Gratitude Giving

Our church hosts a Thanksgiving Offering every year right before Thanksgiving and it’s meant to remind us to be grateful for all we have been blessed with. There have been years when I haven’t “felt like” I’ve been blessed. As I walk my faith out with the Lord, I realized that I have been blessed…

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Humility & Hypocrisy

I’m pretty sure I’ve met humble hypocrites. It is not normal because most hypocrites are super pride filled. They think they are all that. I’m not sure humility and hypocrisy can co-exist, especially after knowing Jesus. Jesus displayed incredible humility while teaching with authority. He warns against religious leaders whose hypocrisy is quite evident. I…

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Love God – Love Others

I have grown up being taught to love God. I have also been taught to love others. I feel like when I was growing up there was an asterisk (*) beside “love others”. It seemed to me that the people who taught me to love others, loved others who looked like them and acted like…

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Land of The Living

I grew up in Kentucky, USA in a little town of Roley. I remember receiving mail that simply said my name and Casey Creek, KY.  We had a small-town post office with one person on staff, the postmaster – Mr. Ed Walker.  Everyone knew everyone and everyone mostly knew everyone else’s business. My Grandparents lived…

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Give – Give!

I love being around people who are givers. Their generous spirit just leaks out of them. I remember when I was much younger how I wished that I could give more. I didn’t realize that as a result of my choices to take on debt because I wanted what I wanted then, I was entering…

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The Lord Did It

I remember visualizing the devil as a red guy with a pitchforked tail. I now realize how naïve that I was. He is in disguise often. He temps me in all sorts of ways. I must be on guard against His evil schemes. One of the ways I can be alert is to study the…

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