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    Read more about the article Burden bearer

    Burden bearer

    • Post author:Sarah Habben
    • Post published:2024/08/31
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

    You might start each day at the bottom of anxiety's steep slope, but you aren't abandoned. You're with your heavenly Father. Are you an anxious Christian? Your anxiety—that worry-hound chewing…

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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
    • Post category:FIC Series/Forward in Christ/FIC Features

    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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    Fathers

    • Post author:John Braun
    • Post published:2022/05/25
    • Post category:FIC Series/Forward in Christ/FIC Features

    “Pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). I think all Christians do that in their own way. My prayers are sometimes done in church with others. At other times they are read…

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    Read more about the article Teen talk: Jump!

    Teen talk: Jump!

    • Post author:Johanna Leu
    • Post published:2022/05/20
    • Post category:FIC Series/Forward in Christ/FIC Features

    Our heavenly Father is there to catch us whenever we are frightened. Johanna Leu Did you ever go on adventures when you were little? My brother and I always had…

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    Read more about the article Thanks, Dad!

    Thanks, Dad!

    • Post author:Michael Weigand
    • Post published:2021/05/26
    • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC Features

    A son thanks his earthly father for showing him the heavenly Father. On the bookshelf above my desk sits a copy of the book Creation from the People’s Bible Teachings…

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    Read more about the article As a father has compassion

    As a father has compassion

    • Post author:Paul Wendland
    • Post published:2020/05/31
    • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC Features

    Our brother Jesus teaches us about his Father so we can be better fathers. The other day, someone told me one of the saddest stories ever. A little boy has…

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