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vain repetitions?
When I hear men pray in public, I like to hear the usual requests put into different terms. It is more thought-provoking to me if I am a bit surprised by the way something is said than if I can stay...
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Long roads in a small car
After a great visit with the overseeing congregation (as usual), we made another trip today from central Arkansas to Nashville, back to our son’s house. Somewhere along the way the rental agency goofed...
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Keep it Going!
“Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!” (Psalm 106:1). Thursday, perhaps all of last week, we were conscious of our blessings and expressed our thankfulness to God. We used our national day of...
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Illinois native Army Specialist Gabriel Garriga suffered from…
Illinois native Army Specialist Gabriel Garriga suffered from the severe burns he suffered when his Humvee exploded in a raging fireball in Iraq. Medics gave him a one in one hundred chance of...
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Don’t let outsiders make you discontent with God’s provisions
Saints sometimes find it difficult enough, among themselves, to keep from complaining. They must beware that the world may influence their spirits greatly, causing them to fall by being discontent with...
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Entitlement the opposite of thankfulness
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful” Colossians 4:2-6. I’ve spent a lot of time and expended a lot of energy to help people before with never an acknowledgment of what it had cost...
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Always, constantly: 1 Thessalonians 5.16-18 VOTD
“Always rejoice, constantly pray, in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5.16-18 Paul specifically identified certain attitudes and actions as being...
View ArticleHugh’s News & Views (Skipping Thanksgiving)
SKIPPING THANKSGIVING Christmas decorations began to make their appearance in some large chain stores soon after Labor Day, and in some places sooner. Halloween decorations and “Trick or Treat” candy...
View ArticleIn the Midst of Suffering
By: Dr. Johnny O. Trail, LMFT — They had just placed membership, but were very infrequent at church. I wondered what the situation was with this family that had just moved into the community. After...
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