Posted in Religion on Dec 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Have you noticed how suffering brings people together? Have you watched how people join forces to respond to disasters? Hardship forces us to grab hands with one another and pull up closer together. Suffering never ruined a nation! Hardship doesn’t fracture families. Affluence does! But not suffering. Not hardship. It pushes everybody to the same [...]
Posted in Religion on Dec 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Chances are good that many of you who are reading these lines are currently the target of someone’s lying accusations. That can be an anguishing cross to bear. I’ve been there, so I speak from painful experience. Since this is an ongoing issue for many of us, it should be helpful to draw a few [...]
Posted in Religion on Dec 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Proverbs 29:11
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.
The marketplace can be a pressure-packed world. The demands that are often put on us can bring out things that we never knew were there. Sometimes we begin to think that the source of that pressure is [...]
Posted in Religion on Dec 6th, 2008 No Comments »
CRITICISM
by Charles R. Swindoll
One of the occupational hazards of being a leader is receiving criticism (not all of it constructive, by the way). In fact, I firmly believe that the leader who does anything that is different or worthwhile or visionary can count on criticism. In this regard, I appreciate the remarks made by Theodore [...]
Posted in Religion on Dec 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Whose Battle Is It?
by Rick Warren
“But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem . Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out there tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!” 2 Chronicles 20:17 (NLT)
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 6th, 2008 No Comments »
When a Friend Betrays
by When a Friend Betrays
He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman. Psalm 15:2-3 (NIV)
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Here are three steps toward [...]
