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Our Gratitude Should Not Be Seasonal
My yard is covered under a blanket of leaves and pine straw calling out to me to get busy with my rake and leaf blower. It isn’t my favorite job to do, but I know that it always comes around this time of year. It is one of those seasonal tasks, the downside of having…
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Seek More than Just a Little Jesus
During a recent road trip to preach at a church in another state, I stopped to fill up my vehicle with gas. While I was pumping the fuel, a lady walked by me, then turned around and spoke. She asked if she could give me a little Jesus today. In her outstretched hand was a…
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Truths in the Face of the Storm
We were watching with great concern and interest as hurricane Melissa hit the island of Jamaica recently. One of our daughters, who is ironically named Melissa, and members of her family had gone on a couple of mission trips in recent years helping out at a Christian children’s home on the western side of the…
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We Are Weak Yet Strong in Jesus
Last weekend we attended a fall festival with one of our daughters and her three sons at a shopping mall. The event culminated with a costume contest. All three of our grandsons entered the competition. Each one of them looked great, with the older boys decked out as Spiderman and a pirate respectively. However, it…
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Spiritual Practices: More than an Obligation
Several times recently I have heard one of those advertisements on the radio that concludes with someone rapidly reciting some kind of legal statement or disclaimer. You have probably heard them at times on either TV or the radio. The spokesperson talks so fast that you can’t make out anything that is being said. The…
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Tony Elder, Author/Pastor 