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The Search for Contentment |
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Written by Bryce Gilmor
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Wednesday, March 10 2010 18:24 |
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People are on a life long search for peace, for contentment. Some people do some pretty crazy things trying to find “it”. Some try drugs, some try alcohol, some try sex to drown out the pain and noise in their souls. Some even try being part of a church and doing all the religious things – keeping some kind of internal score card to give themselves more value. In Philippians 4:12 Paul says “I have found the secret of being content in any and every situation..”. So what’s the secret? Did Paul hide away from the world in some cave to find this contentment? Was he just lucky and life was pretty easy for him? |
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A Godly Response to Criticism |
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Written by Ben Pierce
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Friday, March 05 2010 02:09 |
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Being a human being is a strange thing. If we dare to be different, stand out from the crowd, try something new, or take a risk we will inevitably face criticism. No one is immune to criticism, deserved or otherwise. In ministry the intensity and the frequency of the criticism can be even greater. The bible is full of examples of this. Noah was ridiculed for trusting God and building the ark, Moses was mocked by his own people for attempting to lead them out of captivity, and of course Jesus was constantly criticized by the religious leaders of his day. Criticism is to be expected. |
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