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From an early age we are compared with our peers. From pre-k testing to peewee sports, we become keenly aware of how we measure up to those around us. As we grow and develop we live with comparisons in almost every area of life—appearance, height, weight, skills, ability,... Read More →

This Bible study will focus on our responsibility to care for the body God has given us. Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself…(1 Cor 6:19) Books available... Read More →

The Greek translation for patience is “long anger.” Patient people have a longer fuse. The rest of us wish we could read a book or absorb in a seminar the hidden key to patience, but there is no secret formula that can produce the desired result. Basically, we need to handle our... Read More →

Webster’s Dictionary says lust is a strong feeling of sexual desire. Our culture is saturated with those things that encourage and promote lust in people. Movies, television, video games and all forms of advertisement live by the motto: “sex sells.” Though men may be more easily... Read More →

There are two kinds of pride. The good kind produces self-respect, dignity, satisfaction from a job well done and joy in seeing others succeed. The bad kind produces conceit, arrogance and an attitude of superiority that we call egotism. Pride is easily detected in others and... Read More →

Many of us want something in our life that we can’t get by our own skill, power or ability. We can’t get it by our finances or by our wisdom. No, what we want is what only God can give and to this point in our lives He hasn’t provided it for us. Scriptures Isaiah 30:13; 40:30-31;... Read More →

Paul instructs Christians to bear one another’s burdens. Some of us are not naturally motivated to give care to others. Often we feel we have enough of our own problems to deal with and we’d like to make some progress rather than attend to someone else’s needs. Then others of us... Read More →

Like the first century Christians, we need power to help us live out God’s intentions for our lives. This empowering is available to us through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who is the third person of the Trinity. In a supernatural way, that we don’t fully understand, the... Read More →

When we take the step of faith and receive Jesus Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in us. The Spirit dwells in our heart/soul—the inner core of who we are, the executive center where all decisions are made. The Holy Spirit has full access to God and to us! The... Read More →