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Why a Merry Heart?

It has been said that a merry heart does good like a medicine, but what is a merry heart? The heart that I am referring to is more than the muscle inside your chest that is pumping blood throughout your body even as you are reading this. While that heart is vital to our physical well-being, it is our other “heart” that affects and impacts the lives of those around us. The heart, in this case, is often defined as the place where a person’s will, emotions, and desires reside. Those are pretty significant parts of who we are, and wouldn’t it be great if it were a happy place?

The Work of the Holy Spirit II

This is the second installment in our series about the work of the Holy Spirit. In the first post, we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and learned more about his purpose within the Body of Christ. We also discovered that the phrase “Gifts of the Holy Spirit” can be a little misleading. Gifts of the Holy Spirit When we think about gifts, we generally think about birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, graduation gifts, and wedding gifts. These kinds of gifts are things that are gi

The Work of the Holy Spirit: Part I

This is the beginning of a 5-part series about the work with the Holy Spirit. To say that there has been a lot of confusion and contention regarding the work of the Holy Spirit since the birth of the Church would be an understatement. There are times when just the mention of the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit can create consternation and chaos within a local church body. It is sad that we have allowed what was meant to unify us to instead cause so much division and se

Hidden Treasure: Things That Separate

David wrote in Psalm 119:162, “I rejoice at your Word as one who finds great treasure.” The Scripture is full of treasures, and our “treasure” for this post is found in Romans 15:1-2 where we read, “We who are strong, ought to bear with the feelings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors, for their good to build them up.” Please our neighbors? I don’t even know most of my neighbors. Why should I please them? Perhaps this phrase, “p

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