by Gloria Copeland | December 20
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Living in a home filled with the love and the peace of God Himself is almost like living in heaven right here on earth. We all know that’s true. And we long to live in such a home. Yet, time and time again, we shortchange our families. We spend our kindest words and our most winning smiles on those beyond our front door.
Have you ever wondered why?
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by Kenneth Copeland | February 24
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Have you ever noticed that the easiest place to remain self-centered is at home? There’s an incentive to be lovely with others, but with your family you are tempted to allow yourself more selfish privileges as if it didn’t count there.
Before I was a Christian, I was more courteous and nicer to friends than to my own family. I was more demanding and less forgiving with those dearest to me than with anyone else.
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by Kenneth Copeland | February 14
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Love. It is the first and foremost command Jesus gave us, yet all too many believers neglect to follow it.
I’m talking about believers who can quote tremendous amounts of scripture and who may speak the Name of Jesus 35 or 40 times a day, yet they’re rough and insensitive to the needs of their friends and family. They’re so busy “serving God,” they don’t have time to serve people. Strife is their hallmark.
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by Steven Scherer | Filed under Resting in Him
Between church, family work and personal time we sometimes get lost in the “daily grind”. Many times past I have found myself forgetting the peace that comes from being obedient to God’s leading, both in His Word and in the “small still voice” that if I truly take the time to listen, I will hear.
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by Steven Scherer | Filed under Resting in Him
How often have you been in a situation where there is not enough time in the day to do all the things you need to do (or think that you want to do)? Never, sometimes or most often the case? Well I can tell you that the latter seemed to be the norm for me almost every day. I almost never had the time I needed to get all the things I wanted done.
Stop right there! What did I just say? Let’s rewind that and look closely at the words that just came out of my mouth.
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