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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Bring your vulnerabilities to the One who has the power to do something about them. When you wake up at night worried about your sister or your job or your little boy, pray. Train your mind to stop and redirect all the energy from worry, which is destructive, to prayer, which is constructive. Ask God [...]
Why Do We Worry?
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011An incident in the life of the apostle Peter will help us answer this question. Do you remember the time the disciples were out in a boat in a storm? Jesus had sent them ahead while He went to a mountain to pray (Matt. 14:22-33). A strong wind swept across the Sea of Galilee. It [...]
Why Church
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011A Catholic wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained to his readers that he felt useless to go to church every week. He wrote, “I’ve gone to church for 30 years and over I’ve heard a 3000 sermon. But as long as life, I cannot remember any one sermon. So I [...]
1 Corinthians 13 For Moms
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009I can read bedtime stories till the cow jumps over the moon and sing “Ten Little Monkeys” until I want to call the doctor–but if I don’t have love, I’m as annoying as a ringing phone. I can chase a naked toddler through the house while cooking dinner and listening to voice mail, I can [...]
Follow the Right Leader
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Some leaders promised to those who would become his disciples that he would teach them how they could move on to a higher level of life in a new world. Sincere but gullible men and women heeded his call. They left families, friends, homes, and jobs to live and work together and to obey their [...]
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