What seems to be a very practical service project has become a gift of compassion and comfort to breast cancer patients. Our very own Linda McBee, having seen the fear and discomfort of many of her beloved friends walking through breast cancer treatments decided to do something about it. Using creativity, compassion, and her sewing…
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I remember it clearly, I was 12 starting 8th grade at a new school in a new town and my life was ridiculously messy. It was just me and a single parent. The rest of my family was scattered and had already stopped going to church, so I started walking to a church. I’d wanted…
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If you’re at all like me, you probably have a few burdens or unmet desires you’ve prayed about for years. I’ve had seasons of consistent prayer, times of fasting and crying out, and bouts of stoic checklist prayers. Occasionally, tears were all I had. I’ll even admit to trying to ignore pain, but it’s there.…
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Joy. What is it? If you ask others that question, you’ll likely get answers that sound a lot like “happiness” or “feeling really good”. If you ask old grouchy people they might say it’s what young’uns have before disappointment and pain sets in. You know what the bible says? Galatians 5:22 tells us that joy is a fruit of the Spirit. Did you catch that? A Fruit OF the Spirit! It’s produce grown in us by His presence.
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One of our new songs, The Same Power, is a relatively simple song. Simple words, simple tune, and yet, I am baffled by the profound truths it highlights. The authors, Ben Cantelon and Nick Herbert, were inspired by Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT) “I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.”
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In my family, we have a little mailbox for each of us that we’ve decorated and put on a wall at home. We sneak little notes of encouragement and kindness into them. When we started this, the goal was to practice building someone else up in truth and love. What we have each found, over and over, to be true is that the writing out of our appreciation and love of another person has actually stirred more appreciation and love for them. This is precisely what the new song we’ll introduce this Sunday does in us.
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