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3 Prayer Pointers for Every Day

Prayer is a conversation with our Lord...and we all need to work on our communication! Developing a life of communion with God is the process of a lifetime. I never...
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A Resource for You and Your Sweetheart

"And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are...
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Love Is Not Just for Couples!

There are varying expressions of love - friendship love, marital love, love for enemies - but there is only one Source of love, and that is the God who “is...
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What Ever Happened to the Love of David and Jonathan?

Satan and sin pervert every good thing given to us by God. At this moment many in our generation have come to believe that “love” between two men or two...
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The Danger of Isolation

Depression is rampant and suicide is on the rise. One of the factors feeding this tragedy is that so many people are very alone. We are the most technologically connected...
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Your Best Friend

As a child it always seemed important to have a "best friend." I don't know all of the reasons, but there is in all of us a desire for closeness...
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Living in Love

This morning Tammy and I had the joy of participating in a special couple's brunch and marriage seminar. Like many other holidays, Valentine's Day provides an emphasis that should be...
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What We Miss While We Are Looking At Our Phones

Have you noticed? Everyone is looking at their mobile device...constantly! In the grocery store. Around the dinner table. Driving down the road. Walking through town. Consumed with a digital world,...
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Marriage And Friendship

This week Tammy and I are speaking at two different couples’ retreats. It is wonderful just to be together and a privilege to invest in others truth that has been...
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7 Specific Prayers for the One You Love

lt,Tammy and I are on our way to speak at a marriage retreat for the next couple of days. This week is, of course, a special time for sweethearts and...
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3 Marks of True Friends

As a boy, I heard an older man say, "If you have a handful of true friends in life you are a wealthy person." At the time I thought it...
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Going the Second Mile

It doesn't mean much to us, but to the crowd Christ was speaking to it was radical, revolutionary, even ridiculous. "And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go...
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Portrait of a Peacemaker

In a world of strife peace is a wonderful thing.  There is a peace that is connected to truth and there is a peace that compromises it.  Peace can never...
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3 Dangers of Technology Overload and What to Do About It

Look around you.  Heads are bowed.  People are quiet.  No, they are not praying.  They are all looking at the device in their hands! The technological advances of the last...
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Acres of Diamonds

When I was thirteen years old an elderly preacher in the mountains of West Virginia gave me a book.  It was old and dusty.  There were no pictures and at...