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Issues Christians Face
Contributed by Landon Winstead on Dec 31, 2013 (message contributor)
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1. New Beginnings
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
God is a God that offers us New Beginnings
NEW BEGINNINGS Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) A new year always seems to bring with it the opportunity for new beginnings. We associate the word resolution with New Year. The word resolution, as ...read more
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2. Overcoming Depression
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
There are some tools that God has given us to deal with depression.
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember as I pour ...read more
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3. Dealing With Loneliness
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
As children we are orphans no more.
If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I ...read more
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4. Defeating Intolerance
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity.
At first glance, you might wonder just what all this writing about eating has to do with your Christian faith. After all, the text was penned with Jewish and Gentile Christians in mind and specifically written for the church at Rome. The Jewish converts had a problem with the rigid Jewish laws. ...read more
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5. How To Be Content
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
Contentment is not in the accumulation of things but relationship with Jesus
You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are – no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. Matthew 5:5 (The Message, Eugene Peterson) It appears to me that the most content person to ever live ...read more
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6. Dealing With Doubt
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
Just because we doubt doesn't mean we don't have faith.
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into ...read more
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7. Dealing With Prejudice
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
Sometimes the person we judge in front of us may be Jesus
Dodie Gadient, a schoolteacher for thirteen years, decided to travel across America and see the sights she had taught about. Traveling alone in a truck with a camper in tow, she launched out. One afternoon, rounding a curve on 1-5 near Sacramento in rush hour traffic, a water pump blew on her ...read more
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8. How To Deal With Anxiety
Contributed on Dec 31, 2013
The Bible gives us tools to deal with anxiety.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, ...read more