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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch the video poem, “You Only Have One Mother” below] Remembering our mothers is important and how we remember them is crucial to a loving relationship that honors God. We are told to take every...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Life is often like a puzzle. Getting started isn't easy and sometimes it's difficult to see how the pieces fit together. Take a few minutes to do a Bible Word Search puzzle. Read the Bible verses and fill in the...
by Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, The Sanctuary Jupiter, FL
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In a New York Times Op-Ed entitled “Who Goes To Work To Have Fun,” British journalist Oliver Burkeman suggests something counter-intuitive, but obvious: the more you force someone to have fun, the less fun they’ll...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Skeptics deny the validity of the resurrection, but we have many reasons to believe Jesus conquered death and rose from the grave. Reason #1. Fulfilled Prophecy Jesus’ resurrection was prophesied in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Isaac Watts was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, in 1674. His father was a nonconformist, and Isaac became the same. Because of his nonconformist views, he could not attend Oxford or Cambridge, which were...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. <Printable Download of “Because it is Finished” below> On the cross, Jesus uttered seven things: 1. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34).Fulfills Isa...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Excerpted from Room with a View of Eternity ~The Last Will and Testament of the Lord Jesus Christ, by Shari Abbott and Alex McFarland When Jesus said, “With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch the Video Below: The Hope of Easter] Two More Reasons a Thursday Crucifixion Fits with What the Bible Teaches If you have not read Reason #1 that gives an answer to the question, “Was Jesus crucified...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In Matthew 5, we have the most beautiful explanation of the attitudes we are to be in life. Take a minute and refresh your memory of the Beatitudes that Jesus gave us. Sadly, the world has a very different...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. John Newton was born in London, in 1725. His father was a shipmaster, and at the age of 11 Newton joined his father and became a sailor. He went on to became the captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing was written by Robert Robinson (1735 – 1790). Robinson was a Baptist scholar and hymn writer. His story is an interesting one of a man destined for lawlessness and doom but saved...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The word “fidelity” is not often used today. We often hear of infidelity, especially in reference to a person being unfaithful to his or her spouse. But what about “fidelity?” It’s a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch below the video illustrating the story of Horatio Spafford and his hymn, “It is Well with My Soul.”]] Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888) was a wealthy Chicago businessman and lawyer, married with...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. John 12:20-21 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Frances Jane van Alstyne, more commonly known as Fanny Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with more...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (Download the checklist document of names and titles for Jesus, below.) Lent is one of the oldest Christian practices, dating back to the first-century church. However, Lent wasn’t formally declared a church...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Check out our “Get Started List for Lent” (below). Lent begins a season of 40 days prior to Easter Sunday. It is intended to be a time of reflection and preparation to celebrate Easter, much in the same...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. 2 Corinthians 12:7 “Lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We all experience challenges in life. If life is not tough for you right now, just wait. I’m sure you know that it will be soon. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, but you know it’s true....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When fear grips us, where do we look? The Bible teaches us a great lesson about the importance of looking to Jesus (don’t miss the video below). Peter’s Fear When I think of mind-controlling fear that...
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