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The two most important 鈥渃elebrations鈥� in Christian faith are next week. If there is still a big kid inside you, your brain just perked up and said 鈥淗ey, the most important celebration is Christmas 鈥� yay presents! - but it鈥檚 only April, what are you talking about?鈥�
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No Hold on Me: Part Two Freedom reigns in my world, just as it does in Heaven, for Christ is the…
Reflections: Persistence in prayer
It is important to clarify that Jesus鈥� instruction to 鈥渦se not vain repetitions鈥� (Matthew 6:7) does not mean that we should be careful how often we pray or how often we pray about specific subjects.聽
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When I was in my impressionable early teens I regularly saw a book my dad was reading lying around the living room. It had a very dramatic cover with the title The Population Bomb. Above the title was the descriptive phrase 鈥淧opulation control or race to oblivion鈥� and below was the ominous assertion
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Freedom reigns in my world, just as it does in Heaven, for Christ is the Lord of both. As it is in Heaven, the manacles that once held me no longer hold me. I am most certain of this, for God鈥檚 Word says, 鈥淚t is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be
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Vain repetitions
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As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit. (Zech. 9:11)
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Sometimes when I鈥檓 out and about and encounter a parent/parents with a newborn baby I 鈥渙oh鈥� and 鈥渁ah鈥� about the beautiful child 鈥� what newborn isn鈥檛 the cutest baby in Canada? 鈥� then I ask if its their first one and how it鈥檚 going, and whether they are getting any sleep, etc.
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Love of money
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A 鈥楪od moment鈥�
Reflections: Exceeding expectations
When Mary and Martha鈥檚 brother Lazarus became sick, Mary and Martha expected Jesus to intervene in the situation.
Reflections: 鈥淭he Cross? 鈥� I Don鈥檛 Give A D___!鈥�
Cardinal Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris, France told the story of a group of boys in Paris in 1939.聽
Reflections: The great exchange: Part two
While I concur that I may not see the full effect of my life with my natural eyes before I leave this Earth, there is a lot that I do see, here and in my world, and I see it because God鈥檚 kingdom rule is in full effect here, just as it is in Heaven.聽
Reflections: Careful cultivation
鈥淢uch food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.鈥�…