Are You a Fan or a Follower: A Devotional

I had never thought about it before, but when I read the excerpt below, it made me really stop and evaluate my heart.  Am I a follower of Jesus or just a fan? What's the difference, you ask? Well, Kevin Idleman makes an interesting and compelling distinction. I shudder at the idea of being only a fan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It...

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A Devotional: Surrendering All to Receive All

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." - Matthew 16:24. Here we have the words of Christ which tell us in order to live, we must die.  We must surrender our life, our way, our dreams, our will.  Lay them at...

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Angst, Anxiety & Attacks of Panic - My Way Out

Have you ever experienced a panic attack? I think it is the worse feeling in the world. For a brief period of my life, when I was almost 30 years old, I experienced them almost on a regular basis. The attacks would come upon me with no warning, suddenly, and voraciously. It would take over and leave me a victim of its unreasonable,...

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Training Them Up: A Family Devotions Guide

The Bible says:  "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Prov. 22:6. Who should train them up? The father and mother, primarily. Well, the father and mother... and the Lord. Training up children is ongoing. It's 24/7. And one of the best, most important ways to train them up and...

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