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The Beauty of Saying Yes to God

Jesus healed many people during His ministry on Earth and He often asked the people that He healed to not tell anyone. However, in just about every case, the healed person couldn’t keep the secret and before long everyone knew about the healing. While Jesus wanted the word spread about Him, He wanted to better […]

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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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Search Diligently for the Child

The Magi saw the star and interpreted the signs and prophecies that led them on a journey to find the Messiah. When they found Him, they had come prepared with appropriate gifts. Gold represents Jesus’s place as king. Frankincense represents His divinity and myrrh represents His humanity and foreshadows His ultimate death. We are all […]

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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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The Love Within Us

Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we look forward to the Advent and Christmas season. This is a stressful time for many people because they worry about shopping for Christmas presents and are also anxious as to what they may receive. The advertisements all try to convince us that we need this or that […]

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Listening and Following Through

As a parent, I know the frustration of having my kids ignore me when I ask them to do something. I’ll ask one to put his towel in the clothes hamper, only to later find the towel on the floor. I’ll ask the other to stop making annoying sounds, but he keeps making them. When […]