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Love God with All Your Heart</br><a style="font-size: 60%; color: white;">Jesus’ Most Important Words (Part 1 of 10)</a>
You must love God with your whole heart, with all your being and all your strength.
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New Tricks
I praise you, Lord, because of the awesome, unique way that you created me. You did wonderfully well, and my whole being knows and declares this truth.
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My Best Friend
When I was in the third grade, I had a best friend at church. We ran and played together. Not inside the church, of course. Back then, we had no children’s church.
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God Is So Beautiful
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” That saying has been around for a long time, dating back to at least the late 1800s.
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God Helps Those Who . . .
In an evening Bible study, the topic turned to faith and prayer and what we can do to gain God’s favor.
Excited about the Gifts
If I paused long enough to think about what God has given to me, I should be overwhelmed with gratitude.
Nativity from a Child's Point of View
Maya Angelou, bestselling author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , says, “By the time we are three or four years old, someone has knocked creativity out of us.” As we…
Home for Christmas
When I was a kid, Santa came to our house, which was the most fun when my grandparents were there.
Putting Up Christmas Lights
In late November, usually a weekend just before Thanksgiving, I get to hang Christmas lights on the roof line. At my age, why do I do that?
Is Giving Better than Getting?
When I was in the third grade, my dad was among the preachers who didn’t make much money.
Cowboy Paraphrase
As It Might Have Happened in the Old West By Frank Ball For many families, reading the nativity story at Christmas is a family tradition.
Give Thanks
Every morning, I spend an hour with the Lord, but not for any religious reason. That is, it’s not a liturgy.