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Building Your Child's Sense of
Self Worth

by Joe McGee | Family Matters

 

Don't let the world’s ideas of greatness give your children a false sense of their self worth. In this article, Joe McGee shares three words of instruction from God Himself that will build a child’s sense of worth and shape his or her future against the pitfalls of low self-worth, such as shame, indecisiveness, rejection, insecurity, and immorality. God is a Father, and He knows how we should parent our children and equip them for success!

 

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How Churches, Ministries, and Ministers Can Make 2012 Less Taxing

by Mark Helland, CPA
Playing by the Rules: Accounting

 

In this article, Certified Public Accountant Mark Helland shares five questions every pastor and non-profit leader should ask as they prepare for the tax season this year. From maximizing your housing allowance to locating pertinent documentation to capitalizing on your tax savings and investments, learn how changes in the tax code can benefit you so you can sail through the year less taxed and less stressed!

 

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Taking the Long View — Lous Holtz: 75 and Still 'Coaching'

by Clifton Taulbert | Salt and Light Strategies

 

In a day when instant gratification and the obsession with personal happiness take a front seat to the pursuit of traditional values, choosing to take the "long view" doesn’t seem very convenient or popular. But in this article, Clifton Taulbert shows us why perseverance and integrity in our relationships are two traits that provide enduring contentment and fulfillment when shortcuts fall way short of the happiness mark.

 

 

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Jesus' Prophetic Words to
His Church Today

by Rick Renner | Book Excerpt

 

In his closing words of A Light in Darkness, Volume One, Rick Renner parallels many of the challenges, hardships, and persecutions of the Early Church in ancient Ephesus and Smyrna to those experienced by the Church today. Spiritual darkness, confusion, and moral decadence may be on the rise in the world, but as the Church holds fast to the Head — clinging to that which is good — darkness will succumb to the piercing light of the Gospel. God’s presence can invade the earth and change men’s hearts when the Church stands up straight and tall as beacons of His glorious truth and light!

 

 

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