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3 Ways to Keep from being a Dead Fish at the bottom of a Muddy Puddle

A few years ago, I was working at a location near a great running trail. It wrapped around a local high school then went on into some scenic fields. On one side of the raised trail was a creek and on the other side was a large pond. I ran there during my lunch break…

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William Cowper – Judge Not the Lord by Feeble Sense…

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

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Bumper Sticker Frustration: Four Reasons I am not a “COEXIST”er

Bumper Sticker Frustration: Four Reasons I am not a “COEXIST”er I got this question from a preacher friend the other day: Brother, I was talking to someone at church last night about the coexist bumper sticker. I was planning to use it as a sermon illustration about how we are constantly pounded with the idea to compromise. He warned…

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May I Cling more Closely to Thy Broken Self

…Blessed Lord Jesus, at thy cross may I be taught the awful miseries from which I am saved, ponder what the word ‘lost’ implies, see the fires of eternal destruction;Then may I cling more closely to thy broken self, adhere to thee with firmer faith, be devoted to thee with total being, detest sin as…

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Return again with Showers of Converting Grace

O Lord, ….Return again with showers of converting grace to a poor gospel-abusing sinner. Help my soul to breathe after holiness, after a constant devotedness to thee, After growth in grace more abundantly every day.

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Reflections On Black History Month

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best nearly 50 years ago when he said, “We must face the sad fact that at the eleven o’ clock hour on Sunday morning when we stand to sing, we stand in the most segregated hour in America.” The unfortunate reality is that 50 years later, not much…

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Two 10 year-old’s Talking at a School lunch table Changed My Struggling Church.

Okay, Okay! Stop me if you heard this one! Two ten-year-old’s were sitting at an elementary school lunch table when one asks the other… It really does sound like a joke doesn’t it. But it’s not. As a matter of fact, God used just such a little, seemingly insignificant scene to change the church that…

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