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When Friends Hurt You We are acquaintances by accident but should always be friends by choice. Some of these people were wonderful, and became our friends, but some of them were not, and I had to learn to leave them alone. Often our friends are not the products of choice or rational decision but of circumstance. Friends have a great power to help us and to hurt us. No one is exempt from peer pressure, and we should make sure that we get encouragement to do good, not…
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The Victors The righteous will ultimately win. Read the Bible and see. Satan and his angels will be cast into hell. Jesus and the redeemed will be in Heaven for eternity. Evil cannot win and right cannot lose. You need to know this before you make a choice to do something wrong. No matter how tempting it may be to sin right now, on down the road it will be a bad decision, and you will wish you had never made it. Why do you make bad decisions? Many times it is because some…
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Our Daily Bread: Psalms 116:1-19 [1]I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. [2]Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! [3]Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow. [4]Then I called on the name of the Lord: “Please, Lord, save me!” [5]How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours! [6]The Lord protects those of childlike faith; I was…
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The Need for LOVE There is a wide agreement among psychologists that love is a fundamental and basic need of all people. This need is generally stronger in women than men, and they have a tremendous capacity for love, both giving and receiving. The noble quality of mother love is universally acknowledged to the extent that occasional incidents in which mothers do not love their children are difficult to believe. Tim and Beverly LaHaye have suggested five kinds of love…
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Our Daily Bread Psalms 16:1-11 [1]Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge. [2]I said to the Lord, “You are my Master! Every good thing I have comes from you.” [3]The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them! [4]Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods. I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood or even speak the names of their gods. [5]Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is…
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Acceptance by Others There may be an occasional person who has such strong self-confidence that he does not need the acceptance of other people, but the majority of people are dependent upon others for emotional sustenance each day. The woman who is deprived of acceptance is forced into perpetual isolation and becomes deeply disturbed emotionally. She develops feelings of worthlessness which lead to despair and depression. A mother tends to become isolated when she has…
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God Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah When the Lord and His angels got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord. (Genesis 13:13) While walking, the Lord said to Abraham. Genesis 18:20-21 20]"The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21] that I will go down and see if what they have done is as…
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Our Daily Bread Psalms 16:1-11 [1]Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge. [2]I said to the lord, “You are my Master! Every good thing I have comes from you.” [3]The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them! [4]Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods. I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood or even speak the names of their gods. [5]lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is…
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Enjoying a Long Life Most of us don't give a lot of thought to the length of out lives. Many seem to believe that there is some "fate" that determines the length of our lives and that we can't do anything about it. Others seem to be totally absorbed with their health, always seeking some new fad or diet that will add some benefit to their physical well being. We certainly know that we can shorten our lives by improper conduct. Our habits affect our health. That may not seem…
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Our Daily Bread: Psalms 111:1-10 [1]Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet with his people. [2]How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him should ponder them. [3]Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails. [4]He causes us to remember his wonderful works. How gracious and merciful is our Lord! [5]He gives food to those who fear him; he always remembers his covenant. [6]He has shown his great…
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Our Daily Bread: Psalms 99:1-9 [1]The Lord is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth quake! [2]The Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem, exalted above all the nations. [3]Let them praise your great and awesome name. Your name is holy! [4]Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel. [5]Exalt the lord our God! Bow low before his feet, for he is…
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The High Stakes of Commitment I make an appointment with someone, with you, perhaps, for sometime in any of your tomorrows, and all the future tomorrows that follow your yesterdays. I reach out into a future that neither of us can see, and I plan a meeting with you, and ask you to trust me to be there with you. I stretch myself into unpredictable days ahead and make one thing predictable for you: I will be there for you. I create a small island of certainty for you in the…
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Our Daily Bread: Philippians 2:12-18 [12]Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. [13]For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. [14]Do everything without complaining and arguing, [15]so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of…
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The Real Reasons People Keep Commitments Let's admit, to begin with, that not everyone who sticks with a relationship stays out of loyalty to a commitment. Some people are just covering their bets. They have too much to lose by separating. So they choose the lesser of two evils, and stick it out. Some people just gets used to each other. They don't like surprises; they stay with each other because they feel settled in. Comfortable. She knows when he's coming home, what he…
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Our Daily Bread: Psalms 37:11-20 [11]The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity. [12]The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance. [13]But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming. [14]The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right. [15]But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. [16]It is better to be…
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The Positive Purpose Behind Personal Commitments The truth is that Peter was not all that brilliant, and he probably would not have made it at medical school if Eloise hadn't nagged him through his endless exams while she earned rent and grocery money doing night duty as a nurse in the intensive care unit at Butterworth Hospital. He and Eloise had some good times and some bad times together since Peter started practicing internal medicine ten years ago at a total care clinic…
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When Sarai become Sarah Genesis 17:15-16 15] 15]God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16] I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations, kings of peoples will come from her." God also changed Sarai's name to Sarah to remind Abraham that God will fulfill His promises not through Hagar and his son Ishmael but Sarai's own son. Genesis…
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Our Daily Bread: God’s message of grace can be traced back to the beginnings of human history. Even when God approaches Cain, one of the original sinners, He encourages him! He tells Cain that He will be accepted if he does the right thing. Essentially, God pleads with Cain, asking him to choose God, choose to do this thing the right way. We always have a choice. It is in our power to do what is right. Watch out for sin and choose to not let it be your master. Let's have a…
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Our Daily Bread: In Christ we have a new identity and the beautiful thing about the transformation that God offers us is that it gives him great pleasure. He is thrilled to welcome us into His family as his adopted ones. It was His great plan from the beginning. Be thankful today that you have been given an eternal family through Jesus. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy the day....Blessed Sunday to all
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Our Daily Devotional: For many of us we live in comfortable homes with stresses that come with living a happy and successful American life. God calls us to be more than comfortable. The religion that God wants for us stretches us, requires faith that we didn’t know we had, and brings us to otherwise scary places. We are all called to love those in distress. Start asking God in what new way would He have you love beyond reason. He will give you a heart to meet a need you…
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Daily Devotional Sometimes emotions can get the best of us and cause us to say words we don't truly mean. Or we are charged with emotions and choose words with different implications than we intended. When you get in this state do your best to stabilize and then try to communicate emotions when you can better watch your tongue. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy the day...
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The Only Way to Make Love Last I once thought of James Ettison as a not-very-profound person, but it was ungenerous of me to think of him that way. James was a salesman, on the road a good deal, and I think I envied him a little when a gentle and lovely woman fell in love with him. Her name is Alice, and he was as sure as a human being could be about anything that she would bring him all of his deepest desires. They got, and settled snugly, maybe smugly, into happiness. But…
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Our Daily Devotional: Children as true possessions of the Lord have such incredible value. As parents, caregivers, grandparents, and adults with influence we cannot take our calling to be shepherds of their hearts lightly. When we really consider our lives, what of our many investments do we expect to outlive us? Which of these pursuits hold true value? Passing on a heritage that included the hope of Heaven, faith in a God that cares for us, and the love of Jesus matters so…
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Memory is the Mysterious PoWer It is care that also keeps bright the memory of yesterday's desires. Memory is the Mysterious power to resurrect in October a desire that died in April. A memory is a living thing, it blends what was with what is now. And when the winds of desire are not strong enough to "twirl one red leaf", memory sweetens what is with the scent of what used to be. And committed love says "Thanks for the memory". Let me tell you of the true loves of Eric…
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Daily Devotional: If you don't show your love for someone, it may appear to others that they are not loved. Are you sidetracked by your busy day that you're forgetting the little things? Those little things add up and become powerful enough to send the wrong message. Overcome this and send a loving message. What speaks to your loved one? If it's confidence, encourage them. If it's feeling pretty, compliment them. If it's strength, support them. Fulfilling this law will honor…
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Creating Our Own Identity What life is about for most of us is a search for ourselves. We want to know who we are. And how to define ourselves to others. So we spend our lives finding out. We are looking for a personal hub that holds us together as the wheels of our lives keep turning. We CHANGE, we accept CHANGE, we want CHANGE. No healthy person wants to be stuck forever with what he or she was in the past. Or is now. If we don't CHANGE we get stale, complacent, and mired…
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Daily Devotional: This verse points to a need for focused Christian living. It is so easy to get distracted by our responsibilities, entertainment, and all the noise around us. We have to refocus our lives so we are able to invest in the things that truly matter. What matters most? We answer that question by allowing the teachings of the Bible and the Holy Spirit that should lead us. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy the day
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Our Daily Devotion: You are God’s masterpiece. Through you, He shows kindness and mercy to this world. Don’t underestimate how valuable you are. You are God’s loved one, prized creation and He has good works for you to do. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy the day
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Our Daily Devotional: When trials enter our lives, be encouraged, that these moments are a temporary test. God promises that though we face hard times in this life, His loved ones will receive the crown of life. It is a blessing when God meets us in difficulty, grows our character, and lets us know He is faithful in every situation. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy life today...Happy sunday
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Making Friendships That Last We all want someone who knows us better than anyone else does, and yet accepts us, enjoys us, needs us, holds nothing back from us, keeps our secrets, and is there for us when we want to be near him. We all seem to need at least one close friend. Even people who believe they ought to love everybody need special people they want to be close to just because they like them. And are liked by them. It's different from charity; we ought to feel charity…
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Our Daily Bread: Psalms 11:1-7 [1]I trust in the Lord for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety! [2]The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right. [3]The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?” [4]But the Lord is in his holy Temple; the Lord still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining…
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Commitment Give Friendships a Longer Lease On Life We all want a FAITHFUL friends. That is, we want friends who are committed to us. We want the sort of fiends who stick with us even when being our friends cost them something. What sort of commitment is right for friendship? What kind of commitment should we make to our friends? Recall that we don't usually begin friendship with a commitment. The commitment comes to life gradually. We commit ourselves to each other in…
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Why Should a Marriage Be Forever? President Kennedy's mother, Rose, once decided that she had had enough of life with her high-rolling, woman chasing husband, Joe, and she walked out on him. She was so hurt and so angry that she took the first three of all those children of destiny still to come, went back to her family home, and told Joe she couldn't stand him anymore and wasn't coming back. Her father welcomed her back to the fold. For a couple of months. And then sent her…
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Daily Devotional: When we are faithful to do the work God calls us to, beauty unfolds. Our efforts are meaningful, they bless our families, workplaces and communities. God’s hand is on the lives of His godly people. Do work that grows God’s goodness, today! Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy life today
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When A Marriage Cannot Be Forever When a young Rose Kennedy had had her bellyfull of Joe's playing around with other women and wanted to leave him, her father told her she couldn't go back on a lifetime commitment: it was forever. Many years later Rose's daughter Kathleen fell in love with a divorced Englishman, Lord Peter Fitzwilliam, and wanted to marry him. But, when she heard about it, Rose Kennedy's deepest beliefs took hold of her. If you marry this man, she told…
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Our Daily Devotional The bible teaches we have one place to go when we have a complaint, concern or need. We aren’t told to complain to strangers or tell everyone close to you how bad things are for you. We are to bring our concerns to our Creator. He is our sustenance. Bring your worries to Him and let Him work in mighty ways on your behalf. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy the day
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When Do We Know We Made An Unwise Choice? A lifetime commitment is often scuttled at the launching because we are not smart about the person to whom we make it. A person doesn't release himself or herself from a lifetime commitment simply because he or she has no grit, fidelity, no character. People often leave a commitment because the person they made a commitment to was the sort of person doomed to be trouble. I said before that we don't know what we are doing when we make…
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How Do We Know if it's Right To Quit? How do we know when it is right to leave our commitment? When it has become impossible to go on? When going on has lost its point? How we know? The answer is, If our hearts are right, we will know. Ah, our hearts, yes, but our hearts pull the wool over our eyes. We cannot count on our hearts; our hearts are sneaky things. And yet they are the best we have. So the important thing is to keep them tuned to caring. To begin with, we could…
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Our Daily Devotional When we are facing the heartache of failure in our lives; fear can easily become our companion. We can begin to fear the future, we can become afraid of continuing to get things wrong, and the list goes on. The simple truth that when we are afraid, we should trust God can help give us proper perspective in these difficult moments. God is with you in this trial and will not leave or forsake you- no matter what the future holds! Let's have a coffee Hari…
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The Promises We Make to Our Children Fred Fergusen is getting along in years, is a father of three fine grown-up children, and has a lot of reasons to feel good about the job he did fathering them. But every now and then he gets smitten by a notion that he has let his children down. It is hard for him to put his finger on what it was he failed at. He remembers moments when he lost his temper, like the time in the station wagon, after a long, hot day of driving: he couldn't…
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Our Daily Devotional: The second part is the challenge to all. Being loving is good but is your action the result of giving or getting? One way of showing your love is by encouragement. Encourage her in her good deeds even if it diminishes your pride. Put her first always like God did for us. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy life today
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Commitments Parents Make Are Unconditional People inside the family circle make unconditional commitments to be there for each other, no matter what. I am talking about a real family. I am talking about the family feeling that managers whip at the office. The way they do, for instance, at Delta Airlines, where the Delta Family Feeling is a corporate slogan meant to stimulate a chummy attitude among the people who work there. In her book DIVORCING THE CORPORATION, Jacqueline…
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Commitment Parents Make Are Self-Interested Parents tend to congratulate themselves, maybe pity themselves, for their committed love, as if a parent's commitment were pure self-giving devotion. But if isn't. We slip a goodly dose of self-serving into our caring commitment. There is song in the church that goes: I gave, I gave my life for thee. What hast thou given for me, for me? I gave, I gave my life for thee. What hast thou given for me? It was about God's commitment to…
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Our Daily Devotional Life is serious enough we need to be reminded to laugh together to help ease the tension that tends to build up in our lives. Laughter is a great reminder of the joy that is hidden in our day-to-day lives. In the Bible, Nehemiah, encourages the people by telling them that the joy of the Lord is their strength. Strength is not found in being so busy or so put together that you don’t have time to crack a smile. Strength comes when we slow down long enough…
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Our Daily Devotional Life is serious enough we need to be reminded to laugh together to help ease the tension that tends to build up in our lives. Laughter is a great reminder of the joy that is hidden in our day-to-day lives. In the Bible, Nehemiah, encourages the people by telling them that the joy of the Lord is their strength. Strength is not found in being so busy or so put together that you don’t have time to crack a smile. Strength comes when we slow down long enough…
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Parents Are Committed To Their Children's Survival Needs Committed love goes into overdrive when it comes to things children need. How many good nights' sleep have we surrendered? How many dinners out, how many new cars, how many luring investments, how many unworried hours-things we wanted badly, things we figured we had a right to-how many have we surrendered to what we thought were our children's needs? But it is not always easy to tell the difference between a Child's…
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Parents Are Committed To Tell Their Children What Is Worth Dying For Children have a right to know what their parents believe is worth living for. And dying for. Parents are committed to telling them. It's not as though parents always know what is worth dying for. God knows, we give our children a lot of wrongheaded notions. But if we do not tell our children what we believe matters most of all, we tell them that nothing in life matters much more than anything else. We are…
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Our Daily Devotional: It's almost expected for our friends to be loyal and our family to help but there is a precursor to this that we don't always think about. These relationships need to be nurtured. Have you reached out to a friend lately to offer some help or simply meet for lunch? Make an effort to engage in an activity together with a friend or family member. Building your relationships will not go unnoticed over time. Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy life today
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Parents Are Committed To Their Children's Freedom From Their Commitment Here is the paradox of parental commitments. By making their commitment, parents control a child's life. But they are, by the same act, committed to free the child from their control. Personal freedom is power. An inner power for writing one's own story. It is the power to write our own real story out of the raw material we were given without being asked. We are all a little scared when we set our…
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Our Daily Devotional: SHARE YOUR BURDEN: Life was not meant to be done alone. We are communal creatures. We were created both to be in community with one another but also to be in a relationship with God. When we go through tough times, we need a tribe of trusted others to rely on. Be willing to share your burdens with others and be open to help others when they are in need of a friend to lean on too! Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy life today
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Commitments Collide We get caught, sometimes, in a commitment squeeze. Two commitments claim us at the same time, when we can keep only one of them. Commitments bring conflict into our lives. We can't get away from it. For one thing, we are limited; our supply of energy is limited, our time is limited, and God knows our understanding is limited. So we may be forced into a conflict between what we should do and what we can do. For another thing, we make commitments to more…
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Our Daily Devotional: Some days can be a bit lackluster or uninspiring. If you're having too many of those days, maybe it's time to be inspired to do great things. It's possible if you believe. However, this belief is not in your capabilities but rather in God who can provide for you something far greater than what you're thinking now. Use your imagination then trust God! Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy reading...Blessing
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Conflict of Love Walter wept, with deep, gluttural groans. His face was pinched by the pain of a love he could not have. He had fallen in love with a woman. But he was committed to another. And he wasn't bearing up well in the conflict. Walter is a minister, and a good man, a man of sorrows for the sorrows of his people, too sensitive for easy survival in his line of work. He cannot immunize himself against other people's pains; when they are bruised by the slings of…