Branches
By LaWanda Bailey
Two branches—one split from a tree in the city, and one on the ground in the country—taught me some lessons about my walk with God.
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Ask
January 14, 2024 by admin
Filed under Family Focus
By Khristy Hullett
I went to the grocery store tonight. I usually moan and complain about the chore, but I usually don't mean it. I love having everything put up—a place for everything and everything in its place and all that. My pantry and fridge are full at the moment, just waiting for my family to come along and deplete them. I don't love the laundry, but I love putting the folded clothes in my kids' drawers. I don't love cleaning the house every Thursday, but I love the feeling when I'm done—the house smells clean and fresh, and everything is spic and span. I don't love changing the sheets every Friday, but I love slipping under clean, neat covers on Friday night.
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Resurrection
By Kathleen Brown
The horizon is bruised. Clouds swell in uneven layers – blue, purple, black, slashes of dirty yellow. The afternoon is closing in on us like a tomb, the light dusky, the air thick and still.
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Who Do You Say I Am?
January 10, 2024 by admin
Filed under Family Focus
By Marty Norman
Easter is just around the corner, the time that Christians all over the world celebrate Jesus’ victory over death and sin. Because of his sacrifice upon the cross, we are blessed to receive his resurrection power with the coming of the Holy Spirit.
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Five Guards Against Sexual Temptation
By Richard Wines
I am convinced that the challenge for men to stay sexually pure is as difficult today as anytime in history. In a generation where swimsuit models are painted on the sides of commercial airplanes, where sex before marriage is encouraged, and where whatever image the heart desires can be produced in seconds, the test is daunting. But Jesus said, “everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28 NAS). Paul said, “flee from sexual immorality” (1 Cor 6:18 NIV). For Christian men, purity is not only possible, it is necessary. The following five guards will help.
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