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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There are many people who are alone at Christmas. Whether those we love and care about are absent because of death, distance, health or relational problems, being alone is not uncommon at Christmas or throughout...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There are many types of prayers. If we are specific, the list could be endless, but in general most will agree there are seven or eight categories (It depends on who’s counting, but I count eight. Eight is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question If the Bible says “it is appointed to man once to die and then the judgment,” how do we harmonize Lazarus being raised from the dead and thus having to die twice? The same question applies for anyone who...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Q. Is there anything in the Bible that speaks against cremation? Is it okay for a Christian to be cremated? A. There is nothing in the Bible commanding that a body must be buried. Nor is there anything that...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus We all fear. It’s an emotion that grabs and grips us with a hold that is strong and controlling. Fear rises up in us when we find ourselves in dangerous situations, when we...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Last week, we talked about the ear gate and asked, “Is the Monkey at Your Gate?” The eye is another gate through which information enters into our minds. While the ear gate...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus [Note: the monkey at your gate will make sense when you finish reading.] As Christians we are all familiar with the saying, “we live in the world but we are not of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. To answer this question we need to begin with the understanding that, as Christians, our trust is grounded in the Lord Jesus Christ. While we have many reasons to accept and believe that the Bible is accurate, we...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. So often we hear messages about what Christians are to do. Do this, do that. They’re all about “go and do,” and they all seem to be prodding the “sheep” with the rod, rather than guiding the sheep with the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Daily we evaluate our lives, reviewing what we’ve thought, said and done. We consider the good things and the bad…and we should! It’s absolutely necessary to reflect upon our thoughts, words and actions so...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When I was a young child, my father would quiz me with this trivia question: “What is the shortest verse in the Bible?” The answer was simple, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). I always got it right, but...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Paul speaks very clearly in Galatians 5 about our battle against the enemy within…ourselves. All too often we look to others, or even demonic spiritual forces, to be the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I have also entered into a debate on this with a friend. It’s sad that some would say, God doesn’t love the lost, for the Bible teaches that God loves all of His creation…and especially man who was created...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.Run From — Run To — Run For Paul speaks clearly about the race we run. It’s a race that is run on a path of sanctification—a path that leads to growing in holiness in Christ (Ephesians 4:15) and being conformed to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When things don’t appear to be working together for good, how can we believe that they are? In the face of trials and tribulation, we all know that it’s difficult to stand strong. Faith can falter and fear can...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. QuestionDid God actually eat some of the offerings provided by the Israelites as He instructed? Is eating one of the activities God was doing with the presence of the cloud in the Tabernacle? God said some of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. If you want to live a purpose driven life you, first need to know what your purpose is. A number of years back there was a book that addressed man’s purpose in life. While the book was overwhelmingly...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Q. A friend says he traveled abroad and learned that after the flood there were other survivors besides Noah and his family. They have a track of these descendants and also...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Simple answer — because the world we live in and how it was created is important. Plus…it’s interesting! Creation is a mighty work of our God that reveals Him to us...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We received this email, and because of its nature, we responded directly to the writer at the time. Because this is such an important subject, we are sharing our answer here. How can we know our salvation is...
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