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Connected by Our Roots
“On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;”(I Corinthians 12:22) During one of our summer vacations, we ventured up to northern California to see the giant sequoia trees which are unimaginable in size. These trees are so big that you can actually drive a
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Priorities or Fools’ Gold?
In the spring of 1608 the settlers at Jamestown, Virginia discovered gold. At least they thought they did. They almost abandoned any efforts at planting crops, preparing buildings, and readying themselves for winter. They had found gold and devoted themselves to steadily digging out and washing the precious metal. The colonists probably would not even have
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Lost Prayers
(Reflections from “Our Daily Bread“) The headline read: UNANSWERED PRAYERS: LETTERS TO GOD FOUND DUMPED IN OCEAN. The letters, three hundred in all and sent to a New Jersey minister, had been tossed in the ocean, most of them unopened. The minister was long dead. How the letters came to be floating in the surf off
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Do You Feel You Belong?
Six weeks before he died, Elvis Presley was asked by a reporter, “Elvis, when you started playing music, you said you wanted three things in life: You wanted to be rich, you wanted to be famous, and you wanted to be happy. Are you happy, Elvis?” Elvis replied, “No. I’m as lonely as ___________ !” Rich. Famous. But
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Prayer
“Prayer bridges the gap between people. You can be here and they can be way over there, and through prayer you can bridge the gap that separates you. Prayer spans the miles that separate us. Prayer overcomes the misunderstanding that separates us. Prayer leaps across the bad memories that pull us apart. Prayer nullifies the
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Forgiveness: Freedom in Christ
There are many things that can cause us to stumble in the Christian life: inability to walk in the Spirit, refusal to get into the Word of God, living with unconfessed sins and a lack of faith, to name a few. These can all be detrimental to our daily walk. However, over the years I have
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Selfishness: Man’s Greatest Problem
Selfishness, when you think about it, seems to be one of man’s greatest problems. To be delivered from it would seem to be man’s greatest need. Everyone is plagued by it to a greater or lesser extent. Selfish desire doesn’t have to be taught or learned…we possess it from birth. Children are classic examples of
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“An Unsafe Bridge”
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. (Matthew 7:25) “An Unsafe Bridge”By David A. Seamands Finished early in 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State was a masterpiece of engineering. A 2,800-foot suspension bridge, it provided
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Beautifying the Beauty Parlor
An ancient manuscript compared the church to Noah’s Ark. It declared: “If it weren’t for the storm on the outside, we couldn’t stand the stench on the inside.” He was talking about the spiritual “body odor.” The church is meant to be a divine beauty parlor in which hurting, ugly people come and are renewed by
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“Forgiveness – The Division of Labor”
“If anyone has caused grief…you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.”(2 Corinthians 2:5, 7) “Forgiveness – The Division of Labor”by Dr. David Seamands Denny was obviously very upset when he sat down before me. “I just don’t understand,” he said with almost a tinge of anger
