Coping and Pushing Forward

Advent: Anticipating Jesus’ Return

Advent, a four-week season in the Church calendar dedicated to anticipating the arrival, or "advent," of Jesus of Nazareth, the long-awaited Messiah and King. Christians from many backgrounds celebrate this...
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A lifeless desert survives

Lifeless: an alternate or synonym is Spiritless, lacking energy or enthusiasm. While a desert survives lifeless, we may not if we do not respond to God and His will. God...
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Now What America???

Now that Trump’s Right Wing misinformation strategy has been successful. NOW WHAT?? How did the majority of America buy into his approach to appeal to every fear of the American...
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Victory in Jesus

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV) Our victory is...
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Pentecost

Pentecost by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld Pentecost: The 50th day after Easter. Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2024.  Although Pentecost falls on a Thursday, most Christians celebrate it the following Sunday. Pentecost: the...
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GLORY

God’s Glory is His character, authority, power, and wisdom. These adjectives describe the essence of God. We are charged to clothe ourselves in the Glory of God. David laments in Psalm...
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The Almighty Dependable God

Dependable-Almighty God you are available to us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year and in leap year 366 days. You exemplify the concept of...
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Gaslighting

blog-picDownload Gaslighting defined To manipulate someone using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning. Oxford Languages The American Psychological Association defines Gaslighting as, manipulation of another...
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Shake the dust off your feet

Rejected? Shake off the dust and move on.  Why do we allow ourselves to feel condemned? We are in your presence right now Jesus, we have your Spirit living inside...
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El Roi, God Sees

El Roi, the God who sees Our Father hears, knows and sees our distress. He not only sees what concerns us, but He cares about our concerns. He allows heartache,...
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You are validated and loved

Where do you look for validation? We look to people for validation. That is the primary reason social medial is a success. In general, people are not qualified to provide...
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20: 20 Vision

Close the gate to visual disturbance, concepts that feed fear. Who empowers your vision? Choose the vision of Jesus. His vision of us is the only one we can trust....
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Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged.

We wonder if life is worth the effort. During life’s trials the enemy will feed negative messages through our own thoughts, as well as, negative messages from others. The enemy...
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Judging people is useless

"There are two ways to judge people-Both are useless” Niklas Goke photo by Marc-OlivierPeople judging people is useless. People are critical and Judgmental. We have but one judge.  There are...
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I Will Never Leave you

I will never leave nor forsake you God has promised multiple times throughout the Bible that He will never leave nor forsake us. "I will never leave you nor forsake...
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Fruit of the Vine

What type of fruit will you bare? Are we ignorant to the type of fruit Jesus wants us to produce in our lives? Can we strive for what we do...
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God’s Names

God’s names Exhibit His love toward us.   ABBA - Father, ADONAI - Lord, ALPHA & OMEGA - Beginning and End CHRISTOS – The Anointed One EL DEAH – God of Knowledge EL ELYON – The God...
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The Answer is You

The lyrics of popular ballads often refer to the need for love. Ironically, the lyrics of many Gospel and Christian songs are written using the Words of the Bible which...
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Dance in the Rain

When we make our requests known to God, we would prefer an immediate response. However, our Heavenly Father knows how much we can handle. Christians use this phrase when overwhelmed...
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You Have a Partner

According to an YouGov poll, approximately 1 in 4 Americans makes at least one New Year’s (NY) resolution. Psychnewsdaily.com reviewed a new study that found, 64 percent of people abandon...
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