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The Desire of Ages,Chapter84." Why are ye troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?" (Luke24:38,NKJV).After Jesus revealed His identity to the travelers to Emmaus, they hurried back to Jerusalem, although the hour was late. They knew the eleven disciples would not be asleep until they knew for certain Jesus was alive. They excitedly unfolded their story of walking with Jesus. The disciples...

The songwriter David trusted in the Lord. No matter what his problems were he knew that Adonai would heal him in all things. In the modern day it is looked upon as being out of fashion to believe in God’s miracle powers. In the USA the so-called mainline Christian denomination, for the most part, believe that God can work miracles, but very rarely. In heaiother parts of the world they firmly...

I must confess that the closer I get in my relationship to the Lord, the further I feel from the organized church. (Gasp!) Okay.....so I’m hoping that got your attention. Despite my attempt at overstated hyperbole, the statement above is, essentially, true. I don’t like that it’s true. I am resistant to the message that it gives me. I am not relishing the idea of...

The Cornerstone of RecoveryHow is your foundation?By Bill A. Gaspard, Certifed Christian Life Coach & Biblical Counselor Peter and John were speaking to the people and there were about 3000 believers at this time during the Acts of the Apostles. Peter just healed a crippled beggar and some of the high priests and Sadducees wanted an explanation of this healing. We pick it up in Acts 4: When they...

By Bill A. Gaspard, Life Recovery Coach Jesus reveals more to the Old Testament concept of murder by adding “I tell you everyone who is angry with his brother is subject to judgment.” Then says, “So, if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you leave your sacrifice there and be reconciled to that person.”...

Does “The Shack” solve PTSD from Childhood Trauma? Commentary and review from Dwight...

by: Bill A. Gaspard, Life Recovery Coach~"And don't sin by letting anger control you. Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives foothold to the devil." Ephesians 4:26-27 Did you know that anger is mentioned in the bible over five hundred times? The first time we see anger is in Genesis, when we see a brother kill his own brother over jealousy, which turned to anger and...