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Refreshing Work

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” MT 11.28-30 “Before you [...]

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What If I Don’t Feel Peace?

Sometimes we make our faith in Jesus way too mystical. For example, how often have you said or heard the phrase, “I’ve got a peace about [insert decision/circumstance].”? If I haven’t said those exact words, I’ve at least thought them in one form or another. And we speak about this peace like it has some [...]

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Hope For Anxious Hearts

My first 2 years as a Christian I was a ball of anxiety. Every morning I awoke with a knot in my stomach and an invisible hand on my throat.  All day long I’d suck in shallow quivering breaths and exhale, trying to relax.  I was stuck in a job from Gehenna, clueless as to [...]

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Rivet Your Eyes on Christ

Recently a banker told me that our current financial crisis is the worst he’s seen in his lifetime. A man in our church recently watched his investments plummet $20,000.  Another mentioned that retirement had been on his radar screen, but now it seems to have sunk into the horizon. When billionaire Warren Buffet feels his [...]

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