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Trauma and the stress that can accompany it often keep an individual hyper-focused on the event, re-creating the trauma over and over, trying somehow to undo the feeling of helplessness and powerlessness through the negative ruminations.
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The Missing Gift

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Tuesday, December 13, 2011
God’s Gracious Gifts—Part 4
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: Today we’re going to learn about the Missing Gift. Have you ever lost a gift? Amazingly, many people who receive Christ, and who claim to believe He is all to them, soon live life without thinking of Him.
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If Christ Had Not Come...

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By Dr. Don Sisk, Tuesday, December 13, 2011
12 Things That Would Not Be
Would anyone wish to live in a world without Christ? The change Christ made in and through the lives of believers everywhere is incalculable. Thank God that Christ did come, He died yet still lives, and one day, He is coming again.
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The Majestic Gift

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Tuesday, December 13, 2011
God’s Gracious Gifts—Part 3
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post.
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The Marvelous Gift

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Tuesday, December 13, 2011
God’s Gracious Gifts—Part 2
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: Have you ever heard the phrase, “Looks can be deceiving”? Let’s take a closer look at this marvelous gift:
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The Miraculous Gift

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Tuesday, December 13, 2011
God’s Gracious Gifts—Part 1
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Toward the end of the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey cries out, “I want to live again! I want to live again!” Immediately he’s flashed from the previous scene and finds himself standing once more on the snow-covered iron bridge where earlier he had considered suicide: the dark swirling river below.
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The Power of Encouragement

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By Dave Delaney, Saturday, December 10, 2011
Use Your Words to Encourage People
Proverbs 12:25 says, “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.” Over and over in the Bible we see examples and read exhortations about how words can be used for righteous and relevance or for ruin and rebellion. In Proverbs 12, we read about what words can be:
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Getting Your Friends to Jesus

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Friday, December 9, 2011
4 Lessons from Mark 2
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: Do you know anybody who needs Jesus? Perhaps the question should better be phrased, “Do you know anybody who doesn’t need Jesus?” Everyone needs Jesus. But not everyone is aware of their need, or even if they are aware, is capable of getting to Him themselves.
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The Role and Authority of the Pastor in Church Planting

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By Dr. Tim Cruse, Thursday, December 8, 2011
Pastors Should Take Point in Planting New Churches
The church at Antioch in Acts 13 sent out men who were called, qualified, and capable. They were not looking for somewhere to send someone to be “an encouragement” to them. They were not looking for a place of service elsewhere for those who could not or would not serve effectively in their own local church.
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The Importance of a Good Spirit

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By Troy Dorrell, Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Making Sure Your Spirit Is Right
The Jews and the Samaritans had a long history of animosity and hatred toward each other. That is why it was not a strange thing that Jesus was treated rudely and refused when He sought accommodations in Samaria.
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Our Influence Should Go Beyond Our Lives

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By Dr. Mike Edwards, Monday, December 5, 2011
Being Remembered As Servants of the Lord
How will you be remembered? Perhaps that is not the correct first question—will you be remembered? I suppose each of us would like to think that our lives will have meaning and influence beyond our own days. Just what will we leave behind: money, debt, or both a physical and a spiritual inheritance?
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