Sharing the Load

My dad worked in the construction business and I remember that while growing up one of my favorite things was to get to go to the jobsite and work with my dad. On one of those days we had to move some fence posts that had been torn out to make way for the construction of a new...
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Focus on Jesus

Hebrews 12:2 | looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Growing up as children, most of us had one person or another in our lives...
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Run My Own Race

Hebrews 12:1 | Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, The Bible often presents the Christian life as a race that must...
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Stay Connected

Hebrews 10:24-25 | And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Every one of us must run our own race, but we also...
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Remember My Reward

1 Peter 5:10 | And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. How many of us have been overcome by the circumstances of our lives at one point or...
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Healing Through Brokenness

Sometime ago I was in an emergency room waiting area and noticed a sign on the wall outlining patient rights. Paraphrasing, the sign said that no matter who you are, where you come from, what your circumstances are or your ability to pay you are entitled to be cared for if you...
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Focus Forward

We live in a culture today that continually attempts to define people by their past successes and/or failures. This paradigm forces people to constantly evaluate their value based upon their past, a past which they cannot change. On the one hand, past successes give many people a...
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