Month: May 2022

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Smartphone Overuse & Addiction

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One of the marks of Christian maturity is an awareness of one’s destructive habits and the commitment to overcoming them. In this age we have many opportunities to develop bad habits, some of which don’t seem so bad because they just consume time. But in everything we do it is important to ask ourselves if we are abiding in Christ and walking in the Spirit. In other words, is this habit compatible with following Jesus? Is it healthy for our souls? Smartphone overuse has become a very common habit that harms our spiritual growth and interferes with our participation in the goodness of God. Addiction is a word that is probably overused so I do not know if constantly using one’s smartphone is always an addiction or just a harmful habit. But the general idea of an addiction is that it interferes with a normal healthy life. It is certainly Continue Reading →

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God Regards The Lowly – Weekly Words Of Encouragement

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For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly,but the haughty he knows from afar. Psalms 138:6 (ESV) In January 1936 England’s King George V died and his son Edward the Duke of Windsor was proclaimed king of England. Unknown to the public, he had become romantically involved with an American woman named Willis Warfield Simpson. She had already been divorced from an American Navy pilot and was in the process of separating from her husband Ernest Simpson, an American businessman. When she filed for divorce later in 1936 with the intent of marrying King Edward the news hit the British press which scandalized the British public. The press, the public, the Church of England and most politicians opposed the marriage. A twice-divorced American commoner was not a proper Queen for England. Edward tried to find a way to appease the public but could not succeed. On December 10, Continue Reading →

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Where Will We Spend Eternity?

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We often say that we will live forever in heaven. But Scripture speaks of a New Earth. ​Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” Revelation 21:1-3 (ESV) So, where will we live? To begin, we recall that in this present age we are citizens of the New Jerusalem which is in heaven (Heb. 12:22) and will descend to earth in the next age. Thus, our new home Continue Reading →

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God Is Good And Loving Forever – Weekly Words Of Encouragement

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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.His love endures forever. Psalms 136:1 (NIV) Yahweh is good. All his works are good. His response to all the sin in the world is good. Everything he does for us is good. He disciplines us for our good. “In all things God works for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28, NIV). Yahweh is the source of all that is good and he gifts his good to us; “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17, NIV). Why does he give us his goodness? Because he is love and his love endures forever. He does not withhold his goodness from us, but generously pours it out on us. He gave us his Son and brought us into his kingdom. He gave his Spirit to indwell us and empower Continue Reading →