When it comes to qualities to look out for in friendships, it is very important to seek out values you hold dear—values you cannot compromise.Time and experience have a way of teaching us what is important to us and what to hold dear.We also learn hard lessons when we ignore red flags and proceed, only Read More…
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Experiencing the Blessing of Family – Lesson from the Family of Jacob
(Genesis 28:1-5; 29:15-31) Experiencing the blessing of family does not happen automatically. There is a price that we must pay, and there are certain things that we have to do if we want to experience the blessing of having a family or belonging to a family. In the past two weeks, we have considered the Read More…
How to Handle God’s Unusual Blessings
(1 Kings 11:1-13; Phil. 4:10-13; 1 Tim. 6:3-12) Over the last several weeks we have seen that God truly blesses people in unusual ways, and these unusual blessings result from unusual actions on the part of those blessed. But from our last two examples of those who experienced God’s unusual blessings, that is, Solomon and Read More…