| | Greatly admired by God | | This is probably one of the most encouraging passages of scripture in the whole Bible. It vividly expresses the deep and profound love which the Lord has for all His people. Notice the wonderful statement, “I have called you by your name; you are Mine!”
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| With us is God | | Even though our God is omnipotent (all-powerful) and omnipresent (boundless), when connecting with Him on a daily basis we must envision Him being “present” somewhere. Essentiality God is universal or infinite but He occupies specific locations...
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| Bird Tales | | As with the eagle – so with the Lord! The eagle builds its nest on the mountain cliff face, using first sticks and twigs, then lining it carefully with fur, feathers and grass. Two little eaglets hatch out into an ideally comfortable environment [a home].
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| Why the Blood | | The blood of Jesus is a very exhaustive subject and therefore we will not be covering every aspect of it. Our main objective is to attain greater understanding of the relationship between “the blood” and the “authority” of a believer.
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| According to Your Word for 2007 | | But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born...
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| Seven things you must do | | Walk in faith and hope – “He indeed was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope...
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| Battle Stations | | Have you noticed how it has become fashionable in modern-day churches to remove the “battle / conflict” aspect of the Christian life? In their desire to be seeker sensitive many have watered down the truth by hiding behind a veneer of spiritual...
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| Blessings, Signs and Wonders | | During these awesome experiences we’re having with God, one of the most pertinent questions we could ask ourselves is this, “Should we be living by signs and wonders or should we be residing in God's blessings?” But what is the difference?
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| The Appointed Time Is Now | | Isaiah 55:6 states, “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” The Amplified says, “Seek, inquire for, and require of the Lord while He may still be found, call upon Him while He is near.” Implying that there are times...
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| How to set your heart on Fire | | God is reviving and renewing His church and this affects the whole man - spirit, soul and body. However, it will also affect everything we touch (what we are involved in)! But what part do we play in this?
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| Personal Revival | | As God brings about revival He starts by doing a work in each individual man, woman and child first. God communicates primarily with a man’s heart, so this is where the work begins. Inward revival (inward renewal) usually takes place as God...
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| The Workings of the Holy Spirit | | Let’s examine the various workings of the Holy Spirit and see how He has chosen to manifest Himself 'in' and 'through' us. God's will for us is to be constantly filled with the Holy Spirit [Ephesians 5:17,18].
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| The Gift of Compassion | | Here at Cornerstone, God is on the move! And as God moves and performs the miraculous, He expects His people to move also. But what causes God to move? Why does He interrupt our lives? We know that God is love, and therefore, love must be at the heart...
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| Being Passionate about Souls | | I believe we should start to get passionate about the things God is passionate about. We think it would be nice to see our friends or loved ones saved, (Imagine if they fell over the side of a ship, you would do everything in your power to stop them...
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| Being a People of Influence | | I know there are many here today who are walking in this, have a great impact regularly in the lives of others through ministry, schools, and other groups but I trust that these scriptures will encourage all of us.
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| Water of Life | | Concerning this vision Yates wrote: “The water of life is a favourite figure in the Old Testament. Desert areas need water that life may be possible. This stream which Ezekiel sees flowing from the temple makes its way toward the arid regions of Arabah.
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| There must be more | | After last Sunday night, there’s been a driving passion in my heart that keeps whispering, “There’s more than you already know. More than you already have. More than you’ve already encountered!” And this is concerning the glory of the Lord...
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| In love with God | | Loving God should be the main theme of our worldly existence. With every beat of our hearts we should be longing for, and thirsting for, spiritual intimacy with our Heavenly Father. The Psalmist expressed this beautifully in Psalm 42:1 - "As the deer...
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| Chasing after His Glory | | John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” The Amplified says, “And we actually saw His glory (His glory, His majesty), such glory...
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| Where are the Lionhearted | | Here we see a clear picture of human attitudes in this present age. The unbeliever is in terrible fear [almost paranoid] because of the intense and unrelenting spiritual, moral and social conflict which rages around him. It's as if the very earth...
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| The importance of Hearing the Word | | About one-third of Jesus’ teaching was in parables – brief stories from everyday life told by way of analogy to illustrate spiritual truths. Each parable has an underlying spiritual of moral message that is not always apparent immediately.
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| Getting better all the time | | Turn with me to 2 Kings 2 and let’s read verses 1 to 15… This chapter starts with Elijah being “taken up,” and ends with the hooligans of Bethel being “torn up.” Hence, some might say it is a very balanced chapter.
Verses 1-6: Somehow God had revealed...
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| Peace in Rest | | Note it is God’s divine presence that gives us true rest. "My presence will go with you and I will give you rest." Moses was having a face to face encounter with God, "…as a man speaks to his friend" [verse 11]. In the dialogue, God says to Moses...
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| Living from Glory to Glory | | Do you know that you reflect what you behold? What you constantly look into you reproduce! What’s more, the Bible says that this is an ever-increasing process. What you look at intently will eventually influence you. In fact, sooner or later you...
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| How to have Holy Ghost | | Smith Wigglesworth said “We are a back number if we have to pray for power, if we have to waft until we feel a sense of His presence. The baptism in the Holy Ghost should empower you for any emergency.” He also said “You may have the Word...
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| Spiritual Warfare | | The threat of what they might do has caused so much negative response and reaction, that the damage they wanted to cause has been achieved without an attack.
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| Submission - It’s what God requires | | Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. - Martin Luther King JR
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| Stewardship, Mentoring and Us | | While it is required that leaders are good stewards of those around them it is also required of the follower that they allow that stewardship to happen Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and man.
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| Hallmarks of a Leader | | He gives direction. A good leader will find a way forwards, and his first task will be to define the mission. He will always generate a sense of direction - no matter what the circumstances. Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm...
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| Follow the Leader | | During the early fifties two well-known English songwriters wrote this: “Mud! Mud! Glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So, follow me, follow, follow down to the hollow, and there let us wallow in glorious mud.”
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| Heart Failure | | “A human being is part of the whole, called by us “The Universe”, a part limited in time and space. Man experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness...
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| Acceptable and Accepted | | In today’s politically correct society many people look for the soft option. They don’t want to rock the boat so they seek what is comfortable and acceptable to their peers. This attitude is both negative and unproductive. One of the most basic human...
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| Set free to be Free | | It's amazing how many people consider 'true freedom' to be measured by 'freedom of speech', 'freedom of choice', 'freedom of religion', 'freedom of movement' or 'freedom of expression'. Consequently, many barriers and restraints have been removed...
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| Blood Covenant | | God pledges that He will be the Lord Almighty to Abraham and his descendants forever. This pledge is irrevocable and is the foundation stone of all other biblical promises. The “covenant” between God and His people is one of the most important...
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| Living to be Influential | | I sincerely believe that God is presently doing a new thing. And I’m fully persuaded that this “new thing” has to do with influence. The Oxford Dictionary says, “Influence is the power or ability to affect a person’s character, beliefs or actions.”
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| Family Planning | | Over the years I’ve attempted to increase our awareness and understanding of the father / son relationship. The apostle Paul said, "I have fathered you through the gospel [evangelion]." In other words he had in some way participated in the spiritual...
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| The Lord’s Prayer | | ames E Gibbons wrote, “If a matter is not serious enough to pray about, then it’s not serious enough to worry about; and if it is serious enough to pray about, and you have prayed, then there is no need to worry about it.”
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| Life Matters - Words | | Someone once said, “You cook in the frying pan of your own words.” Your life is served up and seasoned in your own words. Almost every time you prepare to converse with someone, there is an open door for you to have meaningful dialogue...
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| Life Matters - Wisdom and Knowledge | | In 2 Chronicles 1:11-12 God says to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for riches or wealth, or honour or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked for long life - but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge...
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| Life Matters - Friendship | | Friendship does matter. A famous children’s character said this, “If you live to be a hundred, then I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you” (Winnie the Pooh). The value of friendship is seldom...
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| Life Matters - Salvation | | Salvation matters and it matters most to sinners. Mankind’s universal need for salvation is one of the clearest teachings in the Bible. The need for salvation goes back to the removal of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
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| Life Matters - How to navigate through each day | | One of the most significant challenges when focusing on “what matters most” is the inability to discern between what is urgent (or apparently urgent) and what is truly important. For most of you, reacting to the urgent has become a way of life.
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| Life Matters - Time | | Time, is a very precious commodity. You can choose to spend it wisely, squander it, or invest it for a better future. But whatever you do with your time, you can’t ever get it back! Time matters immensely! Wise use of time isn’t about “doing...
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| Life Matters - Family - Part 4 | | Create a regular “family time.” Many major family–connected organisations today, from churches to government agencies, promote some kind of regular focused family time. People have begun to notice that when families don’t spend quality time together...
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| Life Matters - Family - Part 3 | | Isaiah 40:11, “He will lead His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those who are with young.” This paints a beautiful picture of Jesus – clearly revealing His great love...
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| Life Matters - Family - Part 2 | | Psalm 112:2, “His descendants will be mighty on earth, the generations of the upright will be blessed.” God wants you and your offspring to be mighty and blessed. There is no greater legacy you can pass on than to prepare your children for leadership...
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| Life Matters - Family - Part 1 | | Yet there is a great lie that many of you may have bought into, and it is this, “Balance means equalizing the scale of life.” Seeing balance as allocating the same amount of time and energy to both sides of a scale (to keep them even)...
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| The virtues of Christian Character - Being Faithful | | According to the law, Mary could have been stoned. However, it was more common that the Jews would rather allow the innocent party to quietly divorce the unfaithful mate. It must have taken great faith for Joseph to believe God’s message in the dream.
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| The virtues of Christian Character - Being Patient | | When measuring true Christian character, “patience” must be very high on the spectrum. James encourages his readers to be patient, in order to receive the harvest here on earth and the crown of life [in heaven] which they desire [James 5:7-9].
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| The virtues of Christian Character - Peacemaker | | We have been called to be peacemakers not warmongers or troublemakers! Your strength of Christian character will determine whether you will promote peace, or cause strife and division in order to satisfy your selfish desires. God’s word...
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| The virtues of Christian Character - Kind | | Kindness is a very precious attribute. Kindness reflects the intrinsic nature of God Himself. Kindness is goodness in action! It clearly demonstrates God’s loyal love and favour toward His people. In the Old Testament, the word translated...
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| The virtues of Christian Character - Joyful | | Today, I am starting a new series that examines “the virtues of Christian character,” and the first lesson is entitled “The Importance of Being Joyful.” As a Christian you are expected to not only exhibit your faith, but also to “be” what you believe...
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| You Are | | Intro: Last week Neil preached a great message of Exhortation. While he was preaching he made this statement. “You must know who you are” Knowing who you are tells you what you are entitled too.
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| Stand up, Stand in and Stand Out | | The Bible is the Word of God: supernatural in origin, eternal in duration, inexpressible in valour, infinite in scope, regenerative in power, infallible in authority, universal in interest, personal in application, inspired in totality.
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| Staying on Track | | Jesus – I am the gate, enter through me and be saved (Jn10). Narrow not broad. No other name under heaven – Jesus is the way, the truth and the life not just salvation – talking about finding life – living your best life
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| Faith in the Name of Jesus | | E. W. Kenyon said, “Before the Lord returns, there will be a mighty army of believers who would have learnt the secret of living IN the Name; of reigning as mortals BY the Name; of living the victorious resurrection life BECAUSE of the Name!”
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Grace | | During a conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated what, if any, belief was unique to the Christian faith. A heated debate went on for some time until C. S. Lewis wandered into the room. “What’s all the rumpus about...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Intervention | | “And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses” [Exodus 33:9]. Moses prepared a special place where he could meet with God and the Lord...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Spirituality | | “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to... Bring the good news of salvation to the poor... Heal the broken-hearted... Proclaim liberty to sin’s captives... Set free those who are bound...” [Isaiah 61:1]. Jesus quoted...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Desire | | “A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul” Proverbs 13:19 Achieving your goals is pleasing and enjoyable. But note there must be desire present before this can come about. In Matthew 15:28, Jesus links desire to great faith, “O woman, great...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Resilience | | One of the most important discoveries you can make in life is the absolute necessity to be resilient. But what is resilience? It is the ability to withstand or accept the stresses and strains of life without being permanently effected or injured...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Choice | | It’s your life - it’s your choice! You are always free to choose. Not even God Almighty forces you to think, feel or behave the way you do. Rather, you choose your emotions and your behaviour by the way you choose to think about the world around you...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Power | | It comes from God but is placed within your reach - not in your grasp. You must do something deliberate and intentional to acquire it or use it. It is the power that God has made available in order for you to succeed in life. It is the power mentioned...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Applied Effort | | The degree or amount of effort you put into something will determine the degree or amount of rewards you will receive. But there is a proviso - your efforts cannot be misdirected. In other words, your efforts must be energised from a right and correct...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Control | | Today we are going to examine the Law of Control, but from the outset I must make it clear that this law has nothing to do with controlling others. Nor has it to do with high-and-mighty authoritarian or dictatorial attitudes...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Creativity | | “Every advance in human life begins with an idea in the mind of a single person.” God created man in His own image [Genesis 1:27], and I believe this included His creativity. The ancient Hebrew word “created” also suggests an artistic form similar...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Service | | In John 10:10 Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they have it more abundantly.” What Jesus was literally saying is He came that we may have life above the ordinary. But an extraordinary life, one that is overflowing with God’s...
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| The undeniable Laws of Life - Love | | In John 10:10 Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they have it more abundantly.” What Jesus was literally saying is that He came that we may have life, and that we may have life in superabundance - above the ordinary...
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| Seven steps to setting and achieving your Goals | | A primary reason why people fail is a lack of direction caused by an unwillingness to take the time to plan ahead. “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs His steps” [Proverbs 16:9]. To succeed in anything you must have plans and direction.
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| How to be a success in your Relationships | | Whether you like it or not, relationships are important to God and to your testimony as a Christian. God values relationships. If you are unable to get on with people, God is unlikely to use you. You must be “user friendly” for God’s Spirit...
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| How to live by Faith | | We are coming to the end of our series on “How to...” and today we will be studying “How to Live by Faith.” Once again, this will be a practical exposition of faith and how to apply it to your everyday lives.
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| How to turn your mistakes into Miracles | | Proverbs 24:16 says, “A just man may fall seven times, yet he will rise up again." As Christians we will all, at some time or other, stumble or make a mistake. Be it intentionally or unintentionally! Errors are just part of daily life...
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| How to get what you want out of Life | | In order to get exactly what you want out of life, you will need to develop three fundamental qualities, and then learn to operate in seven universal laws. Note, without possessing these 3 basic attributes, you will never use the 7 laws effectively.
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| How to be sure that God has heard You | | How many times have you felt that God did not hear you? Or if He did - He appears not to be responding! But if you had absolute assurance and confidence that God hears you, every time you pray you would have full knowledge that He has heard you...
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| How to know God’s voice | | Last Sunday evening we studied “How to Get All Your Needs Met” and it gave me an idea. Maybe I should do a complete series of “How To’s?” It would be like having a manual for successful Christian living! So, today we will be looking...
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| Destined to Win | | Last week the New Year Day message spoke prophetically of the Lord’s presence increasing as believers gathered together in harmony. But at the same time, satan’s presence will probably also increase in the world system. For, “where sin abounds, grace...
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| Together in 2006 | | Jesus promises to be present (“in the midst of them”), every time two or three believers come together in His name - provided they are in harmony, oneness, unity, agreement or in accord.
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| | What Matters Most – Family 3 | | Whether you are a husband, wife, parent, grandparent, son, daughter, niece, nephew, uncle, aunt, or cousin, there are other family members that you can influence.
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| What Matters Most - Family 2 | | How do you see your role as a family member? Too often people do not see themselves as valuable and precious in a family environment – as having something significant to contribute.
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| What Matters Most - Family 1 | | Have you noticed that there is divine balance in the universe? If God did not balance everything perfectly the whole earth would be dysfunctional. Likewise, our lives should clearly reflect the divine balance that surrounds us.
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