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Created for Purpose
We all want to find our purpose — whatever it might look like for each of us. God has given us an innate sense of purposefulness as humans. We seek it…
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True Love
If you would have asked me 15 years ago what it meant to be loved, my answer would have been very different than it is now. I grew up learning love…
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Use Your Words
Mom was naturally blonde, attractive. She had a mild personality and was never angry. She was not opinionated. She was easy going and spent her lifetime in her hometown of Normal,…
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An introvert, standing alone, inside a maximum-security prison
I first made a profession of faith when I was quite young, while wandering around the Ozark Empire Fair back in the early ‘80s. However, a decade later, when I was…
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Advent: Love
Week 3 I was eight years old when it happened. It was the first time I can remember being completely out of control with rage. My younger brother stood under our…
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Love God
The Holy Spirit’s agenda for us in 2024 is clear: He wants the first commandment to take first place in our hearts. The first commandment — to love God with all…
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