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Saint Defined: Meaning, Prayer and Eternal Promise
What is a saint? The answer is found in 1 Corinthians 1:2. Here Paul says, " To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are...
Carol Plafcan
7 days ago6 min read
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When God Meets Us in the Struggle of Faith
Lessons from Jacob’s Night of Prayer When we wrestle with God, we are changed. Genesis 32:24-29 relates one of the strangest stories in...
Carol Plafcan
May 306 min read
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The Difference Between Belief and True Faith
Believing is not faith. One of the misunderstandings today among many people is that simple believing in God, that He exists, makes...
Carol Plafcan
May 136 min read
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How Can We Please God? Biblical Traits That Delight Him
What pleases God? What is it that you and I can do to bring joy to His heart? Let's look at some of the characters in the Bible that...
Carol Plafcan
May 66 min read
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Hear and Understand: Seeing Jesus Clearly
Faith Grows Through Hearing and Understanding Over and over the Bible explains the importance of truly understanding what God is telling...
Carol Plafcan
Apr 187 min read
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Rahab’s Redemption: From Harlot to Heroine
Are you ashamed of your past? Do you feel like God can never use you for His Kingdom because of the things you have done? Of the four...
Carol Plafcan
Jan 315 min read
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Known by Jesus: Trusting the One Who Knows Your Heart
One of people's greatest desires is that someone truly knows them and then still love them. Of course this also brings with it fear. ...
Carol Plafcan
Jan 35 min read
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Jesus's Temptation: Lessons on Overcoming and Faith
Suffering servant or conquering Messiah? Israel had long awaited their conquering Messiah. Many sects had arisen claiming that their...
Carol Plafcan
Dec 2, 20246 min read
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Jehoshaphat’s Prayer: Trusting God in Hard Times
Imagine a battle you might be facing: a sick child, a job lost, a family member who is not a Christian, loneliness, illness, loss of...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 26, 20244 min read
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Faith as a Trumpet Call: Lessons from Thessalonica
Does your faith ring forth in the community where you live? Does it resound? Is it a trumpet call for God? When Paul writes to the...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 22, 20244 min read
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From Death to Life: God's Grace in Ephesians 2 Explained
All of us were born. If you are reading this right now, then you are alive. At least you are alive in the scientific sense. Some of...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 19, 20245 min read
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Jesus Have Mercy On Us
Leprosy is referred to many times in the Bible. Leprosy is often used symbolically to represent sin and how sin separates us from God....
Carol Plafcan
Aug 23, 20244 min read
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There Is No Difference All Have Sinned
So much focus today is on how we humans are all very different. Actually we have much more in common than we might think. Paul reminds...
Carol Plafcan
Jul 5, 20244 min read
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Be Ready to Give a Defense
Faith and Hope Faith and hope surrounded by love are the great foundations of Christianity. We have faith; therefore we hope. But what...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 13, 20244 min read
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Grow in Grace and Knowledge
Peter, the Lord's disciple, was a fisher of men. The Lord had much to teach Peter and Peter learned much about what it meant to truly...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 11, 20233 min read
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Rest for our Souls
What if Jesus hurt your feelings? Jesus did have some very harsh things to say to some people. Almost exclusively they were said to the...
Carol Plafcan
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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Great Faith or Little Faith?
Would Jesus say that you have great faith or little faith? Jesus scolds the disciples several times for having little faith. We read...
Carol Plafcan
Aug 20, 20234 min read
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Our Faith Still Speaks
I heard a story today I would like to share. A Christian college professor shared with his online class that his grandparents had been...
Carol Plafcan
Jul 8, 20234 min read
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Be Like Children
In many places in the New Testament we are told to be like a child in order to believe in Jesus. If you are a parent this might seem a...
Carol Plafcan
Mar 8, 20234 min read
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Crossing Your Jordan: Faith, Trust, and God’s Amazing Works
What desert are you and I wandering in? Perhaps we have heard our parents talk about wondrous things the Lord has done for them, but we...
Carol Plafcan
Sep 11, 20223 min read
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