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For those of us who call on the name of Christ for salvation, nothing will ever again separate us from the love of Christ and the fellowship of God. So even though He wants us to work and even though He desires excellence and rewards perseverance and diligence, what He values most is us.

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We cannot adequately explain the hardest moments of our lives. We cannot soothe all the sorrows that regularly beset us, or the sorrows of those whom God has placed around us. We cannot wave a magic wand and fix the distresses we see besieging those we love, those we work with, those we know. In our hardest moments, our best efforts are feeble...our best words are hollow. But...

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One of the fastest ways to incur God's displeasure is to fail to pass on His forgiveness. It's a bigger deal than you think.

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Employers, coworkers and customers who trust our daily work efforts are more likely to trust our spiritual efforts also.

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The eternal promises of God must be our anchor when the storms of life overtake us.

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Last week, we examined the encounter between Esau and Jacob, and the temptation to trade things of greater value for the lesser significance of immediate gratification. This week, we examine Jacob, and ask the question of Christians in authority: Are we demanding too much?

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Incredible as it seems, the God of the universe loves us as if we were the only person left in the Kingdom.

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What happens when the public face of the private Christian is an angry one? How do we fix it?

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I've never changed a soul by judging; never changed a soul by punishing; never changed a soul by debating or getting angry. But I've seen God change many souls when I've laughed when I could have been angry; when I've loved when I could have hated; forgiven when I could have gotten even.

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What we become during the storms of life matters more to observers of our faith than what we say or do in the lulls.