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2021 What’s Next?

January 1, 2023 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

2021 What’s Next? Happy New Year! What a year it was due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, which caused a worldwide pandemic. A lot of fatigue, uncertainty, political divide, social unrest, and discouragement carry over in 2021. How do you plan and set goals amid the carryover of this nasty virus? Lord, please remove the fear… Read More »

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Lifting Up The Lives of Others

April 28, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.” ~ Mavis Staples For a person of faith and one who has enjoyed liberation over their hurts, habits, and hang-ups comes a considerable responsibility to lift the spirits of others. Our purpose is to create a spiritual environment where others can experience comfort and peace… Read More »

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Let Your Sun Shine

April 27, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“A good laugh is sunshine in a house” ~ William Makepeace Thackeray Not many things bring a sense of ease and comfort from the spiritual realm into the present more potent than laughter. Laughter is a gentle way of acknowledging human frailty, and with all the turmoil in the world, who can’t use some laughter.… Read More »

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Problem or a Blessing?

April 17, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“Many problems are blessings in disguise” ~ Leslie Stone Take a moment to reflect on your life. Think about those situations you have considered “problems” in your past. How many of those problems turned out to be a blessing in disguise? Consider how God was able to produce blessings from your problems (Romans 8:28). The… Read More »

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The Universal Spiritual Weapon

April 14, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred…” ~ Yehuda Berg “Now faith, hope, and love remain—these three things—and the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13… Read More »

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Labor of Love

April 13, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.” ~ Steve Pavlina How would you define the labor of love? Are you doing something you love? Do you work in… Read More »

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On Your Knees Please

April 11, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“When your knees knock, kneel on them.” ~ Unknown Why is it essential to pray on your knees for some and not others? How often should we pray on our knees? Does it matter if we pray on our knees? These are fair questions to ask. Kneeling in prayer is symbolic; it represents humility, respect,… Read More »

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Lose Yourself In Service

April 10, 2021 By Harold Long 2 Comments

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi The gift we have to offer to the world, given to us by the grace of God, is the gift of ourselves. We can love others by learning to be of maximum service to everyone meet and… Read More »

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A Front Row Seat To Glory

April 8, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.” ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer The disciples were eyewitnesses to the glory of God bestowed in Jesus Christ. Peter says this himself, “16 We didn’t repeat crafty myths when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Quite the contrary, we witnessed… Read More »

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Spiritual Secrecy

April 8, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“By making himself poor, Jesus did not seek poverty for its own sake but, as Saint Paul says, “that by his poverty you might become rich.” This is no mere play on words or a catchphrase. Rather, it sums up God’s logic, the logic of love, the logic of the incarnation and the cross. ~… Read More »

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