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Overcome the Power and Obsession of Self-Contempt
2 Steps to Becoming the New Creature God Made You to Be -- I remember my first conversation with Lonnie. Nobody formally introduced us. We just began speaking to each other as we stood in the foyer of the church. He was one of those people who never knew a stranger and treated everyone like the dearest of friends from the first conversation.
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Is Your Thanksgiving an Offering of Great Praise to God?
How to Avoid Offering the Same Old Sacrifice -- Psalm 145:3 tells us the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. Yet in years past I often found myself feeling like my praise falls short of that. I started using biblical terminology, repeating phrases found in scripture that describe Him. “You are great and greatly to be praised!” (Psalm 145:3.) “You are Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6.) “You are full of compassion and plenteous in mercy.” (Psalm 86:15.) Although I find great value in praying scripture, praising through scripture seemed…
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Encouragement When Things Are Not As You Planned
Wait on the Lord and Be of Good Courage -- Recently one of my dear, elderly family members fell and was injured. In order for her to return to her home instead of a nursing home for rehabilitation (which we fervently prayed for due to COVID-19 concerns), God made a way for me to travel from Costa Rica to the United States in order to be with her. He aligned so many things to make this possible, including the timing of her fall and the announcement from the Costa Rica Ministry of Health that the borders of Costa Rica will…
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