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Weeds

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Lessons From The Garden A little over 7 years ago we moved to a different acreage and started a garden. The plant in the picture grew near one of our tomato cages and produced beautiful flowers. Life got a little busy and I didn’t get out as often to handle the cultivating and weeding. When […]

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Still Living In The Good News

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Easter Is More Than A Day It’s been over a week since Easter. As I read through Matthew 28 in my Bible today, I wondered how many of us are still running with fear and joy to tell others? How many of us are living in the good news of Easter every day? Easter was […]

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Set Your Mind

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Flesh Or Spirit WARNING: Conviction and growth may result. Have you ever stopped and examined your own life patterns and behavior? Have you pondered and been honest about your real intent behind these actions? Generally speaking most of us don’t. We might run at a frenetic pace and crash hard or on the opposite end, […]

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God’s Plan

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Good Friday Jesus knew what was entailed in His mission. Three times he asked His Father if there was another way, but was left with the reality that suffering through the cross was the way. Not only would He endure the cross, but worse yet, separation from the Father. He was pierced for our transgressions, […]

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Love And Mission

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The Passover Meal Today in the timeline of Holy Week, we see the preparation for Passover and Judas betraying Jesus. We know this was no surprise to The Lord because he mentions it clearly five verses later, “…one of you will betray me.” Despite this, Jesus eats the Passover meal with His disciples. It’s important […]

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Commit Your Spirit

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Crucified With Christ When we hear, “Into your hand I commit my spirit” it reminds us of what Christ said on the cross before He died. Most of us will not experience crucifixion ourselves and yet the Bible tells us we were crucified with Christ. The old man in us was put to death and […]

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Frozen To The Ground

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Let Him Order The Steps Sunday was 65 degrees and sunny. I was looking for an excuse to break the bike out of its prison (the garage). We needed to meet a friend to pick up some things small enough to fit in a backpack. You already see where I am going with this. My […]

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A Small Offering

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Give It All When I think about the extent God went to in rescuing me from my sin, I am amazed. For I was dead in my trespasses and sins. But God, in His great mercy, made me alive together with Christ. My greatest problem I would ever face was solved! I rejoice at the […]

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Faith And The Word

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Good News With Faith When we hear the good news (the Gospel), we are faced with a decision. Do we step into faith and believe that the God of the universe has made a way for our sins to be paid for? Or do we continue living the way we have been, thinking, “That’s a […]

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Content In Christ

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In Him Alone Money is talked about often in scripture. Perhaps that’s because of the misunderstandings that surround it. Money itself is amoral. It can be used for good or evil. In and of itself, it is nothing more than a tool. Any underlying issues with money stem from our heart’s motives. When we pursue […]