to others.
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The hardest thing to establish, even for me many times, is to keep God’s intent for marriage in its rightful place when emotions denominate the atmosphere. What I mean by rightful place is remaining focused on God’s agenda for marriage, no matter how vulnerable that may make me feel. Many times, it’s hard to keep the brain working when our emotions are high. Our emotions tend to dethrone God sometimes ...
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