Well Christmas and New Years were a bit different for us this year. Thankfully, we were able to Skype with our families back in the US on Christmas Day. Other than that, Annie and I had a very quiet Christmas Day. In Brazil, most families celebrate Christmas with family on Christmas Eve. We were invited […]
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By Annie Spell “Love is patient, Love is kind…Love always protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres.” 1 Cor. 13:8-9 “If you forgive others…your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don’t forgive others, then your Heavenly Father won’t forgive you…” Matt. 6:14-15 Parenting always seemed to me to be a choice of whether I would react
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“Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.” One of the greatest skills that parents can impart to their children is how to make good choices. Our lives are the sum total of the choices that we make. While it is easy to fall into
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“Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children, those who love their children care enough to discipline them.” What should be the goal when raising our children? It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we are just trying to raise “good kids” or “nice kids.” In reality, our goal
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This is the time of year when so many people are joining a gym and starting a “Read Through the Bible in a Year” plan. Most of these well-meaning people forsake the gym by February and get lost around Leviticus by March and are never heard from again. I don’t want to discourage anyone from reading
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Every year, around this time, people start thinking about the coming year. The start of a new year is an excellent time to evaluate our lives and see what things might need to be changed. New Year’s Resolutions provide people with a great opportunity to create new habits, break old ones, and do some things
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This is a message I preached at C3 Curitiba. You can watch it here. Pastor Ronald Berg was my awesome translator for the night. I preached about Zechariah and Mary and how they each responded to the angel’s message that they were going to be a part of the first Christmas story. I also told
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Here is a recent message that I shared at C3 Curitiba. I take a look at the messed up group of characters that God chose to include in the Christmas Story! It is a bit of tongue-in-cheek and I think that you will really enjoy it! My good friend Gustavo Trinidade was kind enough to translate
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In 1976, Rocky won three Academy Awards, including the one for Best Picture. The film is so good on so many levels. Sylvester Stallone wrote the script and starred as Rocky Balboa, a washed up boxer who ends up getting a shot at the Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Burgess Meredith plays Mickey, the 76 year old
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It has been a busy couple of weeks in Curitiba! Our daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and Matt, came down and spent ten days with us. We were able to slip away to the beach for a couple of days and got to show them some of the sights around Curitiba. Matt and Sarah are the
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