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Bitter, Sweet

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” ~ Aristotle I love this quote because it is permeated with deep, experienced wisdom. Unfortunately, it was spoken by the same guy that wrote: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” It is easy to entertain …

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Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks – Sermon Notes

Series- “Comfort One Another, in Hope” Sermon- “Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks” Key Verse[s]: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Corresponding Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eweiq8E7hOI&t=2s Notes Rejoice 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Our salvation is to be at the top of the “comfort _____________” Comfort toolbox: Inventory of things we can take comfort in There is no comfort without ____________ When reading the book of 1 …

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Live, Life, Laugh

The wonder of a small child.  A babe will cry and then seconds later, smile and giggle uncontrollably.  Vice versa.  A baby will go from uncontrollable happiness to inconsolable distress. I for one, can relate. In our faith, at one moment we will be at the top of the mountain, glorying in Jesus as if …

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Do I Dare?

“‘Amazing Grace,’ How sweet the sound!” The composer of the beloved hymn, John Newton (1725-1807), had this hymn first published in what is called “The Olney Hymns” book. It was an illustration of potent ideologies of the evangelical movement in England at the time. The Amazing Grace tune as we know it was composed by …

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