THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY…..

You can’t be “out of sorts” with the people around you and be an effective servant of God. Pastor Bill

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BIG-TALK-BAD-LUCK

Finally! Yes, finally things were starting to settle down and the evening was beginning to go a little bit more like I had expected. It had taken close to a half hour to find a ladder laying against an old shop building, drag it through the deep snow to our cabin, and get up on [...]

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY…..

One of the greatest needs in the church today is for Christians to demonstrate their love for God by verbally expressing it. Pastor Bill

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY…..

God wants the best for you in your life and will not put you down because of your circumstances. Pastor Bill

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COFFEE CANS AND SMOKE

Oh, boy! The smoke was beginning to get a little thicker than I wanted. In fact, there shouldn’t be any smoke coming out of the cracks and seams in the old stove. Why wasn’t the smoke going up the chimney? I could tell by the sound of the pops and cracks slowing down that the [...]

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY…..

God is with us in all of our struggles, disappointments, fears and failures. He cares deeply for us. A “bruised reed” he will not break. Pastor Bill

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY…..

It is not our words, but the attitude of our hearts that make us what we are. Pastor Bill

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GO CLIMB A TREE!

I stepped back away from the tight circle of boys crowded around the stove, all of them trying to get the first bit of warmth that everyone hoped would soon be radiating out from the still cold metal sides of the barrel. I stepped over to the bunk I had chosen and grabbed my sleeping [...]

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY…..

Don’t allow criticism from others, or the fear of criticism, keep you from doing what you know to be the will of God. Pastor Bill

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY….

The ways of God often run “cross-grain” to the ways of the world. Don’t be surprised by that. Pastor Bill

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