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Telling the Story: A good dose of vitamin sea
BY DAWN REED Genesis tells the magnificent story of creation. “God called the dry ground ‘land’ and the gathered waters He called ‘seas.’ And God saw that it was good” (1:10). And it WAS. Looking at the ocean this week, “good” is a small word that describes an indescribably wonderful thing. It all takes my…
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He Will Never Let Go
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH There is a beautiful and important scene in the movie Dr. Zhivago. The Comrade General is talking with Tanya. He asks her, “How did you come to be lost?” She replies, “Well, I was just lost.” He asks again, “No, how did you come to be lost?” Tanya…
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Fear Isn’t the Fun It’s Cracked Up to Be! Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 Want to know the Biblical solution for “carefulness,” or as…
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Telling the Story: Evaluating on a big day
BY DAWN REED In early 2019, someone in a Bible study encouraged me to write a mission statement. (It might have been Craig Groeschel or Lysa Terkeurst.) A mission statement is typically for a business, church or ministry. It might sound silly that an individual would have one but it was a great idea for…
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How will you be defined?
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH When you come to the end of your life, will your life have been clearly defined? I mean by that. Have you made clear to all of your family, friends and acquaintances what you stood for during your life? Some people‘s lives have been defined by their vocation.…
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Fear isn’t the fun it’s cracked up to be: Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 Remember picking teams as a kid growing up? How did you feel when you got the first pick and were able to select the…
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Fear isn’t the fun it’s cracked up to be
BY GREG CRUM “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7 As if you needed a reminder after the chilly mornings we’ve had recently, we’ve entered into a new season here in Eastern Kentucky. For some, the changing of…
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Finding satisfaction
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Someone has called this the “amusement” age. This preoccupation with self and amusement has overtaken us so that in the United States alone, the amusement business has been growing at an average rate of $6 billion a year since 1965. Thrills and chills are available on demand.…
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Telling the Story: What lies beneath
BY DAWN REED Life had been hard for Miss Slone before the flood. Before July 28, she had been going through chemo for cancer. Due to missing work for her treatments, she was let go. She has already lost her mother, father and four siblings to brain or colon cancer. Meanwhile, she has pressed on,…
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Potatoes, Eggs and Coffee
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she would make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed that just as one problem was solved, another soon followed. Her father,…
Category: Devotionals
