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Matthew 5:9 reads, "Blessed are the peacemakers."   Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar told of a little guy who was confronted by three big bullied, any one of whom could have flattened him. And clearly, that's what they had in mind. But the little guy was very bright....

2 Kings 4:8 reads, "Shunem, where [there] was a great woman."   The Bible refers to this woman as "a great woman." That's because she had a "great" strategy for her life! She prepared a bedroom in her house for Elisha the prophet to use when he passed through town. As...

Proverbs 22:7 reads, "The borrower is servant to the lender."   Here's an idea for getting out of debt, and staying out. Instead of referring to it as your "credit card," start seeing it as your "debt card." Next time you have an "itch" to purchase something you don't...

1 Thessalonians 2:13 reads, "The word of God...effectively works in you."   Spiritually speaking, you may not be as far along as you'd like to be, but thank God you're still on the road. At one time you were a stranger to God's grace, but now you belong to "the...

1 Corinthians 13:11 reads, "When we grew up, we quit our childish ways."   People with strong faith can make you feel "less than," when you compare yourself to them. One Bible teacher writes: "I admired those faith heroes whose flowery testimonies hung around the...

Galatians 6:9 reads, "In due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."   A high-rise construction worker slipped and fell from a scaffold forty floors up. As he was plummeting past the twentieth-floor window, a woman in an office shouted out, "How are you doing?"...