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Time Out

Time Out: Out of his comfort zone (Saul)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
We all have choices to make in life: decisions about how we will adjust to what happens to us and attitude modifications as our…

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Time Out: The last shall be first (Ruth)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
We seem to hear a lot about servanthood today and how God wants His people to be servants. Naturally we all consider ourselves to…

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Time Out: What are you good for?

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
One of the favorite New Testament stories for children is The Good Samaritan. Everyone knows how the Samaritan responds to another…

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Time Out: Christlike kindness

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
What do Pharaoh’s daughter rescuing Moses, Rahab helping the Jewish spies, David’s treatment of Mephibosheth and…

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Time Out: Lord, give me patience and give it to me now!

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
The annual cost of those who run red lights is over $7 billion dollars. This includes medical bills, car repairs, etc. The average…

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Time Out: I’ve got peace like a river

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Peace. We often talk about it but don’t always understand it. Sometimes we think of it as calm circumstances, a time when…

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Time Out: A vessel unequal to the task (Gideon)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Gideon exhibits all the characteristics of someone with a poor self image. He was hiding in a pit when God’s messenger found…

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Time Out: God wants availability more than ability (Deborah and Jael)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Even today it isn’t easy for a woman to be a leader, but in the times of the Judges it was almost unheard of. Deborah was…

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Time Out: Content to be number 2 (Caleb)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Contentment. It’s not standard equipment for human beings! Babies don’t have it – they want what they want when they…

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Time Out: Watch out for those easy decisions (Joshua)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Some decisions seem so easy we don’t even give them a second thought. The answer seems obvious. Why even bother God with it…

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