Kindness Refreshes the Soul

By Kerry Skinner / September 23, 2021 / Comments Off on Kindness Refreshes the Soul

Kindness refreshes the soul, unkindness poisons the spirit. How’s your Spirit? Is it sweet or sour? How’s your temper? Do you have a temper? Do you quickly respond to things around you with a sourness? Do situations like, heavy traffic, try your spirit? You know what I mean, when somebody does the wrong thing and you…

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A Medical Doctor’s Perspective on Sin

By Kerry Skinner / September 20, 2021 / Comments Off on A Medical Doctor’s Perspective on Sin

Psychosomatic Illness Dr. Henry Brandt shares this story from his life about his medical doctor friend: Dr. S.I. McMillen, a much-respected and loved physician, taught the college Sunday-school class at the church we attended. He gave a series of lectures on how certain thoughts and feelings can cause pain in many parts of the body.…

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Significance for Christ

By Kerry Skinner / September 9, 2021 / Comments Off on Significance for Christ

Significance for Christ is what believers live for. But what difference can your life really make? Does your life really count? It certainly does! God never wastes anything! God created you for His purposes and your life really can and does make a difference. Many however, do not seem to have an accurate view of whom God…

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Joy Doesn’t Depend On Perfect Behavior

By Kerry Skinner / September 1, 2021 / Comments Off on Joy Doesn’t Depend On Perfect Behavior

Though right living enhances joy, no person can attain perfect behavior all the time. Joy must be found in a source other than our behavior. When would you be able to rejoice and have great joy if it depended on perfect behavior? Striving toward perfectionism you cannot attain, keep, control, or manage may push you…

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The Faithfulness of God

By Kerry Skinner / August 25, 2021 / Comments Off on The Faithfulness of God

God’s faithfulness is beyond measure, yet, the sad fact is that many miss out on recognizing the faithfulness of God. The faithfulness of God is the most consistent thing on earth! You might have thought the Old Faithful geyser At Yellowstone National Park was the most consistent thing on earth. After all, the geyser was named in 1870 and…

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Pouting and Sulking

By Kerry Skinner / August 10, 2021 / Comments Off on Pouting and Sulking

Pouting and sulking are people’s attempt to get their own way. Pouting is selfishness. Have you ever been around people who sulk or pout? Most of the people I counsel are adults and many are experts at pouting. If I say something in a counseling situation that they do not like, they show their displeasure…

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Trouble, Perplexity, and Rejection

By Kerry Skinner / August 2, 2021 / Comments Off on Trouble, Perplexity, and Rejection

Trouble, perplexity, persecution, and rejection are all difficult to face. The Apostle Paul had all of these but understood that there is a power that will enable a person to face such treatment without distress, despair, self-pity, or ruin. It is the power of God. The end products of distress can definitely be bodily changes.…

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God’s Path Is Safe

By Kerry Skinner / July 26, 2021 / Comments Off on God’s Path Is Safe

My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net. Psalm 25:15 Imagine walking through the forest along a path that is not well defined. Concern for staying on the path would be your focus, lest you step into a hole or become disoriented and lost. If you knew that…

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How Does the Truth Affect You?

By Kerry Skinner / July 20, 2021 / Comments Off on How Does the Truth Affect You?

When you are faced with the truth, how does truth affect you? Christians who have knowingly committed sin and then are corrected in humility will either become mellow or hard hearted when they hear the truth. If you are the one being corrected, you will face the same choice of response. Your response to truth…

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Unnoticed By People But Heard by God!

By Kerry Skinner / June 21, 2021 / Comments Off on Unnoticed By People But Heard by God!

Being unnoticed by people is self-defeating to many–but it is not so much what others think about you that is important, rather, it is whether you are accepted by God. If thousands of people in this world accept you, but God does not accept you, you are simply not acceptable. I pray this story will…

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