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Read more about the article Psalm 103: When you count your blessings

Psalm 103: When you count your blessings

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/05/31
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Ever wonder what life would be like without the Lord? If sins kept piling up on our shoulders? If life’s problems were pushing our faces into the dirt? If death…

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Read more about the article Psalm 91: When God lifts you up on his lap

Psalm 91: When God lifts you up on his lap

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/04/30
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Her little hand swatted my newspaper aside. “Grandpa, I talking to you,” she said. My granddaughter wanted to climb up on my lap and tell me something important. I was…

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Read more about the article Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end

Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/03/30
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Times were tough for King David. His son Absalom had started a civil war, trying to wrest the kingdom from his father. The rebel forces had even forced David to…

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Read more about the article Psalm 42: When you ask, “Where is God when I’m hurting?”

Psalm 42: When you ask, “Where is God when I’m hurting?”

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/02/24
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Do you know any super Christians, believers whose faith never stumbles on the road of life? But what about when the washouts and rockslides occur? Then we find out just…

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Read more about the article Psalm 32: When you need forgiveness

Psalm 32: When you need forgiveness

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/01/31
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What kind of sinner are you? Do you consider yourself mildly sinful, at least not as bad as others? Or do you realize how serious each sin is and what…

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Read more about the article Psalm 130: When rocks fall

Psalm 130: When rocks fall

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2022/12/21
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“DANGER! Falling Rocks!” the sign said. We were traveling down a secondary road alongside a steep cliff in the mountains of Colorado. What should we do? Turn the car engine…

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Read more about the article Bible study: Freedom in service

Bible study: Freedom in service

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/11/27
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When it comes to serving Jesus, there is no one right way to thank Jesus for his gift of salvation. Yet sometimes we get the idea that our service is…

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Read more about the article What does this mean for me? Article 6

What does this mean for me? Article 6

  • Post author:Greg Lyon
  • Post published:2022/11/26
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God uses stuff. God spoke and it was so. The expansive sky. The depths of the sea. The great birds of the air and the smallest insect that crawls unnoticed.…

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Read more about the article Bible study: Spiritual gifts

Bible study: Spiritual gifts

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/10/29
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Some Christians believe they have not been given spiritual gifts. 1 Corinthians 12:7 reminds us of the opposite, “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for…

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