October 2024
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When Tate was two, he really wanted to walk by himself to his Pop and Gran’s house. They lived a short ways down our dead end street and both my girls had always enjoyed walking to their house and spending time with them. Tate had never walked there by himself but was determined to do
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I was reading the other day in Romans 8:1 and it says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Everyone has a past. Some of that past is good and some is bad. Some you are
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“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21) Everyone has a favorite television show. I like anything that has to do with history, mystery and suspense. I ran across an interesting statistic the other day though about watching TV. It has been determined that the average American spends 15
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“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do.” —Romans 12:2 Once, a flock of wild geese was flying south for the winter when one goose looked down and noticed a
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“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” —Isaiah 41:10 There’s a story about a man who was visiting relatives on a farm. When the farmer whistled, his dog herded
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Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. —Psalm 141:3 A man working in the produce department was asked by a lady if she could buy half a head of lettuce. He replied, “Half a head? Are you serious? God grows these in whole heads and that’s how
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“That to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess.” —Isaiah 45:23 The term “face the music” originated long ago in Japan with the Imperial Orchestra. It was very prestigious to belong to this particular orchestra, and there was a certain man who desperately wanted to join. He wanted to play for the emperor, but
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Do you think anyone ever asked the question to Jesus: “How is your spiritual life going? Are you spending time with God? Have you had your quiet time today?” Probably not. Jesus understood that every part of his life was spiritual, not just sections of it. He, like others in the early Christian church as
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One Saturday several years ago, I spotted a something out of the ordinary on my neighbor’s property. It was a deer that had its back leg caught on the top of a chain link fence. From the appearance of it, the deer had been caught for awhile and looked dead. My neighbor was in her
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In the midst of economic crisis, there have to be definitive answers. No one is going to bail you out of your economic troubles. Our recent economic woes have shouted loudly that biblical principles should apply to individuals, families, Wall Street firms, and even governments. What can you do to survive the economic crisis upon
stephen R Harrison 