Planning is important. Those who do not plan, who put their emphasis in life on spontaneity, have problems. A wise person will take the time to make careful plans. Proverbs 21:5 (NIV) The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. It takes time to plan, but planning leads […]
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Everybody fails in life from time to time. How can you bounce back from failure without it destroying your life? To answer that question, we need to look at what failure is all about. True failure is always caused by sin. The Greek word for sin is hamartia which means to miss the mark. The… too short for excerpt, but Read More anyway »
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What is the biggest idol of all time? Jesus taught that the biggest distraction to serving God was money. Matthew 6:24 (NIV) No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God… too short for excerpt, but Read More anyway »
If you’re a believer, God wants you to be an influential person. He doesn’t want you to be influenced by the world, but rather to be a positive influence on people around you. Romans 12:2a (NIV) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
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Christmas can be a stressful time with all the extra things that get piled into our already busy schedules. Rather than begin a joyful time, Christmas can become a time of discouragement and of tensions between people. It doesn’t have to be that way. If you want to find a little more joy in your
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Today, we are concluding our message series “Dealing with Difficulties.” In this series, we’ve looked at how the Bible teaches us to handle the tough times that we all have to face. As we finish the series, I hope you’ve noticed that we are now not just focusing on difficulties. Last Sunday, we talked about
