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I spent more than a few winters in Indiana and that required dealing at times with icy, slippery roads.
Invariably, driving on such roads meant passing a car or two that had slidden into a ditch or onto a sidewalk.
I didn’t experience such a misfortune because I always kept my eyes on the road, hands on […]

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One of the lessons that teens typically have to learn the hard way is that parents are usually a lot smarter than the teens might want to admit.
Within a few years of leaving home, most teens realize that Mom and Dad were right more often than the teen had thought.
And that usually means that there […]

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Morning Devotion: Victorious devotion

The body has an amazing ability to retain strength and wellness when we don’t corrupt it with unhealthy food, vices or thoughts.
But there is this human tendency to do things like eating too much salt and grease and sugar or like falling into the pits of lust or bitterness or greed or vain independance […]

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Morning Devotion: Poison candy

If a Christian man can’t go to the beach without gazing at women’s bodies, then he shouldn’t go to the beach.
The same principle applies to Christian women, as well, regarding those young men with sculpted muscles and toned legs.
What did Paul write to Timothy? “Flee youthful lusts…”
I rarely go to […]

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Morning Devotion: Escape plan

Perhaps you know a financially struggling believer who is being tempted to cheat his/her employer of expenses money or the IRS of taxes or perhaps even God of the tithes and other offerings that He expects.
Perhaps you know an emotionally struggling believer whose marriage is in poor shape and who is eyeing that “green grass” […]

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