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Thoughts By Mike Woodard

January 3, 2025

Questions for 2025

A general question someone asked me years ago has stuck with me: “If I keep doing what I’m doing now, will I be where I want to in one year, five years or ten years?” I’ll ask you the same in regards to your spiritual walk

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December 12, 2024

People Pleasing – Falling Short of Expectations

A few years ago, in frustration, I finally gave up trying to please my father.  Being a people pleaser is, in itself, doomed to failure, anyway.

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December 6, 2024

Everyone Should Think about Divorce

“If I had known the impact our divorce would have on our lives and the lives of our children, extended family and friends I would have worked harder

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October 29, 2024

Ready?

Most of us have long time friends we really want to talk to about our faith in God. It seems hard to bring up the topic. Here are some suggestions:

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October 12, 2024

All I Can Say is ‘THANK YOU’

When I choose to thank God for every circumstance in my life, good or bad, it causes me to anticipate the future positively—to look forward to how God will work through the situation rather than vex over the problem at hand.

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October 6, 2024

“My Do It!” – The Danger of Self-Reliance

“Investigate my life, O God, find out everything about me; Cross-examine and test me, get

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September 29, 2024

Finding Relief

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not

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September 26, 2024

I’m Leaving You!

“But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going

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September 23, 2024

Dealing with Wind and Waves

“And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even

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September 20, 2024

Bystanders

I am an incurable “people watcher.”  His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your

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