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How Do We Experience a Special Kind of Joy at Christmas?
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How Do We Experience a Special Kind of Joy at Christmas?

Christmas joy is splashed all over our digital devices and in our stores. After all, it’s a great money-making season for businesses. However, all the right reasons point to Christmas as a joy-filled season, as well. Christmas is when Hope was born. It was when Jesus came to earth as a man in the form…

How to Plant Hope in the Hearts of Our Children During the Holidays
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How to Plant Hope in the Hearts of Our Children During the Holidays

Christmas. Hope. They really are supposed to go hand-in-hand, aren’t they? After all Hope was born, not only in the darkness of night, but amidst the darkness of a torn and hopeless world. In humbleness, He was born in a manger bringing light and hope to the world. And hope to us today. It’s a…

10 Memorable Bible Verses for a Grateful Heart
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10 Memorable Bible Verses for a Grateful Heart

Cultivating a grateful heart isn’t always an easy task. Life is hard. It crashes into us in waves of both good and bad. When all is good, it’s a little easier, but we all know that when life hurts, being thankful doesn’t come naturally. But you know what? When it doesn’t come naturally is the…

63 Years of Loving Well – The Ingredients to a Lasting Marriage
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63 Years of Loving Well – The Ingredients to a Lasting Marriage

“We are heading to the hotel tomorrow for one night and we will be back home Thursday. Going to celebrate our anniversary with my BEAUTIFUL wife!!!!!” As I was driving and my son read the text out loud, how could I not smile BIG? It was a text from my 86-year-old dad. He and my…

A Prayer for Friendship: The Secret to Finding and Keeping True Friends
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A Prayer for Friendship: The Secret to Finding and Keeping True Friends

True friendship is challenging in a world of broken people. But it is still possible. Our starting point is Jesus. It’s in a prayer for friendship because He is the author of the stories of our lives and the One who makes all things possible. A Prayer for Friendship: The Secret to Finding and Keeping…