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You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Dealing with life’s disappointments
How do you deal with disappointment? Our house is built on a hill. It’s a nice location. We have a nice view from the top of our hill, and we get a nice breeze to cool things off in the summer. Unfortunately, it’s also a perfect location for woodchucks who like to burrow into the…
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What’s On Your Bucket List?
Bruce Springsteen wrote a song called “Glory Days”. In the song, Springsteen sings about people who were popular when they were young, but now that they’ve grown old, they do nothing but sit around and reminisce about their “glory days”. I’ve met people like the ones, Springsteen sings about. They live in the past—always daydreaming…
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Get Back to Church
Have you ever gone away on vacation and then returned home to find some of your houseplants dead? You watered them before you left, but some plants didn’t survive. If you grow houseplants, then you know the importance of light and water. Healthy plants need water and sunlight. Some houseplants need to be watered at…
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Your Mind’s Eye
Our eyes are compared to windows to our soul because our eyes reveal our thoughts and feelings. Like windows to our soul, our eyes reveal our true emotions and intentions. Our eyes reveal our moods. For example, we can “smile” with our eyes. On the other hand, you can smile with your mouth, but your…
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Did Jesus Die on the Cross?
The world’s population is almost eight billion people. More than half of these eight billion believe in Jesus. That makes more than four billion people who believe in Jesus. These believers believe that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, and they believe that Jesus was a great prophet of God who performed extraordinary miracles.…
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Winter of 2021
This past winter, the winter of 2021, has been particularly harsh and unkind. Brutal winter storms and the continued Covid-19 pandemic have dealt terrible blows to our country. One of the worst winter storms was Winter Storm Uri. This storm hit in mid-February. Winter Storm Uri brought record snowfall to the Northwest. The states of…
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Did You Check Your Attitudometer Today?
Did you check your attitudometer today?
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Are You Running Toward God?
Like many kids, I tried out for various sports. When I was in the fifth grade, I played basketball. I didn’t do well. I couldn’t shoot or dribble. The rest of the team wasn’t good either. We lost every game. Needless to say, I never went out for basketball again. In Jr. High, I went…
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God Wants You to Be Successful
Did you know God wants you to be successful? That’s right! God wants to help you be successful. God wants you to achieve your full potential. Jesus told many stories. These stories were designed to help people find God and live successful lives. One of Jesus’ most famous stories is called “the parable of the…
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God is Good
Have you ever gone through a bad experience and wondered where was God? Why did God let this happen? If God is good and loving, why does he let bad things happen to those he loves? When we say: God is good, what are we really saying? In what way is God good? First of…
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You Can Experience God’s Kingdom in 2021
The United States has never been ruled by a king unless you count King George of England. For most of the world, kings and queens are a thing of the past. There are, however, twenty-eight countries in the world which still have either a king or a queen. Most of these monarchies are constitutional monarchies.…
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How to Escape the Darkness
Where’s the darkest place you’ve ever been? The darkest place I’ve ever been was inside a cave. I was touring a cave, and when we were deep underground, the tour guide had everyone turn off their flashlights. Then he turned off the lights, and we were plunged into total darkness. If you’ve ever been in…
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Avoid the Comfort-Zone
In 1971, the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s introduced an advertising slogan: “You deserve a break today—at McDonald’s.” The advertisement was an instant hit and helped McDonald’s become the giant company it is today. The influence of the catchy slogan, however, went far beyond getting people to buy a McDonald’s hamburger. The slogan became the mantra…
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How to prevent fires
A friend of mine told me a story about how her father’s house burned down because of a plumber’s carelessness. According to my friend, during a very cold winter, the pipes in her father’s house froze, so he called a plumber. The plumber came and used a butane torch to thaw out the pipes. The…
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