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His Father’s Footsteps
“You will never amount to anything.” Joe can still hear the words of his drug-dealing father from long ago. Sometimes, the words hurt even more than the physical blows. Those words drove Joe to prove his father wrong. To beat him at his own game. To be a better pain-inflictor, enforcer, and dealer. “You had to beat the man to…
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“I was going to kill myself.”
Mark* walked out the door of his home with a gun. He never expected to return. The Veteran carried so much pain from his service days that he was ready to end it all . . . to kill himself.Mark’s marriage was falling apart. His children were angry with him. He had no job. Mark saw no other option.He’s not…
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Find Peace in God’s Promises This Easter
I had been waiting my whole life for what my parents had promised me. Okay, so it was only a few months. But to my six-year-old brain, it was an eternity. When I finally got to cuddle the fulfillment of my parents’ promise—a fluffy puppy of my very own—I discovered it was worth the wait. I often feel this kind…
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Leaving Paganism to Serve God
Animal sacrifices. Pagan traditions. Zoe* and her husband didn’t know another way.All they knew living in a small mountain village in Laos was the traditional religion of Hmong. But when Zoe’s husband began showing signs of a mysterious illness, they needed something real and powerful.“For about 13 years, he has been very weak physically and can’t do very much,” Zoe…
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Traumatized Man Transformed by God’s Word
Daily life is hard for many people living in the small nation of Macedonia, where nearly a third of the population lives in poverty, and more than a quarter are unemployed. Many people in this country lack access to basic necessities, such as food, healthcare, and education, making it difficult for them to thrive and escape poverty.Like many people in…
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From Witchcraft to Jesus
Sylvie* always knew she was special . . . she just believed it for the wrong reason.“According to my parents, my birth was by witchcraft, which prohibits that my hair should be shaved or combed,” Sylvie says. “I have never used a comb for my hair. The risk, they said, is that I will die the day I dare to…
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