Knowing the right answer can be everything, but test taking is a challenge for most. Some, after hours of study, find anxiety at test time keeps them from recalling the correct answer they’ve worked so hard to learn. Having a sense of humor when dealing with the pressure of taking ...
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The year was 1904. Civilla Martin lay on a sickbed, chronically ill, while her preacher husband worked on a songbook for the president of the Bible school where they were staying. One Sunday during their stay, Mr. Martin was appointed to a preaching assignment located several hours away. That very ...
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Fire has a way of destroying everything in its path. Think about the fierce forest fires that swept through California. Acres of trees destroyed with nothing left behind except ashes–ashes that serve to remind us of the beauty that was once there. Whenever a fire strikes, you can be sure ...
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Peirasmos: A Path to the Crown By Joel B. 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be ...
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Tested, Tried, and Redefined One day, a man of God named Job was going about his daily business when suddenly one of his servants returned breathless. “’The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them when the Sabeans raided them and took them away….at the same time, another messenger ...
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