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“And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.” Hosea 4:12 When we think about what is important in our friendships and relationships, words like “honest”, “trustworthy”, and “faithful” come to mind. We empathize with the bitter complaints of those who have experienced the pain of a cheater. How many of us would ever condone or praise the acts of those who are unfaithful? We shake

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If everything I need were stripped away, would Jesus Christ be enough for me?Well here it is: a new year. The task of resolution making stands in front of me, daring me to attempt to "reform my life" in 2011, waiting to laugh at my inevitable failure sometime in late January or early February.Nearly a week has gone by in this new year, and due to some unexpected time off from work I've had a

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"Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise, give thanksto Him, bless His name. For the Lord is good; His lovingkindess is everlastingand His faithfulness to all generations."- Psalm 100:4-5In a day and age when depressing is what sells newspapers and where complaining is easier in conversation than a positive outlook, it is so easy to forget the apostle Paul's encouragement to

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Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. - 1 Corinthians 13:4-8It is so

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Never before have I come face-to-face with the hopelessness of a life without Christ. No matter what happens, no matter what comes my way, I have always known that I could turn to my Savior, cast my worries at His feet, and live with confidence in His grace. We become so complacent there, losing the awe having of a personal relationship with God among the daily trappings of life, not realizing

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I recently had 10 hours to kill in a car and listened to an old sermon I found in my center console (it was one of the few CDs which didn't suffer from an explosive ranch packet... thank you South Carolina heat). The sermon was from Josh Harris and reminded me of the hope that we have through Christ.Living surrounded by non-Christians, or those who claim to be Christian and yet do not live out

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It's been one week since my graduation, and I've struggled every day to sit down and write something stirring to sum up the past four years of my life. Every time I try, nothing comes to mind that will do it justice. I've thought to make a list of all the things I was involved in, write out all the opportunities that came my way, or sufficiently describe how my life has changed, but nothing

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"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."Psalm 46:10For years, I've read that verse in multiple versions and have been told "Be still and know that I am God." Usually, as Christians, we use this verse to encourage ourselves to sit quietly and patiently, awaiting the voice of the Lord. While it is certainly true that we

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Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. - 1 Timothy 4:12Spend a few years in church and you are bound to hear at least one sermon on this scripture. Often it is uttered as a word of encouragement to young people to not be discouraged by your age and to go out and do great things. Other times

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11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. 12The night is almost gone, and the day is near Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in

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"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne

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As someone who could spend hours looking into the night sky, I often find that God chooses to reveal things to me about His character and the vastness of His power through the expanse of the heavens.As humans, we see everything around us only when light is able to bounce off of the object and reflect the image to our eyes. The greatest example of this is the moon, which we can see almost every

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June 2008 was the date of my last post. What a lot has happened since then! It is interesting to see how God has matured me even in such short a time, through Him. I've been studying Psalms and God has met me in my readings over the past few weeks. My notes have been jotted in my journal, but I thought to share tonight's selection with the blog world.Psalms 19:1-3 tells us:"The heavens are

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...news from camp!Week before last I had the opportunity to serve as a counselor at the Georgia Youth District youth camp. I helped our youth pastor and his wife drive kids down to the camp and then had my first camp experience post-camper age.We left Monday morning at 6:00 am after having spent the night at the church. Perhaps not one of our smarter ideas as teenagers together in one place

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Dr. Al Mohler took the stage after lunch to do something which apparently has never happened at New Attitude before- he took questions from us. Dr. Mohler has been referred to as the "reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S" by Time magazine.As young adults from across the United States asked their questions of Dr. Mohler he did not hesitate once in his responses, but clearly

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We went straight from family groups to our second session of NA. After more amazing worship led by Bob and Devon Kauflin we sat down to hear a word through Mark Dever.“The Authority of Scripture” by Mark DeverMark Dever is a man who uses a combination of archeology, history, philosophy, and theology to present the gospel to others. He points out physical evidence with sound research and Biblical

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Sunday morning (May 25) we met with our community groups bright and early to review what we had learned and to dig deeper into the word. Bethany was in my community group- there was also a guy from Australia who had traveled by himself just for the conference…!There were perhaps one too many French fry and McDonald’s metaphors from Pastor Doug which were designed to help us understand that we

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After settling into the Galt House with our luggage and after parting with the Apex church to make a joyful reunion with my best friends Bethany and Elya, we headed to the conference center.All 3,500 of us kicked off the conference right away Saturday evening by receiving a word through Josh Harris, a man who is a few inches shorter in person than he sounds on CD…“Ripping, Burning, Eating – A

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I had the opportunity to attend New Attitude in Louisville, Kentucky this year. What an amazing experience! Since I have no homework to do over the summer, I plan on reviving my blog. I figure that there is no better way to start this than by recounting my time at New Attitude and relaying what I learned.I was able to spend a day before the conference with my brother and his family, which was

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I wanted to write a post for Christmas, but I wasn't sure how to tie everything that I was feeling into one blog post. The commercialization of Christmas is all around us, and threatening to choke the Christian's out. The only way I could think of to express this was in the following short story. Before I post the story, let me share again the Scripture I used last year at this time.Now as they

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The Detroit Lions are starting a revival. And it's not in new sportswear.Quarterback Jon Kitna is the starting quarterback of a top NFL team in 2007, but first and foremost he is a Bible-believing Christian.The team holds regular chapel every saturday night, and even the non-believing members come for encouragement. But it hasn't stopped there.Thanks to the influence of Kitna and a few other

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Last night I came home late to find that the sky was amazingly clear of clouds, for the first time in over a week. As I stood in the yard and watched the stars for a minute, allowing my eyes to adjust to the darkness, it seemed as though thousands more stars appeared each second.How is it that a human being can look up into an infinite darkness peppered by thousands of dazzling stars, and not see

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The description of a godly woman in Proverbs 31 begins with verse 10:An excellent wife, who can find?For her worth is far above jewels.An excellent wife, you're thinking. How can someone hope to prepare to be an excellent woman when each person's definition is different? Dr. Phil has his opinion and Oprah has hers. To one an excellent wife is the one who will go to the football games with

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So this isn't about becoming a Proverbs 31 woman, but it's still good (look for that tomorrow or Thursday).Socialization: Homeschooling vs. SchoolsThis is an interesting article which presents the unpopular view that homeschooling is actually better for a child than public school."[Dr. Thomas Smedley] conducted a study...to identify mature and well-adapted behaviors in children. Home learners

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This series is aimed at the Christian young ladies of our generation. Inspired in part by the rebelution and their ideas this is a call to young ladies to rise up and not waste their youth. Rather than conforming to the world's stereo-type of us, we ought to be preparing to become the godly women we will be for the rest of our lives. Instead of accepting adages such as "girls just want to have

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The calling of God produces humility.I Corinthians 1:25-31 (nasb)Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the

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Holy fire burn awayMy desire for anythingThat is not of you and is of meI want more of youAnd less of meEmpty me, empty me, fill meWith you, with youJeremy Camp, Empty Me

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Matthew 4:18-20 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. When we as Christians read these verses where Jesus calls Simon Peter and Andrew to be not just a

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My pastor preached yesterday on Mark 5, the story of the demonposessed man who was crying out and cutting himself. My attention was drawn more, however, to the end of the story.verses 17-19: And they began to implore Him to leave their region. As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him. And He did not let him, but He said to

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A question was recently raised by a friend of mine when I commented that I wasn't sure if I truly hated sin- "But isn't hate a sin? So are we really supposed to hate sin?" I decided to look it up and not just take it for granted. I found some pretty interesting Scriptures, which I will share with you.Revelation 2:6 'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also

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There are two different ways which I have found make something that I do effective. The first, is if God is behind it. Almost anything that you do, if you pray and it is done within God's will, you will be effective. The second is if there is a purpose. Compared to when I do drama for a room full of people, when I practice in my bedroom it seems dead. But on a stage it is powerful and effective

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On the way to my graduation I was reading a book which was set in Israel around the time of Jesus. During the story, the characters found themselves in Jerusalem, and a certain custom was described. Under traditions it was required of all Jews that when they were outside they had to face the temple at all times. This must have given way to all sorts of humorous ways to work while walking

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1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all

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