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Living With Purpose

Over the course of many years we all develop habits that we would like to change at some point. “Old habits tend to die hard” as the old adage goes. Acquiring positive lifestyle behaviors will lead to better health. This has been proven through research. Attaining wellness and well-being requires a continuous effort and one […]

Living With Purpose

Growing up, I had dreams of doing a job I enjoyed and wanted to do. A young person needs to nurture the wholesome dreams and possibilities that pass through their minds. This is healthy, it’s good. For if there is anything that garners hope and satisfaction, it’s the dreams of a life well-lived. One of […]

Living with Purpose

You can’t put in what God left out. However, you can certainly improve on what you’ve been given. But how can this be you say? “I’m 65 years old, my life is going downhill”, or “I’m 35 years old and have kids now, what you see is what you get”, or “I’m 15 years old, […]

Living with Purpose

There is reason to be happy this time of year and you know what it is. Many years ago, almost two thousand to be exact, the true Savior Jesus of Nazareth, entered the world in the form of a little babe. Because of his life, because of his act of obedience to the heavenly Father, […]

Living With Purpose by Matt Dobson

Without fail I meet people every week that seem to carry with them an “emptiness” of heart and passion. Their life appears to be weighted down by self-indulgence, guilt, insecurity, regret, doubt, and/or fear. Sometimes it shows on their face, sometimes in their behavior, and still others in their speech. And if I’m completely honest, […]

Living With Purpose

Adam bit the apple and feeling great shame, covered himself with a fig leaf. Eve, too, felt shame and covered herself with a fig leaf. Then she went behind the bush to try on a maple leaf, a sycamore, and then an oak! While this humorous story from the beginning of humanity reveals a half-truth, […]

Weeds

Sometimes in our flower bed of life we have to get rid of the weeds. submitted to NSR News

Forgiveness

Matthew 5:7 7 They are blessed who show mercy to others, for God will show mercy to them. NCV –

Love

Proverbs 30:18-19 18 “There are three things that are too hard for me, really four I don’t understand: 19 the way an eagle flies in the sky, the way a snake slides over a rock, the way a ship sails on the sea, and the way a man and a woman fall in love. NCV

Trust

Psalm 13:5 5 I trust in your love. My heart is happy because you saved me. NCV