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Bitter or Better?
Colossians 3:13 “Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” It was unfair. You, or perhaps someone who means a lot to you, were treated unfairly. But what are you going to do about it? You can choose to hold on to the hurt, or you can forgive. If you choose to nurse that grievance, it will…
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Enough or More?
Isaiah 55:2 “Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labour on what does not satisfy?” When is enough? John Bogle wrote on contentment: “At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in…
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Distracted to Death or Alert and Alive?
John 10:10 “The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy.” George Orwell once observed: “I thought of a rather cruel trick I played on one occasion on a wasp. He was sucking jam on my plate, and I cut him in half. He paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny…
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Powerful or Puny?
James 5:17 “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” Andrew Murray wrote: “Jesus never taught his disciples how to preach, only how to pray. To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man. Power with God is the first thing, not power with men. Jesus…