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Every Family’s Story – a Jealous Brother
“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and … Continue reading
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Tagged God's abundant love, scarcity, the "elder brother" (Luke 15)
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Enough of God to Go Around!
This is a post from 2012 that I am re-posting because of the value of the concepts of scarcity and abundance to us all. A dust-up at work the other day reminded me of something I learned from Stephen Covey … Continue reading
Choosing Abundance
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; “I came that they [the sheep] may have life, and have it abundantly” John 10: 10 (NRSV). Were you raised in an atmosphere of abundance or scarcity? In my family, while finances were … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, Jesus, scarcity, Stephen R. Covey
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