I Wish God Would Just Appear to Me
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

I Wish God Would Just Appear to Me

I get it. I want to see God too. I desire more than anything else to physically worship at the feet of Jesus. Frankly, I totally get how much simpler it would be to obey and to have faith in someone whose glory you can verify with your senses. I want to see the scars on His hands and His feet, and forever praise Him for redeeming me from my sin. Today would sure be nice!

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What Does Jesus Want for Christmas?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

What Does Jesus Want for Christmas?

What does Jesus think of our Christmas celebrations? Is this really what He would want to commemorate the day of His incarnation? Scripture gives us a few clues as to what Jesus wants.

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Must I Thank God for my Heartache?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Must I Thank God for my Heartache?

Countless people who are seeking to make sense of the sorrow which they now face this year. Are we supposed to thank God for grief, evil, or sadness?

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How Much Money to NOT read your Bible?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

How Much Money to NOT read your Bible?

How much money would it take if I offered to pay you not to read your Bible today? We know what we’re supposed to say, but how much do we value God's Word?

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Too Tired To Serve?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Too Tired To Serve?

What is your reasoning when you are too tired to serve others? Been too busy? Too much work? Jesus had every reason not to serve and took the posture of a servant.

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Fixing a Broken Vacuum
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Fixing a Broken Vacuum

Obeying God without walking with the Spirit is like vacuuming the living room with a broken vacuum. You can make a lot of noise and look good but there really is no suction power.

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Flanked by the Enemy
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Flanked by the Enemy

We are not snipers and commandos who must fight our spiritual battles in isolation. We are meant to be one singular fighting unit who fight for the survival of the man in the foxhole next to him.

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Investing in Eternity
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Investing in Eternity

Rather than valuing what we can do with our resources here where they will lose all value, consider what it might look like to utilize those resources into eternity.

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Hospital Or Hospice?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Hospital Or Hospice?

What causes a skunk's bad smell? The thing that made it feel threatened or the skunk itself? How about us when our responses stink?

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Solving the Stink
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Solving the Stink

What causes a skunk's bad smell? The thing that made it feel threatened or the skunk itself? How about us when our responses stink?

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Would You Take the Trials or the Cash?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Would You Take the Trials or the Cash?

Which option is more valuable - the trials that you and I are going through or a wheelbarrow full of cash? Think about it long and hard before you give what you think is the ‘expected’ answer.

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If I’m Getting Counseling Do I Need The Church?
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

If I’m Getting Counseling Do I Need The Church?

our aim is to work underneath the authority of the churches who desire to partner with us in order to help those within their congregations who may be facing serious hurts, grieving, may be walking in unconfessed sin, struggling to find wisdom, etc.

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Gospel Lessons from Carryout Pizza
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Gospel Lessons from Carryout Pizza

Many today are struggling to make sense of it all. They wonder how God could still love us and leave us in this world with these kinds of physical, mental, and emotional pains to endure. Questions ring out from our broken hearts. Doesn’t He Love me?

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Living in A World Affected by Evil
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Living in A World Affected by Evil

Many today are struggling to make sense of it all. They wonder how God could still love us and leave us in this world with these kinds of physical, mental, and emotional pains to endure. Questions ring out from our broken hearts. Doesn’t He Love me?

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