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God Wants Me to Be Happy, Right?

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on June 10, 2023June 10, 2023

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Being happy is very important to most of us. But how important is it to God? Is that His top concern for our lives? Where does true happiness come from?

It’s Okay to Be Jealous

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 18, 2023December 15, 2022

We are all warned about the green-eyed monster, yet God Himself says He is jealous. So, what are we missing? Maybe we have righteous jealousy mixed up with envy

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Christianity: Boring, Limited, and Restricting?

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023September 10, 2022

Is Christianity boring, limited, and restrictive? Does the world offer something better? What about its costs? God gives gifts that surpass those of the world.

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1 Samuel 16:1-13

God rejected Saul as king and told Samuel to anoint one of Jesse’s sons to be his replacement. The one Samuel thought looked good was not the one God chose and He explained that we may look at the outward appearance of a person, but He looks at the heart.
First we go through the story of God’s selection, then we read a lot of verses about how God knows and cares about our hearts more than anything else and what’s on the inside is what should matter to us too. We need to be focusing on actually being good people instead of just appearing to be.

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