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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
“But Naaman’s servants came up and reasoned with him.” 2 Kings 5:13 Have you ever felt stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea? Have you been forced to choose one side or the other? Were you ever pressed between the cliff and the crowd?
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Healing the family | Return to the Church
You walk to your favorite restaurant, but as you approach the door, you see a sign hanging, Closed. Or you walk into an office and see the same sign, Closed, on their counter. These are very ordinary, day-to-day situations in life. But consider these ...
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Whether made of earth or metal, cups were widely used by ancient peoples and often appear in figurative speech in the Bible. What gives significance to the cup is not its appearance, but its content. A cup that holds wine, water, or drinks for celebration symbolizes blessings. It sustains life, quenches thirst, and engenders fellowship. The cup represents all the bounty God provides. The Psalmist says, “You set the table before me… You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows” (Ps 23:5).
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Return to the Church | Why pray?
Occasionally I do a general cleaning of my room, mainly to get rid of items that have accumulated over weeks. One afternoon, as I was cleaning the drawers of my table, an envelope sent by a friend caught my attention. It had only the word “Enjoy” written on it. I had kept it safe for later use but had forgotten about it.
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Return to the Church | Why pray?
Jonah is one of the most attractive characters in the Bible. The most beautiful surprise in the book of Jonah is that the most unlikely candidate for holiness, the ever-hated Assyrians, turn to God. The same Assyrians who had destroyed the ten northern tribes of the Hebrews (2 Kgs 17) and destroyed Judah (2 Kgs 19). Even though these people were among the cruelest in biblical history, Jonah managed to bring them to repentance.
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A mother was preparing pancakes for her two sons, ages 5 and 3, respectively, as the boys argued over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw an opportunity to teach them a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here," she said, "He would say, 'Let my brother take the first pancake; I can wait.'” Kevin, the older one, looked at his younger brother and said, “Ryan, you be Jesus today!”
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