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Reset Your Mind on Christ

A three-bedroom house, a family of nine, and a record console blaring Elvis Presley’s “I’m all Shook Up.” It wasn’t often that the wooden house I grew up in would be rocking, but when my sister Francis would start playing Elvis’s record, each family member would stop in the middle of their chores and do our best to replicate the dance style of the King of Rock & Roll. If you were to ask me what song title I think most depicts my feelings in the last...

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What Do Your Prayers Sound Like?

What do your prayers sound like?  That’s a weird question, but think for a minute about the conversations we have with other people. Sometimes we talk a lot. Other times we don’t get a chance to say much because other people do most of the talking. Sometimes we speak quietly and calmly. Other times we get excited or emotional and talk more quickly. Sometimes we fill our conversations with celebration. Other times with complaints or remorse. Sometimes we narrate or report...

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'I'm Learning to Love God More'

"Achieving, impressing others or feeling good when I’ve accomplished a lot are not my goals anymore. Now I focus on loving the Lord and obeying what He wants me to do. Prayer and fasting have helped me to surrender…” – Becky Biser “My relationship with God deepened about 15 years ago. While participating in a peer group, I had to develop a transformational goal that would help me go deeper spiritually with the Lord. “Father, what do I need to do to...

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