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Making Christmas about Jesus is a blessing to any family who believes.  Secular society embraces the Christmas holiday and season but not the religious element of it but that shouldn't …

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The introduction to the book of Psalms begins with a short Psalm that in it's simplicity is actually profound.  The simplicity of the Gospel is faith in and obeying the creator God.  Re…

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Throughout the Scriptures we see times when people grumbled against their leaders and God.  Grumbling is a complete waste of time and really is something we are commanded not to do rath…

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Compassion for others including the lost, the unlovable, the wretched etc, is something that may be difficult to muster up for a person.  But the love of God being poured out in a perso…

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James wraps up his letter with several key principles in living a life of victory in Jesus.  

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James writes about worldliness in a believer's life commanding followers of Christ to resist the devil which causes him to flee.  Also he touches on foolish boasting.  

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When our kids leave the nest our relationship automatically changes.  When that change occurs parents now have new opportunities to bless their kids and grandkids when they arrive howev…

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The book of James is one I go to when I need a spiritual tune up.  The writer is pretty blunt and pulls no punches when discussing sin and our responsibility to walk in a way that is pl…

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James discusses the responsibility teachers of the Word have before God and also keeping what we say under control and not blowing our witness by gossip, slander or being a loud mouth a…

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Examining what simple faith is and how it allows access into God's grace is very encouraging for the person who is serious about Jesus.  Simply trusting in Him and His Word opens the do…

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James discusses showing favoritism and having a superficial faith that is void of actual evidence.  

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We experienced some teen drama  when our kids arrived there but really the teen years, if prepared for, can actually be great years with your kids.  By their mid teens, our kids were be…

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As believers, holidays can be really cool as we celebrate the Lord and all He has done for us.  But when we are around unbelieving friends and family it can be challenging to enjoy the …

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As believers we have a responsibility to build up the body of Christ or the Church.  Speaking to another in love and truth is part of that process where we are used by God to build up o…

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Toddlers soak up instruction so we tried to input as much age appropriate instruction into our kids as we could.  But it took preparation and homework to understand what age is appropri…

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We discovered we must learn our kids to more effectively parent them.  Learning them means studying their behavior, discover what they do and do not like and what natural things they ar…

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In Christ a person has the Holy Spirit dwelling in them giving them the power, direction, encouragement etc to fight the battle of faith and bring light into this dark world.  Sadly, as…

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In our experience with our new baby there were a few things we did that helped us set the tone for our parenting.  Most of them we can chalk up as successes and a few of them didn't get…

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Church history is a subject that is not only vast but also pretty complicated.  But knowing some things about church history and where many of the mainstream churches originated helps t…

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Our home can be a picture of heaven if we understand a things about heaven itself.  Purging our homes of wicked things is one of the first things we can do to push toward this goal.