When we feel alone and worthless, we often look for satisfaction in all the wrong places. Jesus stands ready to fulfill our heart’s deepest desires.
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Back from the Dead
by Steve Henderson “Going to Texas. Nice knowing you.” The handwritten note on the TV set stunned me. It was from my wife Daneen. Without saying anything to me beforehand, she had taken our little daughter and left me behind in Oklahoma. In a way, I couldn’t blame her. I had been coming home…
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No matter how hard or how far we run,God hears our cries for help. by Geno Lawrenzi Jr. One starry night many years ago — more years than I care to remember — I found God. Or maybe God found me. Traumatic events Some traumatic events had taken place in my life. I had…
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So many choices . . . but only one way to God. by Connie Sturm Cameron They persistently showed up every Tuesday, knocking on my door with an uncanny ability to appear immediately after my daughter went down for her nap. As a stay-at-home mom, lonely for adult conversation, I welcomed their visits. Contrary…
Read moreThe Path of Most Resistance
The persistent pursuit of the Hound of Heaven. by Roger Palms Not me! I didn’t want anything to do with Christianity. That was religion, and religion was for people who couldn’t stand on their own two feet. I was a student, attending Wayne State University in Detroit, when everything began to change. It started…
Read moreWorking for Love
From all business to all blessing, thanks to Christ. by Stacy Farrell As business manager in a law firm, I did my best to play the part of a successful woman: spike heels, skirt above the knee, expensive perfume, diamond studs in my ears. Work was my way of establishing identity, love, and security….
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A Jew, a Gentile, and the good news. by Eddie Lieberman as told to Muriel Larson Now I’m really in for it! I thought despondently. At the age of 19 I had topped off a half dozen arrests with a crime against the Post Office — a federal offense. As I sat on my…
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How to believe in Jesus Christ and make God smile. by J. Grant Swank, Jr. “Stop doubting and believe” (John 20:27, NIV). How many people refuse to believe in Jesus Christ? Too many. Some of them put themselves in the center of their universe — like a god. Some worship things and success. But…
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Proof that God has a plan for your life. by Nancy B. Gibbs At times, I have regretted not growing up in a church. As a youngster, I had never heard the story of David and the giant. I didn’t know that a little boy’s lunch was transformed into a feast for thousands of…
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