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Remember the Best

Pleasant memories are a choice that you must make. This will bring you joy!

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Releasing One Another From the Imperfect Past

Sometimes we don’t forgive each other very well. Sometimes we harbor “roots of bitterness,” and that’s dangerous, defiling stuff.

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A True Test of Generosity

The real question Jesus asks His disciples is this: “Are you envious because I am generous?” What a provoking question!

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Bizzy’s Burden

Elisabeth “Bizzy” Mellado’s first encounter with Compassion started with what she calls one of her dad’s “crazy ideas.”

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The Gift of Grace

God, in His mercy and grace, grants us salvation through His Son’s sacrifice, and the one and only thing we have to do is believe.

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Scholarship and Spirituality

Live out the very nature of God’s character in an excellent manner. Be the summa cum laude of godliness, kindness, and humility.

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How Will They Know?

The distinguishing characteristic of Jesus’ disciples was not their passionate worship, their eloquent prayers, their care for the poor, or their sacrificial giving. Jesus said that it was their love for one another that would demonstrate to the world that they were His disciples.

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A Tree with Abundant Fruit

God demands us to be like a tree with good fruit. He wants us to bear fruit — a lot of fruit!

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The Unnamed Steward

The unnamed steward in Matthew 21 can teach us some valuable lessons about how to be a “God’s-kingdom-first” type of steward.

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Of Bugs and Mountains

Precious children pointed and screamed at hundreds of bugs swarming to the lights. Even though orphaned or abandoned, these Rwandan children found joy in the beauty and simplicity of the bugs.

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They Shall Not Want

It is OK to feel forsaken. If David, Job, and Jesus did, it’s not a sin.

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I Will Not Leave You as Orphans

But Jesus is not and won’t ever be unaware of our hopelessness, anguish, and fear. He promised to be always near; we are never alone.

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