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I’m probably going to step on some toes with this one, but rest assured, I’m stepping on mine first. In the past few decades, we’ve been inundated with MySpace, iPhones, YouTube and various other mediums which center around “us.” More recently, there’s been a new phrase coined “main character syndrome.” It seems to affect those who grew up in this media age, or really anyone who has been submerged in technology. They view everything in life as if it’s a movie, they’re the “ma

As we read about the kings of Judah and Israel, we can learn many important lessons for our own lives. We see a King like Jehoshaphat. For the most part, he served God, relied on Him and did that which was pleasing in His sight. But his failure was compromise. He joined with two wicked kings of Israel. God had given Him a miraculous victory (2 Chronicles 20). But shortly after this, we read about him making an alliance with the wicked King Ahaziah. Sadly, we can also have vic

Do you remember some of the most hurtful things that have been said to or about you? Even if you’ve forgiven the offender, it is really hard to completely forget the words which can seem to echo in our minds. This is why Proverbs 18:21 warns, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” We’ve all heard the mantra that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” In reality, words can hurt us deep