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How To Be An Overcomer

Author: Kevin January 19, 2023 0 Comments

(Originally published 2/9/2015 Revised 1/19/2023) I couldn’t find the word “overcomer” in the dictionary, and when I type it into Microsoft Word, it gets that squiggly red underline, you know, the computer version of the finger wag when you typed…
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How Not to BRACE Yourself!

Daylight savings time is when you are advised to take out the old batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and replace them with new ones. It reminds me of Ephesians 4:31 where we told to remove from our…
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4 Rules to Leaving a Voicemail

The phone rang just as our family sat down for dinner. I picked it up and heard “Is Kallee there?” spoken by a boy in his late teens. “Yes”. I said and promptly hung up the phone. Phone manners have…
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Be Abiding

I like to unpack a Bible passage and get to a deeper (not different) meaning, then apply it to my life. Here is a deeper look at key words from Jesus in John 15: 1-11, where the main key word…
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Do You Use Flux?

I like to cast my own lead bullets, mostly 9mm for target shooting. I usually melt down range lead picked from the berms at our local shooting range and old wheel weights because perfect lead for casting bullets is impossible…
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Building Character

“Maintain good character”. I tell that to my daughter frequently, especially whenever she leaves to a friend’s house, the mall, or a school trip. It was the last words I said to her when we dropped her off for college…
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Tough Guys Have Peace!

Having peace is not some fantasy dream, you really can have it! In Psalm 37:1-11 there are 14 ways to not worry or fear. The last one in verse 11 guarantees you will delight in the abundance of peace: “But…
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Be Patient

Do any of these ever happen to you: -When you’re late for work or an appointment, that’s the only time you get behind a slow person. -When you only have 5 minutes to run into the store for milk, that’s…
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Getting on the same page as God

Prayers are answered favorably when you and God are on the same page. Let’s face it, we are greedy and selfish. Really. We want things, we want them now, and we get upset when we don’t get them. We complain…
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