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Choosing What Controls Me
Each day I am faced with a choice of what will control my mind and therefore, my actions. These choices can center around selfish desires or from choices that come from the heart of God. The things that center around self could be shopping, career, money, fear, worry, technology, being a people pleaser. The list…
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Trying to Control Through Worry
I read a story about a woman who believed her worry was a way of making sure things turned out well. During her teenage years her parents travelled to Hawaii for a vacation. She worried about the plane crashing. She worried about a tidal wave wiping them out. She worried about becoming an orphan if…
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Controlling Your Spouse?
One of the biggest struggles a wife may face in her marriage is trying to control her husband. Most women marry their prince charming and then after the romance has worn off she may realize he’s not as perfect as she thought. Of course, her husband may also feel the same way about her. So,…
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Who is really in control?
I was reading through Genesis 27 and four words jumped off the page like never before (vs. 5) “Now Rebekah was listening”. If we’re really honest about what is going on here, she was eaves dropping. Rebekah then went on to use that information to try to control the situation by lending a helping hand.…
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Why Designed to Grow?
God created all living things. His intention and plan is that living things grow, thrive, and be productive. God’s greatest creations were man and woman. Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” We are image bearers of…
Kristi Pennington 