Contentment and God never leaving you; will God leave you if you’re not seeking contentment in Him? Hebrews 13 says: Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” No, God doesn’t leave us when we get
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Diligent people rule the world. Proverbs 12:24 says: The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor. Diligent people aren’t evil because of their diligence. Diligent people aren’t evil people who’ve found out how to rig the system. They’re people who don’t take no for an answer. Diligent
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Could wars be avoided by a simple game of Rock, Paper, Scissors? Proverbs 18:18 says: The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders. I have often wondered what it would be like to have an international dispute settled by a game or means such as casting lots in the Bible. What
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As I do more and more ministry in the downtown Akron area and have the opportunity to share in the lives of those around me, the more sensitive I am to the hardships many people experience when they feel they have no place in society. Society almost assumes that you should have a job, and
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Did God at one time allow unbelievers into Heaven? Acts 17 says: 29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere
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Sometimes you know adversity is coming; many times you don’t. Does it make it easier to deal with if you know it’s coming, or is that just more time to worry, agonize, and plan a way out of having to deal with it? Proverbs 24:10 says: If you faint in the day of adversity, your
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How do you think Mary felt to have other people invite other people to peek in on her family right after she gave birth? Luke 2 says: 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened,
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