Tag: Love
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Junk
Do you ever think about junk? Junk is a collection of things that have no meaning or value or are of low quality. Every home has one: the junk drawer. You know the one — where mismatched batteries, expired coupons, and keys-to-nowhere pile up “just in case.” It looks harmless on the outside… shut the…
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Healing from church hurt without walking away from the church
Let’s start 2026 in the right place. Church hurt is real. It is not imagined, exaggerated, or unspiritual to acknowledge it. Many believers have been wounded not by the world, but by people who carried the name of Jesus. Words spoken carelessly. Authority misused. Grace withheld. Expectations placed on shoulders that were already heavy. For…
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New Year’s Joy
As the year ends and the holidays come to a close, we find ourselves packing away the Christmas decorations and all the “material things” that bring the Christmas Spirit to life in our homes at this time of year. The beautiful music of Christmas carols and the sweet aroma of cookies baking in the oven…
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The Spirit of God Within Us
As we are approaching Christmas Day, our thoughts and our intentions reflect upon the manger and the birth of Christ, and how beautiful it was. During this season we watch the Christmas movies, we look at manger scenes and Christmas lights around our community, and we ponder the miraculous virgin birth of our Lord and…
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Living by the Fruit of the Spirit
Bundled up in a warm coat on a cold Christmas Eve, I stood in a long line at our local community hall, my knees shivering from the cold outside air. I was excited every year to take that long walk into a large, empty building to the front of the room where a man sat…
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Love is an Action, Not a Feeling
Love Your Enemies The scripture tells us in Matthew 5:44 and Luke 6:27-28 that we are to “Love our enemies!” But how can we have feelings for those who have purposely hurt us whether physically, mentally, or emotionally? When we think of loving someone, we long to be around them. We think about them with…
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