This verse sounds a little suggestive at first glance. Ruth had been instructed to draw near to the man Boaz and assume a close, but ...
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Our worries are often the result of “what if’s” that penetrate our mind. We can only overcome worry when we realize we’re not in control ...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under heaven… There are lots of reasons to LOVE Fall…Pumpkin Spice everything, football, the ...
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Forgiveness is Christianity at its highest level. It reflects God’s immense forgiveness through Christ, and no human expression of forgiveness could ever surpass what Christ ...
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I’ll never forget how God drew me to HimSELF. You see, I grew up as a people pleaser. The church I attended as a teen ...
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Once we have identified what we are experiencing in difficult times as a spiritual struggle, how can we prepare ourselves to grow from it?
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We pastors think of ourselves as those who mentor others. For a moment, however, put yourself in the shoes of someone being mentored. If you had a ...
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Many years ago, a little girl began to attend the Sunday school class I taught in the church my husband, Chip, was pastoring. Her name ...
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The fact that a father often says “no” to his child’s requests rarely keeps the child from continuing to make requests. They believe that their ...
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History, philosophy, and theology all testify that fear and anxiety have always been a significant part of the human experience. Nevertheless, the word anxiety has a contemporary ...
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It was an important milestone in the life and ministry of Jesus—a turning point in His ministry. His time in Galilee was coming to a ...
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Since God is the Creator of children, He must certainly know how our kids ought to be raised and how our families should function. Indeed, ...
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For some, grace is like an injection of God’s power to be administered by trained professionals only. For others, it’s an entirely subjective transaction – ...
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One young, single woman quit her job in the city and moved back to her small hometown, abandoning her career, and leaving a place of ...
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Psalm 47:1 says: "Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy." Most people have no problem clapping and shouting for their ...
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Never in human history have people been so busy saying so much that, in the end, means so little. From morning to night, we make ...
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Many interpret Paul’s words in Philippians 4:13 to mean Christians have the power to be successful at anything in life. However, the passage is actually talking about ...
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For a Christian to be willfully unforgiving is unthinkable. We who have been forgiven by God Himself have no right to withhold forgiveness from our ...
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