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The Story of Separation

Humanity was created to know, love, and reflect God yet we rebelled against the Creator by rejecting God’s sovereignty in exchange for our own self-rule....

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The Story of Creation

For many of us, the Bible is little more than a collection of stories and poems as opposed to a single, comprehensive narrative. John opens...

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Dealing with Loneliness

Time Magazine recently called loneliness the next great health epidemic on par with obesity and substance abuse. David tells us that we can live with...

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Dealing with Depression

David tells us that the dark valley is part of our human journey. No matter our experience, our comfort is knowing “Thou art with me.” Offer support groups and counseling resources for those battling mental health, depression, or a dark night of the soul.

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Dealing with Anxiety

We are anxious about everything. Worrying is like praying to yourself, while David tells us that God makes us lie down in green pastures. The strange thing about sheep is because of their very makeup it is almost impossible for them to make to lie down unless four requirements are met. Which one (fear, friction, pests or hunger) robs your joy and contributes to your anxiety? Memorize Psalm 23 and pray it every night.

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All Things New

Our longing for the “perfect Christmas” is the echo of a deeper longing; our inner ache for the new heaven and the new earth. We believe Jesus will bring to completion in his second coming what he inaugurated in his first; the fullness of the Kingdom of God. At the same time, verse 8 reminds us that our love for family and friends and Christmas includes our responsibility to plead with them to be found in Christ before the great and terrible day of the Lord.

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The Last Battle

After the defeat of Babylon and the pouring out of the bowls of God’s wrath on His enemies, we see yet another scene of worship...

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The Throne

Jesus summons John into the throne room of heaven, where he sees that right now God is on his throne being worshiped and praised as he rightly deserves. During this season it is so easy to become discouraged and distracted that we need worship to rightly order our desires.

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The Once and Future King

The angel tells Mary not just that she will bear a holy Child but that he will sit on the throne of his father David and that the reign of his kingdom will have no end (Luke 1:32-33). Jesus wasn’t born in some safe and sanitized holiday scene, but in a war zone in which He died with a sign over his head which read, “King of the Jews.”

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