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By Jack Hibbs Words of Life

I believe that God has been preparing his church and is calling us to a new level of even greater commitment. He has appointed each of us to be alive at this moment in time. We should be waking up every morning with anticipation and excitement at the thought of…

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Culture And Politics

By James Robison and Jay Richards Words of Life

“Once, politics was about only a few things,” eminent political scientist James Q. Wilson once observed, “today, it is about nearly everything.” Andrew Breitbart’s dictum—that politics is downstream from culture—is right. But the stream moves in two directions: Culture is also downstream from politics. As a result, no serious effort…

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We Have Hope Again

By Jennie Allen Words of Life

A few nights ago, one of my best friends, Emily, and I were at dinner. She sat down and, without any small talk, launched right in. “I’m afraid I am depressed.” Emily is in a lot of counseling right now, working through decades of hard circumstances and pain. She said,…

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The Habit of Nearness

By Robert J. Morgan Words of Life

We can more easily develop a calming, continuing dependence on God by regularly remembering how near He is. How present He is. During my college days, a few buddies and I were hiking somewhere in a beautiful gorge when we detoured over a ravine by walking across a fallen tree….

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Absolute Surrender

By Michele Cushatt Words of Life

It took a third cancer diagnosis to force me to let go of my life. Not that I had much choice in the matter, but for the year before, I’d been tirelessly attempting to control my fate. I changed my diet, eating less sugar and more cruciferous vegetables. I ran…

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Instigate

By Tim Ross Words of Life

One time, I was at the Cheesecake Factory—which I lovingly refer to as my northside office—for a lunch meeting. A young lady was serving our table, and for some reason the Holy Spirit kept saying, “She’s beautiful… She’s beautiful… She’s beautiful… “ I didn’t want to tell the young lady…

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Don’t Settle For Less

By Andrew Carter Words of Life

I saw a powerful illustration on social media recently. There was an image of a little girl hugging her stuffed teddy bear tightly while Jesus was right in front of her kneeling down with one hand out signaling for her to give Him the bear. She didn’t want to hand…

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You Can Smile

By Laney Rene Words of Life

When Clayton and l were engaged and a few months away from getting married, he would come straight to my house every day after work. One day when he got to my house, I could tell something was troubling him. Clayton’s countenance was typically light, but on this day I…

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