Adam and Eve and the Cookie Jar

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• Cole Feix

  

  Cultivating a Generous Heart

  It’s always ironic to me that after Thanksgiving—a holiday to pause, reflect, and give thanks—Black Friday follows immediately after. It’s a day of deals, frenzy, and the push to buy more and more. Buying things isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s striking how quickly the world tries to steer our hearts from gratitude toward discontentment, comparison, and a scarcity mindset. But Jesus teaches us an upside-down way of living. He taught lessons like: "the first shall be last," "whoever wants to gain

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• David Derksen

  

  Life Message - All About Connection To God - Divorce Minister

  5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. … 9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.” -John 15:5, 9, NLT We were made to live … Continue reading "Life Message – All About Connection To God"

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• Revive Our Hearts

  

  When Every Conversation Is a Battle: Hope for Moms of Teen Girls

  Find fresh courage and renewed trust in the God who loves your daughter even more than you do.

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• Cole Feix

  

  Advent Week 1: Hope in the Darkness

  For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).As we enter the first week of Advent, we remember the hope we have in Jesus. For centuries, the Israelites heard prophecies of a coming Messiah—one who would deliver them. Hope ThenThe Old Testament is filled with a deep sense of expectancy and waiting. Through slavery in Egypt, unfaithful kings and

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