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Imagining Adam: A Monologue

This monologue was prepared in the hopes to inspire your imagination of what Adam might have been like. I trust this will be a blessing to you.

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The Meaning and Practice of Worship

If you came to meet with the living God, the seeker, the father, the holy one, through his son Jesus Christ there is the possibility that you can taste the living water that will make a difference in the days just ahead of you as you walk from this place, days in which your thirst is not so deep, you reflect on him, sing his praise, listen to his word, yield your life freshly to him, you worship in sprit and truth.

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Better Than Before

Just bring your mess to the master, and he can take what’s wrong and make it right- he can take the old and make it better than before.

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Tabitha: Lessons on Service and Prayer

My friends, because of prayer and the Power of God’s Word is present, there is new life and new opportunity to overcome spiritual handicaps … and TABITHA is commanded to … GET UP.

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God’s Assurance of Our Salvation

Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgement, but has passed from death to life. John 5:24

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Abigail: A Woman of Strength and Courage

May God bless our women, who like Abigail, demonstrate great strength and courage.

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Reflection: Cosmic Praise

Take your cue from Psalm 148, and begin with PRAISE.

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Give Existence to God’s Insistence

Hear these words again now, because while they weren’t written to you, they were written for you: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” Amen.

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Put on the New Self

The things we once loved, we now detest. The sin we once held onto, we now desire to put away forever. We “put off the old man with his deeds” (Colossians 3:9), and put on the “new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24).

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The Miracle of Christmas

The source of your personal worth is the fact that you are worth the birth and life of the Son of God. He loves you, He likes you, and wants to spend eternity with you.

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The One Word Prayer

The sounds of Christmas are ringing bells, joyful carols, and ho-ho-hoing Santas. But another softer sound can become a one-word prayer, an ushering in of inner calm and “peace on earth” for you this season.

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Advent Stories: So Close, Yet So Far From Christmas

I would have joined those shepherds and angels in worshipping him. I would have given him my heart and life. I would have told the story to everyone I could. He would have been at the center of that Christmas celebration, and of my life. If only I'd known who he was.

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Messengers of God's Hope

This Advent season, how are you preparing the way for God to come into your life? In the midst of the darkness and brokenness all around, how are you opening yourself to receive the babe born in Bethlehem? What sort of road “broad and smooth” are you clearing in your heart? In this time of waiting and watching, how will you be a messenger of God's hope?

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A Reading of Hope

The message of Jesus gives us hope when all else fails. It is the love of Jesus that keeps the spirit of God alive in our midst.

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Give with God’s Blessing

So, what are you waiting for? Get out there and use your gifts to God’s glory and don’t forget to thank the One who gave them to you.

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Stewardship-Breaking Bread in the Early Church

They reached out to and helped others without reservation, without restriction. Whoever asked, received. It looks like we still have a lot of work to do.

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Stewardship-Jesus Knocks on the Door

Jesus tells us to hold onto our faith so it will be our solid rock of support when we need it. Correction—Jesus will be our solid rock of support when we need him.

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Hold On to Faith

By letting the spirit guide our thoughts we can become calm until we let the kindness of the Lord our God be over us and the works of our hands last. May all of us Hold on to our faith.

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Stewardship-Eating Jesus’ Flesh

Jesus wants his followers to be like a well-made loaf of bread, nourishing and filling. Above all else, Jesus wants us to share his love just as we share the cup and the loaf at the communion table—a place where all are welcome. Stewardship is less about what we do, and more about what God does for and with us.

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Stewardship-From East and West

We are stewards of Christ’s message of love and redemption. We should not hoard it and hide it. It is not our place to decide who are worthy, who is allowed to sit at Christ’s table. Jesus says people from all over will come and eat plenty.

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