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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Father’s Day is a special day, set apart to honor our fathers. Why should we honor our fathers? Because being a father is ordained by God and God intends earthly fathers to be a reflection of Himself. God...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Read some quotes of tribute from former Presidents. Then, listen to the bagpipes proclaim the grace of God and watch a moving tribute to those who gave their all. This is guaranteed to touch your heart and cause...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Leonard Cohen wrote the song “Hallelujah” with a beautiful melody that stirs the soul and warms the heart. But is the song Hallelujah appropriate for church? What do we know about the song and the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On the night in which He was betrayed, our Lord ate His last supper with His disciples. As Christians, we remember this meal with a celebration the church calls Maundy Thursday (Read What is Maundy Thursday?). ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.Holy Week begins with the celebration of Palm Sunday. Find time during Holy Week to rest in Christ. Consider the events of each day of Jesus’ last week on earth. Let the knowledge of His journey to the cross...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Two Videos Below] Saint Patrick’s Day has become a BIG party day—a day for parades and celebrations, a day of eating Irish food and drinking green beer and Irish Whiskey. It’s a day of wearing green and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What is Ash Wednesday? It’s the first day of Lent. What is Lent? It’s a time of remembering. Lent is a time set aside to prepare our hearts to celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Inspiration for the New Year: For Days of Auld Lang SyneWhat are “The 70 New Year’s Resolutions?”A New Year’s Meditation by Matthew Henry (1662-1714)A New Year, A New Hope, It’s My Year – Guaranteed to Make You...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. <<Video Below>> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) is among the Great Cloud of Witnesses who have gone before us into glory (Heb 12:1). He’s a favorite of mine. Perhaps because I grew up...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Last year, I wrote “A Christmas Poem by Nana Shari” for my grandchildren. This year, I had it printed (on canvas) with their pictures, and I framed it. I want to share the poem with you and offer a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There is a lot of information in the Bible about the events of Jesus’ birth. From prophecy throughout the Old Testament to the historical records of the Gospel accounts we read about the significant events...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. So, what is advent? Advent is a season of waiting, expecting, and hoping. The word “advent” comes from the Latin word “adventus,” which means “coming”. For Christians, celebrating Advent helps prepare our hearts...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s much we can learn from the Peanuts Gang. From the characters’ innocence to their words of truth and love, Charlie Brown and his friends are a bright spot in an ever-increasingly dark world. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. President Reagan: Words of Tribute “…words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On Sunday before He was crucified, the crowds gathered and hailed Jesus as He entered Jerusalem: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Psalm 22 is known as one of the three Shepherd Psalms (Read: Following the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd, Psalms 22, 23, and 24). This psalm is also prophetic because it gives a “picture” of the cross from the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The question, “how do I change my life?” is really answered by WHO can change my life. Jesus is the answer. The only thing that brings true and lasting change into any person’s life is the saving grace of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Scroll Down For The Video & to Read the Full Poem We stand at the gate of the year. A new year is dawning, and it’s time to say goodbye to the old. We look back with nostalgia for what has passed, and we look...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It all happened in a moment, a most remarkable moment. As moments go, that one appeared no different than any other. If you could somehow pick it up off the timeline and examine it, it would look exactly like the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Share the Christmas story with the young and young-at-heart by sharing chapters of the Bible presented in poetic words. Alvy Ford, a long-departed saint, created a beautiful work in which he summarized every...
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