Work Ethic

Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. – Proverbs 31:31

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With All You’ve Got

The road to abundant life comes with joy and heartache.

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All You Need is Love?

It was fifty years ago today… And America was tearing itself to pieces. The country still reeled from the loss of President Kennedy. His successor, President Johnson, ...

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God’s Gift for the Overwhelmed and Overcommitted

You might be overworked, overwhelmed, and overcommitted if: You can’t remember the last time you took a nap without feeling guilty… You’ve bumped into someone ...

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Our Life

Paul's marvelously rich expression indicates that Christ is the source of our life. You has He quickened who "were dead in . . . trespasses and sins."1 The ...

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Sin: It Starts With a Thought

Oscar Wilde said, “I can resist everything except temptation.” That’s the problem with temptation. It’s so tempting. But sometimes we unnecessarily put ourselves in the ...

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Life’s Storms

There is a scripture in the book of Nahum that is both scary and comforting at the same time. Chapter one, verse eight says, “His ...

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Forgiveness Is Biblical

In Mark 11:25-26 Jesus said, “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive ...

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How to Stop Expecting Perfection

Not being a bumper-sticker freak, I find myself turned off by most of the stuff people announce on rear windows and back bumpers. But years ago ...

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How to Lose Friends & Irritate People

As you know, I’m writing a new book with the working title How to Speak Truth to People Who Don’t Want to Hear (or How ...

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Happiness vs Joy

On the surface, happiness and joy are similar; they are both uplifting and blissful experiences. Yet there are more differences than similarities.

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An Inward Inventory

A century ago, rural America shopped at crossroads grocery stores or small-town general stores. The shelves of those stores were not always full; you couldn’t ...

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Don’t Overthink

  With the kids getting settled back in school what are you hoping they learn this year? Hi, this is Parks Stamper, middays on the Fish.  Maybe ...

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Above Reproach

A small item I read in the news twenty years ago has stuck in my mind ever since. The Rockdale County High School Bulldogs basketball ...

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Teen Attitudes and Body Language

"Will you please empty the dishwasher?" I asked my 15-year-old son one afternoon after school. By the response I got, you would have thought I'd ...

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God Overcomes Our Guilt

Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. . . . If we don’t feel guilty, we can come to ...

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The Truth That Sets Us Free

God desires the best for each of His children, but sometimes we become trapped in habits, thoughts, and negative emotions that interfere with His plans ...

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