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Giving up or giving over

October 8, 2020 ~ pastorchrisjackson ~ 3 Comments

If you have lived very long at all, you have no doubt discovered that there are very few things in life that we can control. We can insure, we can prepare, we can anticipate, and we can be ready and faithful, but we cannot control many outcomes. When we try too hard to control most … Continue reading Giving up or giving over

New songs and your supernatural goals

January 5, 2017 ~ pastorchrisjackson ~ 1 Comment

There are two kinds of new songs: re-treads and originals. Which one is your soul singing? Psalm 149:1 exhorts us: “Sing to the Lord a new song” but what exactly does that mean? Does it mean learning the latest Hillsong or Bethel tunes, or finding a contemporary way to sing the old hymns, or is … Continue reading New songs and your supernatural goals

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