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  • Prayer Check-In

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 16, 2025
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    A simple “check-in” to see where a person is in their prayer life: • For everybody – what are you praying for? Too often, we pray for the circumstances (E) to change when the Response is what needs to change so this is the right prayer – “Lord, change me.” James 4:3 • For everybody – do you ...read more

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  • Couples Communication

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 16, 2025
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    A married couple were having an argument that kept going longer and longer. The wife looked at her husband and said, “Tell me, Dear, do you want to win or do ...read more

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  • Learn To Listen

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 19, 2025
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    Learn to listen to others with the goal of understanding – NOT JUDGEMENT! Just ask this question, “What’s the story behind that tattoo?” Then, just listen. Try to learn about that person you just met. Then, tell them thanks for sharing. Until you are ready to share your story of becoming a ...read more

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  • Do It Scared

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 20, 2025
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    Let me share from an email I got from the Navigators about their summer outreach with college students: “This past summer, the students had over 700 gospel conversations with strangers. From those discussions, 22 people gave their lives to Christ and were connected with local churches. For one ...read more

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  • Respond Like Jesus

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 20, 2025
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    I think that God expects us to respond (not react) when the world pushes back like Jesus responded to the folks who were unable to see what He was doing. It won’t make sense. Here’s an example of what Peter’s teaching would look like in his day: “Peter is telling the Christian merchant in ...read more

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  • Three Types Of Suffering

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 25, 2025
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    “Wesley adopted a traditional Christian distinction between types of suffering: natural, moral, and penal. People suffer because of disease and natural disaster; people suffer because other people harm them; and people suffer because they are punished for wrongdoing. (Natural Suffering) Wesley ...read more

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  • Factor In Fallenness

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
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    A few years ago, our congregation joined with many churches in the area praying for a 6-year-old boy with extremely aggressive form of brain cancer. Of course, we prayed for a full healing so that the boy could have a long life. He died within 6 months. His parents grew in their faith of a God ...read more

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  • Don't Go Together

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
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    Certain things don’t go together. Old examples: Military Intelligence – Partial Pregnancy – (and my fav) Short Sermon 😊 Today, think about pairing sweets and seafood. How would you like ...read more

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  • If God Is Good

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
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    There is a problem at the heart of Christianity. If God is good and loving why is there evil and suffering in the world? There is an old response when you are asked to do something: “I would if I could but I can’t so I won’t.” That response is like one of the ways our world tries to solve this ...read more

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  • Doctrine Of Atonement

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
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    We need to have core beliefs that do not change over time – NO MATTER WHAT! The doctrine of atonement is under attack today. It is attacked by folks who look at humans and see each one as basically good who occasionally do bad things. They talk about each person’s freedom to become your ...read more

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  • Leap Year

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
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    Like most years, the dates for the Sundays in March are the same as those in February. Every four years, we have a leap year. Why? A year is 365.25 days –more precisely, 365d 5h 48m 47.26s. It used to mess up the solar calendar. That gave rise to the need to reconcile those leftover hours, ...read more

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  • Excuses

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
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    Police officers probably get more excuses than anybody (other than God). Here are some I found around the internet: “Sorry officer, I was throwing those beer cans out the window so my wife won’t see how much I drank tonight.” 😊 “If you are going to write me a ticket, please do it quickly ...read more

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  • What Can Wash Away My Sin?

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
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    Your hands are wonderful creations of God! Look at your hands. But if left to do whatever we want – those hands get us into trouble. Try telling a child, “Don’t touch that!” Eve used her hand to pick a forbidden fruit. Adam received the forbidden fruit from Eve. Cain used his hand to murder ...read more

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  • Definition Of Sin

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
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    The Greek word for sin is ‘hamartia.” It means ‘to miss the mark.” This classic interpretation refers to an archer missing the bullseye with an arrow. There are three possible causes for the miss: • Unintentional – archer did not mean to miss – still wrong – Hebrew word: ‘chattah’ – ...read more

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  • Ham And Egg Breakfast

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
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    A chicken and a pig were talking about how people don’t truly appreciate what goes into making a breakfast of eggs and ham. The chicken spoke first: “Folks don’t appreciate me and all the hard work it takes to lay an egg. It really hurts!” The pig replied, “That’s the difference between you and ...read more

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  • Fullness Of Time

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
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    Galatians 4:4 “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law.” Part of the “fullness of time” is that Jesus would be condemned to die, and it would include being bruised and bleeding. It would include a whipping so we can know “by His ...read more

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  • Roman Short Whip

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
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    Roman short whip, also called a flagrum. It was made of two or three leather (ox-hide) thongs or ropes connected to a handle. The leather thongs were knotted with several small pieces of metal, usually zinc and iron, attached at various intervals. Scourging would quickly remove the skin. According ...read more

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  • Healing And Health

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
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    Divine healing can be a touchy subject in the Church. Most will agree that it’s God’s intention or desire for His children to walk in health and wholeness. Do you agree? Also, we live in a fallen world. Do you agree? So, our bodies are caught in the middle. Why aren’t we talking more about how ...read more

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  • Christ Died For You!

    Contributed by John Bright on Apr 6, 2025
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    There’s an old saying: If you were the only one, Jesus would have still died on that cross. Here’s how a couple of folks put it: “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” St. Augustine of Hippo(354-430 AD) “When He died in the Wounded World He died not for men, but for each man. If ...read more

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  • Be Careful Who You Accuse

    Contributed by John Bright on Apr 6, 2025
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    Miss Abigale was the one church member sure to stick her nose into everyone’s business. One day, she accused George, a new member and a man of few words. She told him, in front of others, that he must be a drunk because his truck had been seen in front of the town’s only bar. George did not ...read more

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