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Timeless Truth Audio Devotion – April 8, 2020
In this devotion, Pastor Byron addresses the challenges of depression and anxiety during difficult times, exploring what causes depression and how different types of loss—whether abstract, real, imagined, or threatened—can lead to feelings of hopelessness. He offers encouragement through 1 Peter 1:3, explaining how the resurrection of Jesus Christ provides believers with a “living hope”—not
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Timeless Truth Audio Devotion – April 1, 2020
In this devotion, Pastor Byron shares a timeless message about God’s sovereignty and protective presence during times of crisis, drawing on the biblical accounts of Baruch in Jeremiah 45 and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. He encourages believers to trust that even when facing difficult circumstances like the coronavirus pandemic or financial
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The Heavenly Father’s Heart
“The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.” (Psalm 103:13) I have said many times that one of the most effective attacks that Satan, our adversary, has inflicted upon our world and society has been that of the abusive or absent father. You might ask, why
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Timeless Truth Audio Devotion – March 25, 2020
In this devotion, Pastor Byron addresses the anxiety and worry many are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic, drawing from Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 6 about not being anxious. He encourages listeners to trust that God is in control, like a captain navigating through turbulence, and reminds us that God provides the grace we need one
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The Coronavirus and Psalm 91
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper And from the deadly pestilence. He will
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Gratitude
A little boy was invited to a birthday party in the neighborhood. His mother said, “Be sure to thank the mother when you leave.” When he returned, his mother asked him if he had thanked the mother who hosted the party. He said, “No, I was going to, but another boy said it ahead of
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Grace in the Face of Difficult Relationships – Part V
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. -James 3:17 [This is the fifth of a series of articles on the subject of handling difficult relationships from God’s viewpoint.] Thus far, we have seen that grace in the face of difficult relationships
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Grace in the Face of Difficult Relationships – Part IV
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. -James 3:17 [This is the fourth of a series of articles on the subject of handling difficult relationships from God’s viewpoint.] The Lone Ranger creed was once as familiar to boys in America as
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Grace in the Face of Difficult Relationships – Part III
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.-James 3:17 [This is the third of a series of articles on the subject of handling difficult relationships from God’s viewpoint.] Hercules, according to legend, grew increasingly irritated by a strange, menacing animal that kept
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Grace in the Face of Difficult Relationships – Part II
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 In a “Peanuts” cartoon, Lucy says to Snoopy: “There are times when you really bug me, but I must admit, there are times when I feel like giving you a big hug.”
