Tag: Jesus
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My thoughts on the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is like a modern-day David-versus-Goliath conflict. The Russian aggressor vastly outnumbers and outguns Ukraine. Despite being outnumbered, the Ukrainians have shown incredible bravery. They have not backed down but have stood their ground against the Russian onslaught. The war in Ukraine has shown us what true bravery looks like. We hear…
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Don’t Drift Away From God
About three hundred and fifty miles north of Toronto, on the shores of a beautiful Canadian lake, my grandparents ran a fishing camp called Beauty Lake Lodge. The closest town was 40 miles away. The lodge didn’t have a telephone, nor did it have electricity. The only electricity was from a diesel generator my grandfather…
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Don’t Be Afraid
In today’s episode we’re going to explore how to overcome fear. Life is full of fears. I’m not talking about phobias like the fear of spiders or a fear of heights. I’m talking about the kind of fears and anxiety that keeps us awake at night—the nagging fears that rob us of peace and happiness.…
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The Attraction of Love
You’ve heard the adage “opposites attract”. People use this phrase to describe the attraction of a man and woman who have opposite personalities, but the phrase “opposites attract” is actually from the science of magnetism. Magnets have positive and negative polarities. These polarities attract and pull objects that have an opposite polarity. In other words,…
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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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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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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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Can’t Get No Satisfaction
You don’t have to have grown up during the sixties to know the song “Can’t Get No Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones. It was a big hit way back then and still is a favorite among fans fifty years later. Actually, Mick Jagger should have said, “I can’t get any satisfaction,” or “I get no…
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Plan to be successful
Welcome to the auspicious year of 2020. Why do I call it auspicious? I believe 2020 will be a happy and prosperous year because it brings new opportunities to become a better and more successful person. Growth and prosperity, however, won’t happen on its own. You have to work at it, and the best way…
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Holiday Fuss
The holidays can be a stressful time. You want to make everything picture-perfect, but time is limited. Just when you need to go faster, holiday traffic and long lines at the checkout slows you down. Fortunately, the happy holiday music helps to keep you in a good mood, but it’s the Christmas carols you enjoy…
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fake Christmas
Christmas just isn’t what it used to be. I was in a department store recently and was disappointed to see how cheap the Christmas ornaments looked. Everything is made of plastic. Artificial trees come out of the box with lights already attached. Ornaments look like plastic toys. Even the store Santas look as if they’re…