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Breaking the cycle Bible:2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Reading If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new ishere! (V.17). David’s first beating came at the hands of his dad on his seventh birthday, after he accidentally broke a window. “He kicked me and punched me . . . LaterContinueContinue reading “Breaking the cycle”

The cockeyed squid Bible:Colossians 3:1-4 Reading Set your minds on things above, not on earthly thing (V.2). The cockeyed squid lives in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ where sunlight barely filters through the deep, dark waters. The squid got its nickname from its two extremely different eyes: the left eye develops over time to become considerablyContinueContinue reading “The cockeyed squid”

The struggle Bible:Ephesians 6:10-20 Reading Our struggle is . . . against the powers of this dark world (V.12). In 1896, an explorer named Carl Akely was in a remote section of Ethiopia. He was also being chased by an 80-pound leopard. He remembered the leopard pouncing, trying “to sink her teeth into my throat.”ContinueContinue reading “The struggle”

Caring prayers Bible:Romans 15:30-33 Reading I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of theSpirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me (V.30). I got a message from a friend. He set a great example we all can learn from, because his messageContinueContinue reading “Caring prayers”