How Making Comparisons will Always Steal Your Peace, Hope, and Joy
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How Making Comparisons will Always Steal Your Peace, Hope, and Joy

It’s the season of comparisons. Advertisers tempt us to compare every part of our celebrations so they can entice us to make purchases that will “make us feel better about ourselves.” Theodore Roosevelt once said… “Comparison is the thief of joy.” And I believe he was right. The enemy of our souls uses comparisons in…

Jesus Healed 10 But Only 1 Life Was Changed Forever
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Jesus Healed 10 But Only 1 Life Was Changed Forever

Have you ever prayed in desperation… Jesus, if you __________ then I will __________? Leprosy was a highly contagious disease of the skin that terrified people. For that reason, people who had it were completely isolated from their families and communities. They were even called “unclean.” After the past year, it’s easy for us to…

An Entitlement Attitude Makes It Impossible To Be Happy
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An Entitlement Attitude Makes It Impossible To Be Happy

Entitlement is 1) the condition of having the right to have, do, or get something 2) the feeling or belief that you deserve to be given something.  Entitlement is the Opposite of Gratitude. It is a greedy, self-serving “I deserve it” attitude about life. What do you and I deserve? I turned to the internet, where I…

50 Ways to Show Gratitude to the People in Your Life
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50 Ways to Show Gratitude to the People in Your Life

I wasn’t feeling very thankful. In my defense, I was pregnant and raging hormones were affecting my thinking. It seems silly in retrospect, but there I stood in the closet grumbling to myself as I moved Rev’s suits and dress pants from wire hangers back to suit hangers. Kind of funny considering all the parenting…

The Freedom of Grace

Living under the freedom of God’s grace includes having freedom from our food issues. He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in Him. Long before He laid down earth’s foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love,…