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Human Nature

An often used excuse that people give when they do something bad is that it’s just human nature. We all have desires that we seek. Some of these desires could be the desire for food, safety, social contact, acceptance, curiosity, and tranquility. It’s perfectly normal to have desires, but we shouldn’t imply that we are […]

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They Abandoned Their Nets and Followed Him

Jesus called his Apostles to follow Him and they left everything behind to follow Him. Jesus also calls us to follow Him as well and the path He leads us down requires us to abandon certain things in our life. We can’t just change a little and expect to get where Jesus is leading us. […]

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We Have Found the Messiah

Let’s face it, humanity screwed up. We were living in paradise in communion with God and we managed to find a way to mess it up. We gave into selfish temptations, broke our relationship with God, and got kicked out of paradise. Ever since our fall, humanity has been searching for a savior. Even to […]

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Rejoicing in God Our Savior

As we enter into the third week of Advent, let’s embrace the theme of the week, which is joy. We should also work to rekindle the special joy that God brings us. Lots of things bring us joy, but the biggest joy we receive should be from God. Joy is defined as a feeling of […]

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Keep Christ in our Christmas List

It’s a busy world out there. We all have a long list of things that we need to get done every week and we often have trouble finding time to accomplish everything on our list. Task management needs to be used in order to prioritize accomplishing the most important tasks. My tasks usually are broken […]

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Repay to God What Belongs to God

Many successful people will look at all of their accomplishments and say, “Look what I did!” They take pride in accomplishing something on their own and not needing any help. Well, we don’t accomplish anything in this world alone. All of our gifts come from God. He guides us, even in small ways, to the […]

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Many are Invited, but Few are Chosen

At the beginning of humanity’s existence, God had us living in paradise with Him. It was only after we messed it up and committed sin that we were kicked out. We were forbidden entry into Heaven until Jesus came into the world as a human and gave His life for us. The invitation to have […]