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Dads – Spiritual Warfare

Dads – Spiritual Warfare

Question: What do you do to train yourself for unexpected battles as a Dad?  You can't win a fight you don't know you're in!  If you have children, you have probably run across the book "What to expect when you're expecting." There is a lot of planning and preparation...

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UNCOMMEN Challenge: The Gospel At Work

UNCOMMEN Challenge: The Gospel At Work

If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. You might still be living in a world of remote work, but you undoubtedly interact with people daily for your...

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Special Gives Kid

Special Gives Kid

“So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NIV  I am writing this post on my dad’s death anniversary. When you get old enough, there are a...

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Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity

“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall fully know, even as I am fully known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 NIV  It’s my wife’s birthday today. I am in the middle of nowhere, sitting in a hotel thinking...

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Do Promises have an Expiration Date?

Do Promises have an Expiration Date?

“He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He made, for a thousand generations.” 1 Chronicles 16:15 NIV  Ask any of my siblings, and one of our most hated phrases from my dad was, “I’m not making any promises.” He would pull out that line if we were trying to get...

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Planning For Children

Planning For Children

 My Brilliant 5 Year Plan When my wife and I got married in 1990, we wanted to wait about five years before we had children. We wanted some time for ourselves.  Friday AM: I was teasing with a friend at work that every time I heard crying or screaming child, we added...

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Naked and Afraid

Naked and Afraid

Genesis 2:25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.  This story begins with two naked adults in the woods. Now you’re listening.   God created Adam and then Eve. And the last thing he tells us before man’s fall into sin is this: they were...

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I Hope They Know

I Hope They Know

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1  There are a lot of stories surrounding the death of our daughter. One of them is that during the last week of her life, I...

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Good Enough

Good Enough

“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV  Are we good enough? Sitting with my son as he ate breakfast this...

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I Need Patience…And I need it now!!!

I Need Patience…And I need it now!!!

We have supportive information listed in the video description. Be sure to hit that subscribe and notification button and leave us a comment below.  If you could improve one area in your fatherhood journey…what would it be?  For a lot of dads, they want to be more...

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Envy

Envy

"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:4   I suffer from occasional bouts of spiritual gift envy. I have always admired worship leaders. Honestly, I have always admired anyone who can sing. I do not have that gift. Although, in my...

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