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June 22, 2015

Avoid High Places if You’re Looking for God

We need one thing more than anything in our spiritual climb.

We start strong. Determination and strength come easily. Finally, we reach the summit in our Christian lives—only to find life in high places often lets us down.

Avoid High Places if You’re Looking for God

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We followed the rules. We stayed in line. We walked the straight and narrow. So what happened?

The path we followed led to a false summit.

It happens when we forget this one thing.

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Published on June 22, 2015 02:00

June 19, 2015

You Have a Spiritual Freedom You May Not Realize

Juneteenth offers an essential reminder to our spiritual lives

Freedom from anything begins by knowing you are free. Juneteenth is short for June 19th—a state holiday in Texas. It commemorates the day in 1865 that good news arrived: all slaves were free.

You Have a Spiritual Freedom You May Not Realize

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But the news wasn’t new at all. The slaves had been set free long before, but that freedom had been a secret for two and a half years.

When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, effective on New Years Day...
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Published on June 19, 2015 02:00