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Freed to Start Anew

Freed to Start Anew 

Today’s Truth
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)

 

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Laura lived in a small town with parents who were morally sound and family oriented.  She went to church from her earliest remembrance and was baptized when she was twelve-years-old.   Read more…

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Tearing Up the Scorecards

Today’s Truth
“Love is patient, love is kind…it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered’ it keeps no records of wrongs” (1 Corinthinas 13:4).

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She was at it again.  Mrs. Barnett was getting out the scorecards and tallying up the points.

I sat with an older woman as she began enumerating her family’s shortcomings.  Read more…

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Never Forget

Today’s Truth
“I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago” (Psalm 77:11 NIV).

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Sometimes it is easy to read about Adam and Eve’s failure in the garden and wonder how they could have been so disobedient.  But in reality, this is not Adam and Eve’s story alone.   Read more…

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Battered and Bruised

Today’s Truth
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 

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The speaker came out onto the stage. He pulled out a one-hundred dollar bill.

“Who would like this one-hundred dollar bill?”  Read more…