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TAKING STEPS TO BETTER

“I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.” ~ Luke 15:16   REFERENCE: Luke 15:11-20   No matter where you are in life or how bad your situation is, there is a place called better, and it is possible to end better than you started. The prodigal son found himself in a rut; his life was worse than it was in his father’s house, and he was far from the future he had hoped for when he left home. However, he decided to take steps that made...
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I AM BETTER THAN THIS 2

“And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.” ~ Luke 15:16   REFERENCE: Luke 15:11-20   The prodigal son got to a point where he would gladly have eaten pig’s food, but “No one gave him anything.” It seems God permitted him to get to that low point in his life. If someone had supported him in his prodigal life, it would have delayed the day of his awareness. His affliction became the catalyst for his return. When he was in want, he came to himself. Trouble opens our hearts to...
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I AM BETTER THAN THIS

"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!" ~ Luke 15:17   REFERENCE: Luke 15:11-20   The journey into the year's second half is still in its early stages. It is good to closely examine your life and make certain adjustments and decisions about the rest of the year. Do you feel grounded by past mistakes or sad that you didn't achieve what you hoped you would have by now, hearing that voice within saying, "I am better than this?" You are in line...
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IT IS NOT TOO LATE

“And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard...’” ~ Matthew 20:6   REFERENCE: Matthew 20:1-12   As we commence the second half of the year, you may wonder why certain things that you expect to have happened now are yet to happen or why there seems to be an unusual delay in that situation. You may even feel forgotten, and that meeting that...
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WAR ON WORRY 9

“When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.”” ~ Genesis 50:18   REFERENCE: Genesis 50:15-20   The scenario in our text is an instructive one: Joseph’s brothers were dealing with anxiety and fear because their father was dead. They worried that Joseph would take revenge on them for their attempted fratricide (the act of killing a brother). Guilt is one reason people worry – the fear of their sin finding them out. It seems Joseph’s brothers lied about what...
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WAR ON WORRY 8

“We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him.” Romans 8:28 (EASY)   PREFERENCE: Romans 8:28-30 (EASY)   Today, We will look at some practical steps you can take to live in victory over worry. It is possible to live life so that worry does not destabilize you because you are assured that there is more to whatever bothers you than you can see per time. You may be disappointed in a situation, but...
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WAR ON WORRY 7

“But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.” ~ Matthew 13:25   REFERENCE: Matthew 13:24-28   So many years ago, I found myself in a very foul mood, feeling so depressed, as though I was under a thick blanket of gloom. I knew something was wrong, and I soon tried to find the root cause; then, I remembered that my boss had said something hurtful to me during the day. I hadn’t thought so much of it then, but unconsciously, it later fouled my mood.   After that experience, I learned that...
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WAR ON WORRY 5

"Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully." ~ I Peter 5:8 (AMPC)   REFERENCE: I Peter 5:5-8 (AMPC)   It is pertinent that I continue on the subject of worry from the upper week. There is an increase in concerns around many people's mental health today, and often at the root of it is a relentless spirit of worry that wants to dominate the mind, keep your eyes on what is not working well, and cause you to...
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A FATHER IS AN ARCHER 2

"Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth." ~ Psalm 127:4   REFERENCE: Psalm 127:3-5   In our last episode, we discussed a father's role in helping his children achieve their God-given purpose. The psalmist compares him to an archer who takes great pain to ensure his arrows (children) are aimed and shot to hit their 'target.' Success without a successor is a failure. As a father, paying attention to the children who will succeed you is important. We will continue to look at what an archer must do to succeed with his arrows...
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FATHERS: FOR YOUR CHILDREN’S SAKE

"And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth." ~ Genesis 5:3   REFERENCE:  Genesis 5:1-5   Our text is an interesting one. God created Adam in His own image, but when Adam begot Seth, it was in his own likeness; but why not in the image of God as Adam was? Adam missed it somewhere, which affected his seed; the moment he was 'polluted,' everything that came out of him became polluted. Fathers, there are battles you must win for your children's sake. A father embodies...
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