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Living With Integrity
RG AUDIO 030918 Proverbs 10:1-12 A news story was released to a community that stunned them all. A well-liked person had just been accused of unthinkable crimes. People were stunned. How could this...
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Light of Righteousness
RG AUDIO 031018 Proverbs 13:1-10 The biblical writer’s words “snuffed out” stand out. To be snuffed out means to be extinguished or smothered, nothing left. The words remind me of several cave tours...
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True or False
RG AUDIO 031118 Proverbs 22:17-29 Perhaps you have heard the comment, “I saw it on the internet so that must make it true!” Or, maybe you have seen an article or email that you thought was true, only...
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Which Will You Choose?
RG AUDIO 031218 Genesis 16:1-8 Each day we are faced with a myriad of choice. Some choices are simple: coffee or tea. Other choices are not so simplistic. Sarai had the choice to trust God or to take...
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Look At Me! Look At Me!
RG AUDIO 031318 Genesis 16:9-16 A small child eager to show-off her athletic prowess or newly learned skill will often repeat, “Mommy, watch! Mommy, watch!” Until Mommy answers, “I see you!” or “I’m...
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The Ugly Truth
RG AUDIO 031418 Genesis 21:1-10 Although Sarah was excited to have a baby, a fair amount of disappointment and anger had to be present when she would look at Hagar and Ishmael. They were a constant...
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Eyes Of Jesus
RG AUDIO 031518 Genesis 21:11-21 Hagar is not the well-loved hero of this portion of Scripture. While no one would wish harm on her, most people can probably understand how Sarah felt. Most women...
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Flexibility Is Key
RG AUDIO 031618 Genesis 45:1-15 Rachelle’s entire ministry and adult life has been spent on the continent of Africa, married to an African. When people come to minister in Africa, they always hand...
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Growing In God’s Presence
RG AUDIO 031718 1 Samuel 2:12-21 In 1 Samuel 2, it says, “Eli’s sons were scoundrels” (v. 12). Scripture is very clear that these boys were evil. In contrast Samuel, who at this stage, hadn’t even...
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Voice Of God
RG AUDIO 031818 1 Samuel 3:1-10 I have never heard the audible voice of God, but I have wondered what it would be like. What must that have been like for a small child like Samuel? As thrilling as 1...
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God of the Details
RG AUDIO 031918 Genesis 29:1-15 “Well, that was lucky!” or “What a coincidence!” are phrases that we often hear or use, but do we believe things are a coincidence or moments orchestrated by a God who...
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God’s Good Plan
RG AUDIO 032018 Genesis 29:16-27 Imagine being in Jacob’s position and not getting what you bargained for. Imagine being in Leah’s position and knowing that you are not at all who or what your husband...
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Not Just Okay
RG AUDIO 032118 Genesis 29:28-35 Leah was so unattractive that Laban felt it was necessary to pawn her off, unknowingly, on Jacob as his first wife. As much as we can say it was a different time and...
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Our Comfort For Fear
RG AUDIO 032218 Psalm 23:1-6 As a young mother, Rachelle has come to realize that fear and anxiety have become an epidemic amongst her mom friends. It does not take long for women to shyly reveal...
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Life Isn’t Fair
RG AUDIO 032318 Jonah 4:1-11 The Book of Jonah ends with no resolution. God did not destroy Nineveh, and this made Jonah angry. The Book of Jonah ends with Jonah’s great anger and frustration. When...
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No Words
RG AUDIO 032418 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 When Rachelle was eight months pregnant with her first child, she sat with a friend who was seven months pregnant with her long-awaited first child, as she...
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It Takes A Village
RG AUDIO 032518 1 John 3:11-24 African societies have long-been communal in nature. As Western ideals and greed creeps in, this is dying off or being warped for material gain. Traditionally, however,...
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Only The Lonely
RG AUDIO 032618 Matthew 27:45-56 One of the most human of emotions is loneliness. Christianity teaches us that we were made for communion with the triune God and at best incomplete outside of that...
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Is Seeing Believing?
RG AUDIO 032718 John 11:1-16 In John 10 Jesus asserts that “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand” (v. 28). Then Jesus proves His power and...
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Here And Now
RG AUDIO 032818 John 11:1-16 “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die” (John 11:25). In this simple, yet world altering pronouncement, Jesus...
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