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Sons and Daughters of Encouragement
BY GREG CRUM “And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” Acts 4:36-37 Here in the fourth chapter of the book of Acts,
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Rights or responsibility?
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH “If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 9:12) What Paul says is, “I’m not standing up for my rights. I
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Telling the Story: Praise the Lord and hip, hip, hooray
BY DAWN REED Luke 13:10-13 tells a beautiful story of what Jesus can do in someone’s life: “On a Sabbath when Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, a woman was there who had been crippled for 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her,
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Reclaiming the Awe of God Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 There is a wisdom that only comes to a heart that fears the Lord. This wisdom enables one to navigate the rough waters of life with greater ease than their peers, allowing an individual
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Are you getting enough training?
BY JACK WARD If I decided to join the U.S. Army and depending on whether or not I could pass the physical, I figured it should only take me about one week of training, and I would be ready. We all know better than that, don’t we? One week of training would never prepare anyone
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Telling the Story: Truly celebrating Easter
BY DAWN REED Her words convicted me to the bone marrow. My eyes filled with tears and I covered my mouth not to sob out loud. She hadn’t intended to make me cry. Jen is one of everybody’s favorite people. She is the church aunt or grandma all of us need. She gives hugs and
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Contentment!
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Philip Parham tells the story of a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat. “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” he asked. “Because I’ve caught enough fish for today,” said the fisherman. “Why don’t you catch more fish than you
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Reclaiming the Awe of God
BY GREG CRUM “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and
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Telling the Story: Fear of the dentist
BY DAWN REED Fear is a Goliath we all face daily. Life is full of hard things. Just today, you will face uncertain, unknown situations. You have the choice of trusting God in scary circumstances. Being afraid is OK. A while back I heard that when you are scared and your heart is racing, you
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Pardon from sin
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH The truth is we can’t please God on our terms. Nor does it do any good to try and hide our sins. Like Isaiah, we can only admit, “I am a person of unclean lips.” It reminds me of the story of King Frederick II, an eighteenth-century
