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Agreeing in Prayer
Jesus once said, “If two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, then my Father who is in heaven will do it for you” (Matthew 18:19). This, of course, should not be construed...
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A Life of Prayer
What motivates your life? What is the fuel that pushes you out of bed each morning? Many of us are motivated by a variety of factors. We might be passionate about caring for our family....
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Dealing with Distractions
We live with an infinite number of things scrambling for our attention each day. We have ongoing commitments to family and friends. Work often creeps past our work day and into our private life. Television,...
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Praying with Jesus
“Lord, teach us to pray,” Jesus’ disciples once asked him. When you think about it, it’s interesting that they viewed prayer as something that needed to be taught. Is there a right way to pray?...
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Louder than Words
You know the familiar expression: “Actions speak louder than words.” And we all know that the truth of the saying often bears itself out in actual life. Sometimes our words may say one thing, while...
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Forgive and Forget?
Does accountability contradict forgiveness? If people of Christian faith are supposed to be people who forgive and show grace, does this mean that we should not hold people accountable for wrongdoing? Should we simply forgive...
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Generational Sin
A new Presidential administration always signals new policy changes that affect that nation in various ways. The timing happens to coincide with the release of covid vaccines, offering more signs that change is on the...
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Celebrating Black History
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Stephon Clark. Philando Castile. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. The list goes on… Our nation has been stirred within the last year by protests against the injustice of Black people wrongly killed...
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God Intended It for Good
Over the last few weeks in our weekly worship we have been looking at the multicolor life of Joseph in the Old Testament. Through all the twists and turns, from being sold into slavery by...
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God Dreams
Does God ever speak to you through your dreams? In the Bible dreams are a frequent way that God communicates to people. Jacob dreamed of a ladder with angels ascending and descending between heaven and...