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LSEM > Articles by: Carolyn Mahal
Jun
21
Hey Siri?

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9 Life has certainly changed over the years. It wasn’t that long ago when somebody had a question and their […]

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Jun
09
Smile

Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. – Isaiah 49:13 The older I get the more I am convinced that every moment of our childhood is designed to prepare us for what […]

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May
08
Changes

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  You’ve undoubtedly heard this phrase used before to describe how there are certain things in life that always stay the same. Take education for example. There are so many things that have been introduced into the field of education over the last 25 years. Some […]

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Apr
04
Stick to the Plan

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10 I admire people who are advance planners. You know who I am talking about – those highly organized people who can sit down and put together elaborate plans and strategies […]

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Mar
14
Character Development*

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our […]

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Feb
28
Potential

“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” As the former CEO […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Feb
01
Off Course

The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth. Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. – Isaiah 26:7-8 For those who struggle to surrender their lives to God, these […]

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Jan
09
Visionaries

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11 Some people are visionaries – people who see things that nobody else sees. They don’t look at what exists and try to make […]

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Dec
14
Emotional Overload

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with […]

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Dec
02
Stone Soup

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. – 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 Folk […]

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