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Simple Stretches

    When God moves you outside your comfort zone, he’s stretching your spiritual muscles.   It’s physical therapy for your soul.

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Body and Soul

    Which is stronger, your body or your soul?   My body’s pretty fragile My body is tough I’m all around weak A strong soul can support a fragile body. A strong body will never make up for a … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter by a Landfill

  Around the world, some of the poorest people live near or on garbage dumps. New Life Nicaragua decided to do something about it.   “In 2009, NLN began a new ministry in Cristo Rey, a barrio set near a … Continue reading

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A Fool’s Price

  “What fools are they who, for a drop of pleasure, drink a sea of wrath.” Thomas Watson, 1620-1686   Is the pleasure worth the price?  

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Simply Foolish

  Psalm 53:1 (NIV) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”   If God is real, he doesn’t need your OK to exist. You, on the other hand, might need his.  

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Foolish and Factless

  Proverbs 18:13 (NLT) Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.   I don’t want to be factless and foolish, Lord. Teach me to close my mouth and open my ears.  

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A Foolish Joke

  Proverbs 10:23 (ESV) Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.   Foolishness . . . it’s no joke.

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April’s Fools

    Are you the fool?   I play the fool I’m easily fooled I’m nobody’s fool Proverbs 18:2 (NLT) Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. It’s April, and per social media … Continue reading

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Sheltering Flight

In the best of times, life is hard in Mozambique, one of the least developed nations in the world. Clean water, food, basic education and heath care are day-to-day challenges. Cyclone Idai’s wind and water swept away what little they … Continue reading

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Pray for Work

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NLT) Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, … Continue reading

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