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The Holy Spirit
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting....
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Greater Love
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 As we enjoy our grill outs and pool parties, may we also take a moment to say a prayer...
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Spiritual Gifts
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the...
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Doing Good
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 NIV At the last food pantry distribution, I arrived at 8:50...
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Motherly Comfort
Isaiah 66:13: “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you.” One of God’s primary qualities is embodied in a mother and child relationship. God gives comfort to all children and we get to...
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Certainty or Doubt?
“In doubt there is believing” is a line from one of my favorite hymns; Hymn of Promise. This Sunday, I invite you to reconsider Thomas, a biblical scapegoat, whose name has become synonymous with a scathing...
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Victory Over Death!
In the days leading up to Jesus’s death, we wish to jump ahead to get to the celebration of Easter. So much of our lives is consumed with staying young, vital, and without pain. We...
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Hosanna!
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”John 12:13 As the season of Lent...
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Breaking Bread Together
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,Acts 2:46 ESV What’s Coming Up! Potluck is this Sunday at 5 pm...
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Listening for the Holy Spirit
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their...