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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. 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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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The world uses the word “love” very loosely. We love chocolate, we love our car, we love a TV show. The list goes on and on. We hear the word “love” being used in ways that diminish its...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a song from the 1960s that posed a most profound question, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The lyrics are secular, but the refrain is hauntingly provocative: What’s love got to do,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Fear is an infectious disease that doesn’t kill the body but rather controls the mind, crushes the soul, and hardens the heart. Fear is not of faith. Rather, it is one of Satan’s greatest tools to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Eschatology is the study of end times.Both the Bible and the Quran have very clear end-times prophecies.So how do Christian eschatology and Islamic eschatology differ? Subscribe & receive the Hidden Names of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. How can we hear God’s voice in darkness and despair, depression and anxiety, aloneness, sadness, and suffering? Let’s consider what we can learn from the psalms. Many speak profoundly about emotions...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There is clearly proclaimed a curse upon the bloodline of Jeconiah in Jeremiah 22:30 God declared that none of Jeconiah’s descendants would ever reign over Israel. Jeremiah 22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The verses in question are from the prophet Habakkuk, the apostle Paul, and the writer of Hebrews (whom most believe was Paul). Hab 2:4 … the just shall live by his faith. Rom 1:17 …The just shall...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. With the annual memorial of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we remember his most famous speech, titled, “I Have a Dream.” In that speech, he quoted two Old Testament prophets. Step back in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Baking Scripture Cookies is a fun activity for all. The recipe incorporates Bible reading to determine the ingredients and offers an opportunity to open a spiritual discussion. And, of course, the activity ends...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a popular Christmas song that asks the question, “Mary, did you know…?” Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your baby boy...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In 2020 and 2021, amidst all the upheaval and changes in our world, my Bible study talked a lot about current events. We discussed: Critical Race Theory and Cultural Marxism Gender confusion and Homosexuality Right...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Let us never take for granted the cost of freedom. The price must be paid by someone. We are quick to remember that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins to secure our liberty in Him, but are we just as quick to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Everyone needs to hear the gospel message of Jesus’ saving grace. And, as Christians, it is our duty and should be our joy, to share the gospel with all people. There are people all around who do not know...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many will be quick to answer, “November 2nd is All Souls’ Day.” And that’s true! (Read: What is All Souls’ Day) However, on the calendars of liturgical churches (Catholic and some...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jack-o’-lanterns have certainly evolved over the years. In the past, most Jack-o’-lanterns were carved with toothy smiles and simple triangle eyes and noses. The Jack-o’-lanterns served to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Who Am I? by Deitrich Bonhoeffer “Who am I? They often tell meI stepped from my cell’s confinementCalmly, cheerfully, firmly,Like a Squire from his country house. Who am I? They often tell meI used to...
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