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Remembering Memorial Day

‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.’  Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV) Memorial Day…celebrated every year, on the last Monday of the month. We attend parades, we take flowers to the cemeteries, ...

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An Act of Defiance For The King

The sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music began to play precisely on cue. Instantly, all of the men, women, and children of every nation and language fell down in unison and began to worship the ninety-foot high image of gold everyone that ...

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Loving Beyond the Norm

It was just another regular work evening at the airport when she met him. He was a college student from Jamaica who came to the States to work for the summer. But he was as lost as a two year old who has strayed from his mommy. It was his ...

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How to Be Blessed

How to Be Blessed By Joel B. Friends, today I’m going to talk about one of the most famous sermons in history, and that is Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. More specifically I’m going to talk about the beatitudes which highlighted eight categories of blessings. So let’s get started: Matt ...

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America: The Vision of God

Psalm 33:12” Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.” God gave the United States as an inheritance to its citizens. Why? So we could send missionaries to the rest of the world. God‘s vision for the United States has always been ...

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Placed in the Embers of Love

“Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind’ for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.” (Psalm 26) Who really enjoys taking a test? Not me, that’s for sure. My palms become sweaty, my body temperature begins to rise ...

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Honoring Heroes

The calendar brings us to Memorial Day, the most solemn of our national holidays.  Memorials—like all great things—were God’s idea first.  God commanded the use of memorials to the children of Israel, and woven throughout scripture are examples of memorials as celebration and worship.  Like everything that God commands, it ...

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How to Get Along with Everyone

How to Get Along with Everyone By Joel B. Acts 15:1-2 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with ...

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