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Don’t Harden Your Hearts in Hate
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(10) Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. (11) Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. (12) For our struggle is not against fles...
Giving Thanks For What The Lord Provides
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.’ (Psalm 7:17) Psalm 7 is from David and is a song or lyric he wrote as a lamen...
Take Stress & Anxiety Off Your Holiday List!
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘<God said to Solomon pertaining to Wisdom>, “(32) For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; (33) but whoever listens to <God> will live...
Social Media: Use It Wisely & Watch Out for The False Narratives
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge.’ (1 Timothy 6:20) In danger of invoking Proverbs 18:2,...
CarePortal Update
CarePortal is continuing to increase its impact across Southwest Florida. Children and families in crisis are being served every week through local churches. Since October 1st, fourteen families have been served through the g...
What If There Are No Eggs To Go In Your Basket?
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.’...
Don’t Sacrifice The Unborn To The Idol of Self-Gratification
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(20) “And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? (21) You slaughtered My children and sacrificed them to the...
Don’t Get Even, Get It Right
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.’ (1 Peter 3:9) It is always tempting...
Steward or king?
Yesterday as we looked at the macro view of stewardship, I referenced The Lord of the Rings as an example of being a steward versus being a king. Denethor is the latest in a long line of stewards for the city of Gondor. He co...
Is It OK for Christians To Keep & Bear Arms?
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(21) <Jesus said to the crowd calling Him part of ‘Beelzebul’, or Satan,> “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. (22) But when someone stronger attacks...
History Provides Only The Works of God Stand The Test of Time
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(6) And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, (7) in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed i...
Putting Preparation In Perspective
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(28) Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. (29) He gives...