Tag: Christian life
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The Talking Dead
Perhaps you have considered what might be written on your tombstone one day, or what might be said of you at your funeral. We certainly want people to speak well of us when we’re gone. But in a sense we ourselves are still speaking, even after death, through the words that we have planted in…
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Maturing In The Lord
Have you ever run into a Christian who seems to take God’s forgiveness for granted? They willingly admit their mistakes but are so quick to claim God’s grace, they sound like a kid who has made a mess and flippantly says, “Oh well, Mom will take care of it.”
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Fear Of Fire
When I was a girl, maybe 6 or 7 years old, the house behind ours caught fire in the middle of the night. Our whole family got out of bed and watched it from our sliding glass door. We knew the neighbors were safe, but I still cried because I was afraid the fire would…
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Just God and Me
It’s very natural that we don’t want to be alone. At the creation, the one thing God said was not good was “for the man to be alone,” (Genesis 2:18). So he made Eve. Later He made the church. We’re not meant to do life alone, especially the Christian life. But, there are some things…
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The Value of Sadness
I recently sat in on a children’s class in which the teacher asked if sadness is a good thing or a bad thing. Interesting question, don’t you think? Most of us would say it’s bad, but she said it is neither good nor bad. She pointed out that sadness is often prompted by our love…
Walk Worthy 