“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” The second is this: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” There is
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The Struggle for Acceptance
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 NKJV Investments in the
Read moreThe Bond of Love
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. Colossians 3:14 NKJV All bonds are breakable—with the exception of one. Love is the natural bond between humanity and God. Christ’s
Read morePromises Delayed: Finding rest for the promise
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise. 2 Peter 3:9 Our lives are written like the great American novel, one moment at a time. There was a family who desperately desired a child but
Read moreCount It All Joy
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. James 1:2 NLT A person’s value is not rooted in surroundings or in the sum of people’s opinions. Everyone goes through seasons
Read moreLiberty in Christ
Liberty in Christ By: Josh Clevenger Galatians 5:1 New Living Translation (NLT) So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to
Read moreI am the resurrection
Jesus told her, I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. John 11:25 NLT Easter Sundays can be filled with pressure and anxiety. My family and
Read moreDefining Moments
Defining moments By: Josh Clevenger Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But
Read moreLove restored
Love restored By: Josh Clevenger 1 Corinthians 13:13New Living Translation (NLT) Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. We hear about the importance and significance of love all
Read moreChange the way you think in 2016
I challenged my congregation last year to take the whole month of October to dedicate to positive thoughts. This may seem like a simple task, but we saw many complications along our journey. Many people
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