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Why Did God Create You?
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By, Crystal S. Kauffman, Staff Writer Many people wonder why God created them, but the Bible says we were all created for God’s pleasure. I couldn’t wrap my own head around the fact that God made me for his pleasure. I am a sinner who doesn’t deserve God’s mercy or grace. How could God…
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Coming Home
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By, Crystal S Kauffman, Staff Writer You’re the one I look to when my life falls apart, You have had me in your hands from the start. My life was bleak when I decided to move away, So today, I come back home to you and here I will stay. I know you will accept…
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My Guiding Light
By, Crystal S. Kauffman, Staff Writer You’re the one I look to when my life falls apart, You have had me in your hands from the start. My life was bleak when I decided to move away, So today, I come back home to you and here I will stay. I know you will accept…
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Nothing Is Impossible With God
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By, Crystal S. Kauffman, Staff Writer Many times we give up too fast and forget that God has given us a destiny to follow using our talents that he has given each of us. Unfortunately, we believe that the road to our dreams may be far off and impossible to obtain. Throughout life, we tend…
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Forgiving Ourselves and Others
By, Crystal S. Kauffman, Staff Writer Have you struggled with forgiving someone who has hurt you or abused you? Do you find yourself thinking about it a lot lately? If so, this is normal to feel whenever someone you trust has intentionally hurt you. However, you must find a way to give your hurt and…
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Frog: Fully Rest on God
By, Crystal S. Kauffman, Staff Writer Do you feel overwhelmed by life, as you know it? Are you a Christian, who is struggling to find peace and rest in your daily life? Did you know that God has promised to give you rest each week? But, only if you met his conditions and learn to…
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The Good Fight
In the daily trials that you face, you begin learning more about yourself and your desires. You learn how much you can handle, without God at your side. Soon, you will learn how to let him take control of your entire life. He has given freewill to choose and dream, like everyone else in the…
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A Father’s Love
This is so beautiful and whenever I seen it this morning on a friend’s Facebook post. All I could say was, “Wow!” I don’t know the story behind this family or how the child died. I can’t read the date of birth or date death for Matthew Stanford Robinson. I read that his father wanted…
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Removing Negative Labels from Your Life
Sometimes during your life, you will hear negative labels that have been placed upon you by teachers and parents. Maybe your parents told you, you will never amount to nothing or teachers have told you that you are not smart enough to pass a grade. Unfortunately, we tend to believe what others say about us,…
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Good Parenting Can Lead Teenagers to Make Positive Choices
As a mother of two teenagers, I have learned that you should never berate or speak down to your children or teenagers. Instead, I encouraged both of my teenagers to strive for anything they wanted to do. My daughter and my son lived with their father and step-mom for various reasons, one being that they…
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Forgiving Yourself and Others
Have you struggled with forgiving someone, who has hurt you or abused you? Do you find yourself thinking about it a lot lately? If so, this is normal to feel, whenever someone you trust has intentionally hurt you. However, you must find a way to give your hurt and pain to the Lord, for he…
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Fighting the Good Fight
In the daily trials that you face, you begin learning more about yourself and your desires. You learn how much you can handle, without God at your side. Soon, you will learn how to let him take control of your entire life. He has given freewill to choose and dream, like everyone else in the…
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Promises to Those Battling the Blues
Do you ever feel like you are alone, when you are in the midst of life’s storm? Do you ever wonder where God is, as the bricks of life start to crumble around you? It is natural to get angry or afraid, but you don’t have to let it consume your mind. Sometimes, it is…
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Allow God to Handle Your Burdens
As someone who has a lot of stress in my life, I have learned that sometimes I get overwhelmed by the stresses in my everyday life. I am learning to have faith in Jesus Christ and allow him to carry my burdens for me. Learning to manage stress or worry is difficult for some people,…
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How to Start Your Own Personal Prayer Journal
Four years ago, I founded an online support group for cancer patients and their families, which is named the Laugh at Cancer Support Community. Many times, I just listen to the members talk about their individual situation and we read the Bible together over the phone. However, I have had a few members asked me…
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