Blessed

By Dwayne Hicks | January 5, 2016 |

  There are times when I’m so busy walking through the pages of my life that I forget to stop and take a look back at where I’ve been. The past always looks so different from the angle of the present. I think it’s wise to evaluate where I’ve been to be better equipped for…

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Inheritance

By Dwayne Hicks | December 1, 2015 |

  I grew up among the lower middle class as far as economics go. My parents raised five kids on a modest income. Now that I’m a father of five, I wonder how in the world they pulled that off on their income. While we didn’t have a lot of money growing up, we developed…

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Thanksgiving Sacrifice

By Dwayne Hicks | October 16, 2015 |

  We are just over a month away from the Thanksgiving holiday in the USA. We stop our work and connect together to celebrate around a meal with grateful hearts. This holiday event started out as a celebration of the harvest. The first US President, George Washington celebrated this holiday by proclamation in 1779. It…

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Blessing From The Lord

By Dwayne Hicks | July 22, 2014 |

I don’t think that a day goes by that I’m not reminded to be thankful for my children. I have five amazing kiddos (make that 7 including spouses) and I feel incredibly blessed by the Lord. I also think it’s important to have proper perspective – children are a gift from Him. I have the…

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Contentment

By Dwayne Hicks | December 24, 2013 |

This can possibly be a tough concept to grasp, given the fact that our culture seems to be quite the opposite.  In fact I feel like my mind is being assaulted with ads saying that I “need” this or I “need” that. When I take a good hard look at how blessed I am, I…

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