As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, God gave him success. € But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall.€ -2 Chronicles 26:5b,16a (NIV)Worshiping God's blessings instead of God Himself can be dangerous. In our misguided adoration toward the success that G...
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We are warned by Paul in Romans 12, that we not think too highly of ourselves, but rate our abilities "with sober judgement". In that sense we are not to measure ourselves by outside test or standard, but "each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God" to us.This is...
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Bethy lives in Ireland. I love her blogs. She wrote this one and it blessed me greatly. I wanted to share it here and pray it bless you, too.After all, we're all cracked pots. LOL Blessed are the Cracked for through them the Light shines. It's a beautiful morning here in Ireland, the rain is falling gently, the wind is picking up to a nice gale force 8 a...
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I've noticed a trend...and I'm loving it. Contemporary Christian songs are showing up as themes or as cameos on mainstream TV shows. One glaring example is the new show featuring motivational speaker and life coach Tony Robbins. My wife and I were watching and the theme song for the show is Something Beautiful by Needtobreathe....
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My wife and I took our grandson Tanner and a nephew and niece to Splash Country in Pigeon Forge this past Saturday. It was so hot. All three kids ages 11-9 wanted to do different things, and they wanted to do them NOW!!! You know how it goes. After a...
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Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.” —Acts 5:29In his powerful book Unspeakable, Os Guinness wrestles with the problem of evil in the world. In one section, he focuses on the Nuremberg trials that followed Worl...
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This weekend we are hosting J-Fest 2010. It's not just a two day Christian music festival. It is also a wonderful opportunity to invite friends, loved ones and co-workers to a fantastic festival that may very well change their eternity. So many people are opposed to g...
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Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but . . . let each esteem others better than himself. —Philippians 2:3I grew up wtih a guy named Tom who ran track for years and never won a race during his entire high school track career. Tom was a "pusher." It was his task to set the pace for his fellow team mem...
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Two men fell on hard times. Try as they might, they couldn't find work. They heard that a museum was willing to pay $50 apiece for live rattlesnakes so, in desperation, they decided to catch snakes. Outfitted with a net and basket, they hiked to a remote area renowned for its large snake population. But as they scaled a steep ledge, the...
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People in Michigan must be so proud. They've got Timothy Boomer, the "cussin' canoeist." They've got Steven Clevenger, the "cussin' coach." And finally, Jeffery Richards, the "school bus cusser." What state wouldn't be just glowing with pride to have these citizens?All three of these "pride and jo...
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