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Laugh and Believe
(3 minute read) “Don’t drop that mirror; we can’t afford seven years of bad luck,” my mother said as she laughed. As a child, I learned that there was a long list of things that some people thought brought bad luck. My mother would point them out, and then we would laugh as if it…
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Being Changed
(3-minute read) Before getting married, I spent my days at work and nights in bars. After I got married, everything was different. My boss came over to our house one night after we had been married for over six months and asked if we had any beer. I said I thought so. I went to…
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Unwanted Thoughts
(2-minute read) Sometimes, I’m surprised by selfish thoughts that go through my mind, and I’ll say to myself, “I don’t want to think that.” I used to always blame the devil, but it wasn’t until I had to deal with my own emotional crisis that I realized that most unwanted thoughts don’t come from the…
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Desire a Miracle
(2-minute read) “Lord, would you let me see a miracle that would take away my doubts?” At the time, I was 24 years old, and I had recently had a salvation experience with God. It seemed reasonable; God wanted me to believe without doubting. It took me years to understand why he didn’t do that…
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Our Place
(2-minute read) Was God the Father just and fair with Jesus? I remember shortly after becoming a Christian, being thrilled with my salvation but feeling sorry for Jesus having to go through suffering and death. Where actually asking another to suffer and die might be wrong, Jesus was not another. In the temple courts, when…
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Dancing with the Lord
From my earliest childhood memories, I remember my dad occasionally walking into a room where music was playing, taking my mother’s hand, and they would begin to dance without saying a word. They wouldn’t dance long, usually not even an entire song, but the look on my mother’s face was always as if she was…
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Our Father
At my first time in church after accepting Jesus as my Savior and Lord, I heard someone starting their prayer saying, “Lord Jesus.” I fell into the habit of praying that way. Eventually, I shortened it to “Lord” while praying directly to Jesus. There is nothing wrong with doing that. In fact, Jesus said we…
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Painting Joy
(3-minute read) The other day, I felt the Lord wanted me to write a blog post titled Joy. I didn’t realize that at the same time, my wife was attempting to paint a picture of Jesus titled Joy. The following is her story. The story of the painting called “Joy” by Jo White I want…
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The Lord and News
You wouldn’t think I would still be learning my weaknesses and how to think at my age. For some months, I believe the Lord has led me away from politics. For quite some time now, my only involvement had been to vote and discuss politics with friends. The Lord apparently wants to show me some…
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Walk With Me
(2-minute read) The first time I heard it was at night, and it may have been in a dream. The Lord spoke to me and said, “Walk with me.” On occasion, since then, that instruction has come before me, not like I’m hearing it but more like I’m remembering it in a way that cannot…
Walking the path 