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It’s a low point in life when your children rebel against you. I’m not talking about disobedience common to all young children but the hate of an adult child out to cause you great harm and pain. David faced this when his son Absalom started an revolt against him, “stealing the hearts of the Israelites”…
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How do you react when things do not go as expected? A setback will cause you to either doubt or trust the Lord. Woe to him who just trusts the Lord when everything is going well. You can get mad at Him or move closer to Him. Woe to him who’s initial reaction is bitterness…
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Scripture gives us great confidence when we pray. 1 John 5:14 says, “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” There are nearly a dozen similar Scriptures that say if we ask anything even in His name He will do it. The…
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One morning on my way into the church office I noticed several pieces of trash at our entrance. It’s not uncommon for it to collect daily as we are on a busy road. I stopped my truck, got out, and collected the trash. I greatly care about the appearance of our church property as its…
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The gospel is for everyone! Jesus told us in Acts 1:8 to share it with those like us and not like us. All those who heard Jesus that day were all the same ethnically and culturally – local Jews. Jesus didn’t want the gospel for just a few, but for all! The love and good…
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When we are in trouble, why do we foolishly return to evil practices and places thinking they have somehow changed and will now bring us comfort and peace when our past experiences have proven to us they never can? Why don’t we instantly seek the Lord? The introduction to Psalm 56 tells us it is…
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Strength is when I admit I’m not strong. It’s just the opposite of the world’s way. The world will say, “You’ve got this. You can do it. You’re strong enough”. But when you can’t and you aren’t, you feel pressure to do it anyway so you have to fake it. And so the spiral of…
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Read Psalm 55 if you’re in trouble. Verses 1-5 tell us David’s problems. So much of a problem he wants to run away and he even says the heat of the lifeless desert would be an escape (vv. 6-7). He’s been betrayed by a friend (vv. 12-14). He resorts to asking God to destroy his…
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Most of my counseling deals with communication and conflict in relationships. Did you know that 50% of wives say their husbands don’t talk to them enough? 25% of children say then have never had a meaningful conversation with their dad. Most married couples only spend about 3-4 minutes in meaningful conversation each day. 80% of…
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Do you treasure Jesus more for what He does or who He is? I like to think I praise Him for who He is, as a goal of my daily Bible study and prayer is to be reminded of God’s incredible and unmatched nature. However, I recently found myself a little “bitter” towards God. I…
stephen R Harrison 