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Mar 2021

Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; and even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” What does it mean to “train up a child in the way he should go”? It seems pretty straight forward, doesn’t it? It is certainly one of the most quoted verses in the Bible and people often use this verse as a guarantee that if you raise your child with discipline and instruction that they are going to turn out all right. As parents, we all want......
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Everything Has Become New
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and...
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Trust In The Lord
Can you think of a time when you reacted poorly to an inconvenient situation? Maybe it was while you were in the car after having a tire go flat, or in a traffic jam...
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Our Identity In Christ
For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13) It comes out of nowhere...
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Not By Might But Spirit
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6b) When the above words were spoken, the children of Israel were a conquered people. They were under...
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Taking Time to Pray
Have you taken the time to pray today? I can just hear some of the thoughts going through the air right now. “Pastor Scott, are you crazy, we’ve been praying like crazy” or “Of...
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They Can’t Do That!
They can’t do that! That’s the refrain that is loaded and waiting in our minds just in case family gatherings are limited due to COVID-19 – or a mask order is put into place....
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Surprise!
Have you ever been surprised by something? Maybe a party thrown in your honor? Maybe an unexpected gift? How about that all important day when you were asked to be married? Now of course...
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Jesus Teaches and Heals
“I’m stuck and I’ll need a pull.” It was a distress call from a hunter who had gotten himself into a “pickle”. His four-wheel drive truck met its match when he tried to navigate...
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Looking for direction? Proverbs!
We are looking at the book of Proverbs for the next couple of months and I forgot how much I enjoy reading God’s words of wisdom. One verse I just read was Proverbs 24:27...
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