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Lesson from the Blackout

The summer storm rolled in during the early evening hours of July 13th , 1977.  Those enveloped in the storm’s grip described the lightning as unusual—lighting up the entire sky. Then, lightning struck a power line in Westchester County, causing dangerous demands upon other power lines. This lightning strike started the ...

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Our Hope: Looking for Strength

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) When we think of hope, we can easily see why and how it is connected to strength.  Just as little children, when we are in peril, we hope that someone with strength, such as a father or ...

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And Your Desire Shall be for Your Husband

This world has taken the order that God created and skewed it so that everything is out of whack. “ … the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from ...

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Do You Suffer From Discontentment?

Sunday evening, we came home from church to find our pantry had been ransacked. Spices lay in the floor. Boxes and pouches lay askew on their assigned shelves. Cans lay on their sides, overturned at some point during the process. And from the way Mitch, our shepherd mix, turned and ...

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Turning Your Complaining Into Thankfulness

We all have things that we dread doing, and we all have situations in our lives that seem to merit complaint. Recently, I started taking a Bible study by James MacDonald called, Lord Change my Attitude Before it’s Too Late. This week’s lesson is about turning our complaining into thankfulness. How ...

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Redeeming Ant Man

The most recent establishment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant Man, proved a couple of points.  First, Ant Man reinforced the fact that Marvel Studios can make a film about any of their “B” list characters and it can end up being a pretty decent film.  Marvel first proved this point with ...

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Keep Hope Alive!

Have you lost your hope? A lack of hope leads to depression. An antidote for depression is hope, but not hope in just anything, the hope found in Jesus Christ. Hope is an essential and fundamental element in the Christian life. Jesus is the reason for our hope, not placing ...

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