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    Under New Ownership

    “You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) What does it mean to not belong to myself? It means that I should probably do a lot of consulting with my new owner. There is more to consider than just me and what I want to do; there is God and...
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    How Is Your Life?

    "Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation." 1 Peter 2:12 Is there anything in your life…anything about your faith in Jesus Christ…anything about what has happened to...
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    God's Ways

    The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from...
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    Letting Obstacles Help Build

    "To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God." - Jonah 2:6 Don’t curse or grumble about the obstacles in your path—look at them as character builders. Find a way to move them, or pray your way through...
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    Bridging the Gap

    "Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them." Deuteronomy 4:9 After a rather lifeless Sunday morning service, the...
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    What is Your Outlook?

    "This is the day the Lord has made, let's rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 If you're around negative people very much, you know what a downer they can be. Some people just seem to always see the negative side of things, and refuse to embrace hope or happiness. But as Christians, we...
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    It's All About Jesus!

    “When I came to you … I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-2 NIV) The Gospel message has gotten a little foggy these days...
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    True Fellowship

    Author Phillip Yancey tells a story of a man in his church that can’t help comparing being late for church to being late for his regular Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. When he’s late for church, he says that he has the distinct feeling from everyone around him that he’s not as responsible or he...
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    Persevere - Don't Give Up!

    "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." - James 1:2-3 It doesn’t take a genius to know that life is difficult. And it’s difficult in different ways for different people...
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    What Are You Focused On?

    "Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life." - Psalm 39:4 In the winter of his ninth year, Frank Lloyd Wright was walking across a snow-covered field with his reserved, no-nonsense uncle. As they reached the far end of the field, his uncle...
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    Our Treasures

    "If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, “You are my security”, if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained, then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high." - Job 31:24, 25, 28 A rich man...
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    Believe w/ Your Heart; Obey w/ Your Feet

    "The Lord will fight for you and you have only to be silent." Exodus 14:14 __________________ The great missionary David Livingston once said, "I'll go anywhere, as long as it's forward." That's the attitude that Christ wants us to have in our relationship with Him. For a...
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    The Very First Small Group Fellowship

    The first fellowship group around Christ is probably represented somewhere in your house right now. It has some common shepherds in peasant’s clothes, three princes in royal robes, a man and a woman holding a newborn baby, and a random assortment of farm animals seeking shelter in a run-down...
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    Whoever Started This Whole Christmas Thing

    A woman was Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of walking down row after row of toys and after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the store elevator with her two children in hand. She was...
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    O Come All Ye Faithful

    … And not so faithful, too. There is a saying that was popular in the early days of the Church. Paul called it a “trustworthy saying” in a letter to Timothy: “If we died with him, we will also live with him; If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown...