At times it is easy to miss the important because it comes disguised as the ordinary. There are seemingly benign conversations with children that become the spark for discovery and change. There were many times when after preaching a sermon, I thought “Oh that was awful.” I would even ask God to help me to do better the next time, yet someone would tell me that God used something…
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For Many years I have known that our words are powerful tools that God has entrusted to we mortals. The Bible makes it clear that with our mouths we offer blessing and healing, and we can also tear down and destroy. You and I have been shaped by words that were spoken to or about us. Each of us can remember a stinging rebuke directed toward us when we had…
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