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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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Let’s Go In

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By Dr. Don Sisk, Saturday, January 5, 2019
Living in Spiritual Victory
We find written in the Word of God the words, “He brought them out that He may bring them in.” This statement refers to the children of Israel. They were delivered from Egyptian bondage. The purpose for their deliverance was not that they might wander in the desert, but that they may enter into the promised land.
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12 Areas to Evaluate as You Begin a New Year

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Thursday, January 3, 2019
There’s nothing like a new year to renew our passion for growth and excellence. I think, however, that in our haste to set new goals sometimes we miss careful evaluation of where we’re really at currently in some of the key areas of life.
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Please Make Room for Jesus

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By Alan Fong, Monday, December 24, 2018
Have you ever been invited for a special event, only to find out that there was no space for you to sit at the table? I can remember many times being invited as a guest to a dinner event or speaking conference, but somehow the host did not have a spot for me to sit!
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Keeping the Joy Thief at Bay

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By Sharon Rabon, Saturday, December 22, 2018
Busyness Will Rob You of Joy
“I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart (where?), down in my heart (where?), down in my heart. I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart (where?) down in my heart to stay.” We listen to the children sing this cute song and smile, and often we enjoy the motions and tune out without considering what the words really mean to us.
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Joy to the World

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By Dr. Rick Finley, Tuesday, December 18, 2018
A Sermon from Psalm 98
In the 1700’s, Isaac Watts penned the words to a song that is very popular at this time of the year, “Joy to the World.” It’s not unusual to hear the song sung or played in shopping malls, restaurants, school plays, and of course, church services. According to Watts’ testimony, the source of inspiration for the lyrics was the 98th Psalm.
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Five Gifts I Pray Guests Will Find at Our Christmas Services

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, December 17, 2018
At Christmastime, our church holds many special Christmas services—including “The Journey of Christmas” event with live drama and a gospel message.
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To Everything There Is a Season and a Reason

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By Dr. Mike Edwards, Saturday, December 15, 2018
God Works through the Seasons of Our Lives
The Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons can be a combination of great joy and, oddly, some melancholy. They mark the coming and going of not only the literal seasons of fall to winter, but they also mark the passing of seasons in our lives.
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Don’t “Let Them Have It”

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By Fred Fies, Thursday, December 13, 2018
The Need to Guard Our Tongue
The Bible says, “But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another,” (Galatians 5:15). Sometimes I hear people say, “I just let so-and-so have it.”
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3 Characteristics of a Growing Church’s Culture

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, December 10, 2018
6 Characteristics of a Disciple-Making Church—Part 2
In the previous blog, we noted that while it is easy to give lip service to the Great Commission as the mission of the local church, it is also easy to get distracted from it.
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5 Principles for Church Music

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By Robert Kurtz, Friday, December 7, 2018
Let me begin by saying I am young in the pastorate, and some would quickly point out that I have no business attempting to share counsel about music in the church. I am somewhat of an enigma because I am soon to be fifty years old, but I have only been a pastor for less than seven years. So I am an older guy with very little experience in the pastorate! My goal is to be biblical in these thoughts!
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