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                  God had blessed Isaac, and everything was going well; until it was not.   Famine hit the promised land, so Isaac moved his family south to the region of Gerar.   There he planted crops and became even more wealthy (Genesis 26:1-13).   Everything was great again; until it was not.                His neighbours became jealous of him and filled his water well with dirt.   Isaac took the hint, moved east, and dug another well (verses 14-19).                However, the herdsmen there said, “The water is ours” (verse 20) and they took his well.   Isaac dug another well, but they argued about that one too, so he moved even further...

 Most people know the basics of the gospel. However, I believe that most are missing one important piece. This is the message we need to believe and share.  

 A Swiss army knife provides a lot of different tools in a small item. This scripture is similar in that it gives a lot of tools in a small scripture. No one wants trouble, but it can be beneficial if you handle it this way.  

                   Though Peter and Judas’ nights started similarly, they ended completely differently.                On the night of the Passover feast, Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.   After Jesus was arrested, Judas had a change of heart and Matthew 27:3 tells us that he was “seized with remorse”.   On that same night, Peter saw Jesus arrested and, though he had said that he would die for Jesus (Matthew 26:35), he denied knowing him three separate times (Matthew 26:69-74).   When he realized his failure, he went outside and wept bitterly (verse 75).                Judas and Peter were the same in that they both failed and fe...

 I used to believe that if we emphasized grace too much, it would encourage people to be careless about their choices and encourage bad behaviour. Why try to be good if everything is forgiven anyway? However, the truth is that grace is the only hope we have.  

 An unlikely source teaches us two spiritual principles that will help us deal with life's difficult moments.  

                  As recently as the 1950s, having a baby was a risky proposition.   One in thirty births ended badly until an anesthesiologist named Virginia Apgar developed a system to rate how newborns were doing.   She focused on five key areas (appearance, pulse, the reflex action or grimace, activity or muscle tone and respiration).   She encouraged doctors and nurses to rate each child on a scale of zero to three for each quality.   A score of 10 or more meant that the baby was healthy; 4 or lower indicated that the baby needed immediate intervention.                While numerous other medical advances have occurred over the years, all agree that Apgar’s rating system had a huge impact. ...