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Uncertainty Ahead: Why our good God allows bad things

 This is not the only answer, or the best answer, but it is one of the answers that can help us see difficult situations in a better way.  

One Good Thing (# 170): Be Gentle

 One simple step to improve your closest relationships.  

Get Up! (Matthew 9)

 Faith is not just a set of beliefs. It is more than something to talk about and study. Faith is a verb! It requires action.  

The Lord is My Shepherd

                  The twenty-third Psalm contains some of the most hopeful and life-changing words in scripture.                 It says, “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.   He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.   He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.   You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.   You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.   Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever”.                 It is good to remember that we are not the shepherd; we are the sheep!   We like to think we are in control

One Good Thing: (# 169): A Valentine's Day Thought

 It has become trendy to dismiss Valentine's Day as nothing more than a money grab. I get that. However, Valentine's Day underlines a really important lesson about love. A lesson that we must not forget!  

Our Biggest Challenge (Luke 14)

Pride keeps us from being emotionally and spiritually healthy. Here is a lesson about what pride does to us and what Jesus said we can do to get it under control.  

One Good Thing (#168): Choose wisely (Matthew 6)

 One reason why we must decide what is most important to us.  

The Graciousness of Jesus

                   On one hand, he was just being honest.   He did not believe it and, regardless of how many people said that it was true, he was not going to change his mind.                 On the other hand, he had been with Jesus for almost three years.   He had seen the miracles.   He had heard the teaching.   He saw Jesus walking on the water.   He saw dead people raised to life.                 More than that, the news that he refused to believe was not just some wild rumour.   He heard it from his best and most trusted friends.   They claimed that they had seen it with their own eyes.                 Yet, Thomas did not believe.   He was not with the disciples when the resurrected Jesus first appeared to them.   He had given up all hope.   “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my h

Look Both Ways (Luke 4)

 The people in Jesus' hometown loved the first part of his sermon and they hated the second part. What did he say that made them so mad and why would we care about it? Jesus knew that they were missing something important and I suspect that maybe we are too.  

One Good Thing (#167): Help!

 Why we don't like asking for help, and why we need to get over it!