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5 New Year’s Resolutions from Bible People

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  Recently I noticed a new stain in our carpet and said to myself, “I need to spray some Resolve on that.” And then I thought, wouldn’t it be great if resolve was that easy to come by? Got a temptation? Spray on some resolve. Need to persevere? Spray on some resolve.   Unfortunately, you can’t buy life … [Read more...]

Bacon Grace

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The bacon phenomenon is a perfect storm of internet memes. Bacon meme experts say there is no single point of origination, but in tracking the popularity one is led along a path that includes things like: The Bacon Explosion recipe (a checkerboard of bacon used as a wrapping for sausage and, more bacon); the Atkins diet, which … [Read more...]

The Gift of Thankfulness: For the God Who Has Everything

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Never underestimate the power of Thanksgiving. For starters, it’s a gift God enjoys. And let’s admit it, God is a hard gift-shop. He has everything. Literally. Further, a thankful heart may be the quickest route to a protected heart.   Romans 1 tells us that thanksgiving keeps us from being futile in our thinking. It … [Read more...]

Consider the Psalms

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The Book of Psalms is God’s gift to us that ensures we will always have a prayer. Even when we don’t know how to pray, one of the 150 psalms will speak to our circumstances and provide us with an example of how to pray our way through. It’s been said that while the Bible is God’s Word to us, the Psalms are our words back to … [Read more...]

Six Ideas for the Extra Hour

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Jesus asked in Matthew 6, “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”   Of course, the answer is no. But you can add a single hour to your life if you live in a region that observes Daylight Savings Time and it’s time to “fall back.” While an extra hour of sleep is always needed, maybe this year … [Read more...]