AUTHOR
Ayrian Yasar
How to Make and Keep Friends
How does a person make and keep friends? Well, there are at least two parts to this. First, you have to meet someone, and second, you have to become part of that person’s life.
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5 Ways to Support Your Pastor
Pastors are prone to high rates of burnout and are not immune to stress-related problems from their work such as anxiety and depression. Here are five ways to support your pastor.
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3 Wonderful Reasons to Celebrate Christmas
It is perfectly fitting for us to celebrate Jesus’ birth joyously with overflowing hearts of gratitude. Here are three wonderful reasons to celebrate Christmas.
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God Comes Quietly: Immanuel in the Ordinary
Angels announced his coming; yet, the Savior of the world was laid in a lowly manger. How does Luke’s narrative of Jesus’ birth bring us comfort that the Lord God Almighty is also quietly near to us in our daily lives?
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3 Ways God Uses Suffering for Good
Tragedies are riddles—and not the fun and amusing kind of riddles. Rather, they are painful and mind-boggling. Here are 3 ways we see God’s love for his children and how he brings about good through suffering.
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3 Ways People Responded to the News of Jesus’ Birth
The second chapter of Matthew showcases three groups of people and how the birth of Jesus revealed their hearts, also teaching us today how Jesus’ life should affect ours.
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Discerning the Lies of the Evil One
The devil wants us to be focused on our own mistakes and sins, wrapped up in our failings and contemplating the hardships of our present circumstances. What should we do when the devil tries to defeat us with his lies?<
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Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places: The Book of Ruth, Ch. 1
Turning away from God is a recipe for disaster. In the first chapter of Ruth we find both a nation and a family in spiritual disarray. How was Elimelech’s decision to leave Israel and take his family to Moab similar to choices we see Christians making today?
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What Does It Mean to Belong to Jesus?
Jesus’ holy living didn’t make him the popular one; rather, it made him hated and despised by all those who were popular in his day. Instead of getting caught up with how we appear to others, we need to focus on the fact that we belong to Jesus.
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