The Bible says, "Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones" (Proverbs 16:24). Mother Teresa had a saying, "Let no one come to you without leaving happier and better." There are words and phrases we can use that soothe and calm – not…
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"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk." J.C. Penney The great entrepreneurs have always been effective in setting and accomplishing great goals. Fred Smith, FedEx…
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Christmas is to us so special in many ways. We celebrate with gratitude the gift of life to be fully experienced through Christ. A lifetime of precious memories will be replayed by all of us. The holidays are challenging for our family with the loss of our youngest daughter Robin…
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If you are in a crisis today and God is bringing you through that crisis, you may discover one of these days that God has used this time of stress and uncertainty to bring you to a new level of maturity. In some cases, a period of crisis may be…
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Max Lucado is the author of The Christmas Candle. The film version of his story is in theaters now. It is set in the late 1800’s in the small English village of Gladbury where something miraculous happens every 25 years through the local candlemaker when an angel appears to touch…
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Some of you may be thinking, Wait a minute: you can't hate religion and love Jesus. Jesus IS a religion. To which I'd answer yes and no. If you mean by religion, "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, purpose of the universe," then yes and amen, Christianity is…
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Approaching the Holiday Inn, we could see that high tide was sending its waves to break upon the foundation of the resort's pool area. Only a seawall protected the hotel's elaborate concrete beach from the waves of the real thing; therefore, it was the only place on our walk where…
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As an outsider looking in, no one ever guessed the turmoil that I lived in every day. The abuse I experienced as a child was to me "normal." I lived a very sheltered life and as a result did not have any healthy relationships with adults that I felt I…
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