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Waiting on the Lord

Shara Vales
30 Sep 2011
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Wack!  In one swift moment, Moses, yes, the faithful Moses who was privy to the Lord Almighty’s voice and direct authority, struck the rock twice with his rod. In one intuitive move, the son of the first King of Israel snuck out to the Philistines’ garrison without Saul’s knowledge and approval.  Jonathan expressed to his armor bearer, “…It may be that the Lord will work for us.  For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few.”  Jonathan continued on by stating, “…Very well, let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them.  […]

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Time To Perform A Family Audit – More Family Time

Bob Barnes
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It’s seven weeks into the school year and you’ve already lost control.  This is not the way you saw the family schedule going.  Every man for himself, everyone going in different directions and there is no family time whatsoever.  It’s like the whole family fell down a steep hill and everyone is rolling faster and faster … in different directions. Once the family activity year gets rolling, putting on the breaks is difficult.  Most parents just give up and let it roll.  Mom is the one who usually realizes that this just isn’t the best plan for the children. Before […]

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God’s Design for the Church

Jeff Darville
2 Aug 2011
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Do you stay awake at night considering God’s design for His church? If your answer is no, then you are not alone.  Rarely are these questions entertained in private let alone public discussion.  The reality is, most members and attenders of area churches do not have the ecclesiastical structure of their church at the top of their priority list. The Protestant Church in America has a history of independent church leadership and overarching polity which serve as counter balances to each other.  We tend to have some formal structure to leadership that may mirror corporate organizational charts.  At the same […]

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A Successful Spin on the 7 Deadly Sins

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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Almost everyone is familiar with the 7 deadly sins, right? You know – wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony. Well, what do you get if you turn those 7 deadly sins upside down and tackle them in a way never seen before? The result would be Project 7 – a cause-related company thought up by founder, Tyler Merrick. Merrick has taken the traditional list of the 7 deadly sins and put a spin on them that has created a tremendous amount of positive change. Let’s use gluttony as an example. Rather than focusing solely on a person who […]

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I Am Second

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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In December of 2008, Interstate Batteries’ CEO, Norm Miller, launched a 36-month ad campaign in the Dallas area having no idea of the movement that was about to begin. The campaign, featuring roadside billboards and videos that can be viewed on IAmSecond.com, connects anyone, anywhere with personal stories of numerous individuals, including celebrities, pastors, athletes and everyday men and women. The inspirational and intimate stories expressed in the videos reveal how the storyteller was able to overcome addictions, divorce, fame and numerous other life struggles through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ – with the speaker wrapping up the video […]

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Reach4Hope Project – Reaching Out To The Homeless

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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Hope South Florida is once again reaching out to the community with their ‘Reach4Hope’ project – a project that allows everyone a simple and easy way to get involved in changing the landscape of homelessness in South Florida. Hope South Florida, known as the “front door” agency for families that are experiencing a homeless episode, serves 98% of families that are registered on the homeless helpline and provides them with shelter, case management and holistic care. With the current state of the U.S. economy and many programs experiencing budget cuts or closing their doors, community action to help those who […]

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Make it Through the Storm

Cory Nickols
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Have you ever been in a season of your life where nothing seemed to be going right? Job, a man of God in the Bible, experienced a situation like this. He lost everything he owned in one day, including all of his children and most of his servants. Then he was plagued with open sores from the top of his head to the soles of his feet (Job 1, 2:1-10). I am sure he was tempted to get upset with God, throw in the towel and just give up. Over the past couple of weeks, I had my own set […]

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Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Lisette Frevola
2 Jun 2011
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For her 40th birthday, Lucy McCann wanted nothing more than to take a vacation to her native homeland of Cartagena, Colombia with her husband Oliver. Amidst the historical charm that lures many tourists to the balmy South American port, the couple took notice of a young girl in the distance. Dark skinned, dirty and clad only in torn underwear, her demeanor was downtrodden and her haunting image one of despair. She was one of the “disposables,” as labeled by the natives there, isolated and imprisoned in a world of heinous atrocity. Not only due to her poverty but because at […]

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The For Wives Only Series: From Devalued to Delivered

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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In a recent issue of The Good News, Cory Nickols covered the sensitive issue of pornography addiction and men in addition to offering different avenues and therapies that can be taken for those seeking help. This month, we will look at the issue from the perspective of women and will learn how a local South Florida Life is helping those women whose partners or husbands are struggling with this addiction. Am I Not Enough? For women whose relationships are struggling because of their partner’s addiction to pornography or who have engaged in an adulterous affair, the situation can seem hopeless. […]

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