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Wanted

740) Fortunately, (or unfortunately), your idea of God often comes from how He is introduced to you in your early years. If your family placed a priority on getting to know God and His word, it will follow you into adulthood. If you grew up with a horrible concept of Him, then God is not
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Cause and Effect

738) No one lives in a bubble. What we do and say always influences others. We can choose to use encouraging words or negative ones, and these words blanket those around us. We can decide to do something, positive or negative, and it also affects those around us. This truth is illustrated in 1 Chronicles
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Misplaced Worship

737) As a teacher, I know the value of using objects to illustrate concepts I’m trying to teach my students. For example, if I were teaching the concept of negative numbers, I would take the kids outside and have one of them dig a hole. Then I would put a yardstick in the hole and
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Things Unseen

736) I have a little dachshund, Boone, who is so loyal to me, he is rarely more than a few inches from wherever I am. If I’m reading while sitting on the couch, he is plastered to me. It’s funny, though, just about every evening, when it’s dark and the room is lit by a
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The Value of Ax Heads

735) Fairly often, when I come home and share with my husband about the little things that happen during the day, I say, “I know this is a small thing but…” In considering why I do this; I seem to state that I know there are more important things to talk about. I even frequently
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Controlling People

732) Wanting control has been a desire of mankind since the book of Genesis. We want to control the weather, family, jobs, friends and more. Some of these things we wish to control are not a big deal but the huge negative of this desire is it can creep up on you without noticing–sort of
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Faith and Miracles

731) My childhood was saturated with God and His word. Sunday school, Bible classes and VBS were all highlights of my early years. As I grew into adolescents, I experienced cynicism in reading about some of my heroes of the Bible. My thinking was, It’s no wonder they had faith in God, they saw miracles
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Let’s Talk about Boundaries

729) There are some of us that often take on the blame for situations that we were not responsible for. We could go into all kinds of psychological reasons for this, but placing boundaries and keeping them there is very difficult. As I read 1 Kings 18:16-19 and the chapter surrounding it, I have tried
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The Price of Faith

728) Faith is easy, right? You just close your eyes real tight and wish with all your might. No? That’s not faith? Well… what is it? Faith is illustrated in 1 Kings 17:7-14. There was a famine in the land and Elijah and the people faced a life-or-death crisis. One day, he came upon a
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Provision’s Packages

727) It’s easy to accept that God promises to take care of the needs of His children, but what can be harder is accepting the way God may choose to provide. Yes, we need shelter, but perhaps this means a house that has black countertops, no air conditioning in the deep South, not enough room
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