558) God Shouting
Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us. 'We have all we want' is a terrible…
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558) God Shouting
557) Running Toward the Plague
Another Ebola Death in Liberia ------------------ Christians and Ebola, by Eric Metaxas, October 15, 2014 blog at: www.breakpoint.org Between 250 and 270 A.D. a terrible plague,…
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557) Running Toward the Plague
556) Good Choices (part two)
MOORE AND MOORE (continued…) In the year 2000, 22-year old Wes Moore achieved the pinnacle of academic success. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious post-graduate…
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556) Good Choices (part two)
555) Good Choices (part one)
THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S CHOICE (Verse 34b: ...He put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.) …
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555) Good Choices (part one)
554) Arturo Loves Jesus
Minneapolis, Minnesota based World Mission Prayer League director Charles Lindquist tells about an experience on a recent trip to the Holy Land. This was in an April 3, 2014 article…
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554) Arturo Loves Jesus
553) Just Passing Through
By James Dobson, Love for a Lifetime: Building a Marriage that Will Go the Distance, 1987, pages 115-117 (a book of advice for newlyweds). In August, 1977, my…
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553) Just Passing Through
552) Staring at the Void
By Marvin Olasky, in World magazine, October 18, 2014, page 72. See: www.wng.org He’s very smart, my childhood best friend, and very faithful in his atheism. When he was…
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552) Staring at the Void
551) Comparing Yourself to Others
God made us all different. Why do we feel the need to compare and compete? --------------------------------- By Tom Bodett, Small Comforts, 1987, pages 118-121. I've never found it…
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551) Comparing Yourself to Others
550) Wow!
By Tom Bodett, Small Comforts, 1987, pages 156-159. Among the thousand and one truisms that were hurled at us as expectant parents was one I especially wanted to believe:…
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550) Wow!
549) Table Manners (part two)
Third, mealtime is a place to learn self-control and moderation. This, like gratitude and not complaining, is never fully learned in childhood, and is usually a lifelong struggle.…
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549) Table Manners (part two)