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I’ll Stand By You
This week we’re inspired by the song, “I’ll Stand By You” by the Pretenders. Does knowing that you have a friend that will stand by you help you face the difficulties and uncertainties of life? Maybe you’re facing a difficult situation or an uncertain future today? Maybe there’s someone here who’s facing a surgery. The…
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Dust in the Wind
This week, we are inspired by the song, “Dust in the Wind,” by Kansas. Do you ever feel the way these lyrics suggest, like dust in the wind? Like nothing lasts? Even those of us who had never thought about the brevity of life, had to have given it some serious thought this past year.…
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Fix You
This week, we’re inspired by the song, “Fix You,” by Coldplay. Have you ever seen someone that you love going through such a difficult situation that you wished you could just fix them? Maybe they lost a loved one and were in deep despair and grief. You wish you could fix their pain? Perhaps they…
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From Now On
This week, we’re inspired by the song, “From Now On,” from the movie, The Greatest Showman. Have you ever made that kind of statement: “From now on… I’ll start spending my time with my family.” “From now on… I’ll stop losing my temper.” “From now on… I’ll stop drinking or drugging.” “From now on… I’ll…
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Let Somebody Love You
This week we’re inspired by the song, “Desparado” by The Eagles. Have you come to your senses? Or are you still out there hiding behind your fences? Have you opened the gate to let somebody love you? You might’ve been hurt and now you’re afraid to open up your heart again. Or you’ve been looking…
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Love Remains
If you could identify the way people treat one another lately, would you characterize it as loving? I imagine you wouldn’t. What have we seen? A nation at war, not from without but from within. A people who have polarized themselves on the grounds of politics, color, science, beliefs, gender, and so on. Love does…
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Hope Remains
Fear has the same power over the mind and body, but equal and opposite to hope. What are you afraid of? What fears have caused you to be stuck in the mud, what fears have caused you to lose hope? One of the most common fears is simply the fear of the unknown and in…
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Faith Remains
Do you ever feel so uncertain that you feel stuck? Do you feel like the changes to your environment especially over the last year have crippled your decision making or even stopped you from dreaming of a better future? All of us are facing this in some way. Every one of us have had changes…
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New Mission
What’s your mission in life? Is it to make more money and own more things? Wouldn’t you love to stop living for things? And to start really living the way God intended? In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus gave His followers a new mission to stop living things and to start living for God. We…
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New Management
Do you run out of money before you run out of month? Do you get anxious about your debts, how you will pay them? As Ben Franklin said, “He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” Are you experiencing the sorrow of out of control spending and indebtedness? Wouldn’t you like to know how to…