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Cary Grove Evangelical Free Church
Cary, Illinois 60013
846-639-7566

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  • A Truly Beautiful Life

    Contributed on Mar 22, 2010
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    A truly beautiful life is a life lived through surrender, submission, patience and transparency to God on a mission to bless God and to bless others.

    As I have shared with some of you, in the midst of the pain and grief of Michael dying, I found great comfort in reading and praying the prayers of the Puritans. There is a book titled, “The Valley of Vision” – it is a compilation of prayers by Puritan authors. Within these ...read more

  • Knowing Is Half The Battle

    Contributed on Oct 29, 2009
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    If we want to make it through the spiritual battle we face every day, then we need to know who our enemy truly is.

    Remember the cartoon series, Peanuts? In one of the scenes, Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, “I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is a distinct philosophy of mine. No ...read more

  • Expand, Embrace, Encounter And Expect

    Contributed on Oct 29, 2009
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    We need to expect God to expand our vision and be ready to embrace the call on our lives to do kingdom work.

    These past three weeks we have focused our messages on discipleship. The first week Pastor Tim so adequately, and literally, unpacked for us the story of Elmo, I mean Thomas, the imperfect disciple and how Jesus accepts us and knows us for who we really are – our good and bad. The 2nd week I ...read more

  • All That Jesus Did Is All That I Need

    Contributed on Mar 19, 2009
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    We’re no longer under the reign of the enemy - Christ is victorious through the Cross.

    The devil wants us to be spiritual couch potatoes. He wants us to be satisfied and content with mediocrity. He doesn’t want us to dream radical dreams, to think revolutionary thoughts, to think of the impossibilities becoming possibilities. The devil wants us to pursue prosperity, ...read more

  • The Priority Of Family Worship

    Contributed on Jul 29, 2008
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    Every family needs to have as their top priority worship in their home.

    Question/Answer 5 or younger Q. 21. Who is our Redeemer? 7 or younger Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead? 8 or younger Q. 14. What is sin? A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.[38] 10 or younger Q. 10. How did God create man? A. ...read more

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