Arise, Beauty, Arise!

Judy Lokits
25 Apr 2012
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Who me?  I’m not beautiful.  I’m only someone likely to make a bad choice, believe a lie, or place my affections on wrong things.  How can God call me beautiful?  How can I arise from my knees in those places of deep regret?  Isn’t this the way we often feel when we read the words: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9)? In John 8:3-11, the Pharisees and lawgivers brought a woman caught in the act of adultery (most would call her […]

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A Stress Free Christmas

Judy Lokits
23 Dec 2011
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Is it really possible to have a stress-free Christmas? Remember when you were a child and Christmas was a glorious mixture of parties, Christmas tree decorations, beautiful lights, Christmas cookies, going to the mall and sitting on Santa’s lap, dreaming about the presents awaiting you? When did all of that change? For most of us, the transition to a stress-plagued holiday season came as we accumulated more responsibilities, such as putting on the church Christmas program, beginning our own Christmas card list, and budgeting our own income to somehow include gifts for not only our family, but a few friends […]

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Are We Ready?

Judy Lokits
3 Nov 2011
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Does the world seem to be spinning faster and faster these days, heading somewhere that you are not sure you want to go?  The effects of the electronic revolution alone seems to have turned into a major seismic shock to our way of learning, communicating, working, and basically living in this world.  It seems as though we are well on our way to having completed our own “Tower of Babel”, where we no longer need divine help, and barely have time for God anyway.  Hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear, via this world-wide twenty-four hour News cycle […]

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The Casey Anthony Trial

Judy Lokits
2 Aug 2011
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If you could find a good nickname for Satan, what would it be?  Of course, it’s “the deceiver”.  On the other hand how did Jesus describe Himself? John 14:6 records His words saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” He didn’t just say He knew the way, spoke the truth and lived the life, He said, “I AM.” This statement left no doubt as to who He knew Himself to be.  He was the embodiment of “the way, the truth and the life”. So, how do we live our lives and differentiate between the deceptions of Satan […]

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