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Recognizing a Need for Encouragement
Everyone wants to be encouraged, but some people are in more need than others. It is just as important to learn how to recognize discouragement in the people around you so that you can discover how to lift them up. Discouragement Means Approaching Life Without Courage 1. Discouragement comes from fatigue. Being tired makes it…
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Setting Priorities for Life
The times are fast and time is crowded. There is always something going on and the pace makes time slip away almost with out notice. Finding a life of peace and contentment requires uncovering the things that are truly important for you life. Determining What is Important 1. Head – Make a list of those…
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Defeating Failure
Failure is mocking my actions. The focus falls on the negative any time failure is at the center of attention. The past crawls up and steals the future and paralyzes the present. Failure may happen but there are ways that I can survive and overcome the domino effect that can come from failure. 1. Failure…
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Finding Personal Fulfillment
It is important that each of us live a life that is fully satisfied and completely fulfilled. This is the life that God has designed for His children. The great thing about His plan is that He is also he provider. Things Needed for Personal Fulfillment 1. Acceptance – I need to feel that I…
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How to Take Steps to Faith Even In the Laws of the World
Taking steps of faith requires finding ways to balance the laws of society with your faith focus. This world where we dwell runs on rules and laws. Our Father supersedes those rules and laws – such as gravity, time and even death – but not just all willy nilly. He is an orderly God. We…
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Creating a True Church
The church as we know it today is not the one that existed back after Christ was resurrected. The formulas and structures (even the buildings) are something that have been created over time. There is nothing wrong with structure. There is nothing wrong with following a set formula. The problem arises when the heart is…
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Plan for Change – the 912 Project
The Glenn Beck program on Fox News was a shock to my system yesterday – Friday. I don’t always watch the program, but the house was quiet and I needed a break from my work. It will run again on Saturday, March 14 at 8 pm CST but I recorded it anyway. It was that…
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No More Worry
Worrying has never been an issue for me. Most optimists can zip past worry without a scratch. I personally have always held on to Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” It might not be the biblical example of “don’t worry…
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