Jesus Has No Identity Issues! Do you?

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Jesus Has No Identity Issues! Do you?
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Have you ever experienced identity issues? Actually, it’s quite common. In other words, you’re not alone. Today, we examine – Jesus has no identity issues!

Do you?

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Steps To Strong Faith

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Steps To Strong Faith
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You use faith more each day than you realize. Indeed, it’s worth looking at some steps to strong faith.

So, did you –

  • Sit in a chair today?
  • Drive your car?
  • Eat lunch?

 

Well, did you trust your –

  • Chair would hold you?
  • Car could get you where you need to go?
  • Body would energize and promote health from your lunch?

 

Interestingly, you trusted all this – and so much more – would happen.

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Gain Purpose – Scripture Dissection

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Whether you’re a young adult, middle adult, or mature adult – well, everyone wants purpose in life. Of course, as you live, you figure out you gain experience. However, have you considered you also gain purpose?

It’s true! So, let’s explore this.

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Your Life An Altar – Healthy Living

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Your Life An Altar - Healthy Living
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OK! So, nobody builds an altar anymore. Well, not really. Yet, there are ways we automatically build an altar in our lives on which we make sacrifices – for goals and dreams, for relationships, to feel validated – all the while hoping our sacrifice will bring desired results. Incidentally, it helps to consider – your life is an altar.

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When Things Don’t Go Well – 8 Progress Points

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When Things Don't Go Well - 8 Progress Points
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If you are reading this at the beginning of your day, you have no idea how today will look. If it’s the end of your day, you might be pleased – or rather disappointed – depending on how things went. So often, life does not meet people’s expectations. Many times, you must make allowances and adjustments. Especially, when things don’t go well.

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What Keeps You From Your Best? – Scripture Dissection

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What keeps you from your best? It could be someone, something – or it could be you.

This material is about your health, growth, and progress. Of course, every person of every age continues to grow all their life. However, health and progress depend on some things. Additionally, sometimes there’s interference with progress in your relationship with God.

Let’s look closer.

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Start This Year Well: 10 Points – Scripture Dissection

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Happy New Year! May it be a good one for you! Now, to set the tone, here’s a quote from C.S. Lewis – “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” With this insightful observation, let’s explore 10 points to start this year well.

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A Fresh New Start

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This week, I get to say – HAPPY NEW YEAR – to you! Of course, it’s also an opportunity for a fresh new start. So, let’s look at some action points for a great start with strong traction this next year.

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A Mindset Of Gratitude

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A Mindset Of Gratitude
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It’s Thanksgiving! Time for a “self-check” on gratitude. A mindset of gratitude makes a huge difference, even when things are difficult or painful.

So, if you had a Gratitude Scale that measured how thankful you are, where would you score on a scale 1-10?

Let’s explore “mindset of gratitude.” But first – let’s have some fun with that Gratitude Scale we mentioned.

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Strong Hope #5 – Scripture Dissection

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As I consider today’s material: “Strong Hope,” I’m reminded of a Bible passage in one of my quiet times. Interestingly, a thought struck me as I read that passage. Simply this.

If I were to make a list of all the struggles, issues, sorrows, and difficulties in my life so far –

– and if I were to put a column of dates next to them (similar to what I have in my Bible)

– then, if I were to record a verse or promise God gave me for that particular situation in a third column

– I would have an amazing record of God’s faithfulness in my neediness. In fact, I’d have enough material to publish a book about strong hope.

This is #5 in a series on hope.

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