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Month: February 2016

Your Father’s plans for you

Your Father’s plans for you

As you all know, George Washington was elected our first President after leading the colonists in the Revolutionary War, and eventually gaining our independence. He never fathered any children of his own, although he did help raise two of Martha’s children from her first marriage, as well as two of her grandchildren. Still he has been recognized as The Father of our country. Washington epitomized the Greek word definition of Father we encountered yesterday. To achieve your Kingdom potential The Father…

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Your Father’s gift for you

Your Father’s gift for you

Whenever I think about my dad, the first thought that always seems to come to mind is what he gave me that he himself did not have – a dad who was there when needed. When he was about 12 his dad deserted the family and went to South America in search of gold. He never returned. Consequently, he had to quit school and deliver telegrams to help his mom make ends meet. When his mom eventually remarried, her husband…

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Each family member’s uniqueness

Each family member’s uniqueness

From the first time I donned a uniform of any type, I was called Coker. For sporting events, it was written across the back, at business or professional meetings there were stickers or name tags, and in my military fatigues or dress uniform the family name was what took precedence, rather than my given name. Over the years I got used to hearing and responding to the name whenever someone called me. However, you and I both know that would…

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The God Family

The God Family

As each of you sat down at the table every evening and looked around, you saw individuals with different hair and eyes, and dissimilar dispositions but were often poles apart with likes and dislikes. Yet each of you came from the same gene pool, were fed the same mother’s milk, ate the same food for years and years, and received pretty much the same life instruction. Yet, you do not like to be compared to your brothers or sisters, do…

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Your identity as part of the God family

Your identity as part of the God family

As I read The Cokers of Carolina I began to realize the strong belief system, similar mindsets, and work ethic in that book mirrored the words and actions of my dad. The attitudes and values he passed on to me were not just his, but those accumulated and embraced by and passed down from generations of Cokers before us. There was a common thread that each of us born into our family line had the opportunity to embrace or reject,…

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Identifying sin

Identifying sin

Early in my senior year of high school, I had a very attractive and popular girl in my class named _________ ask me to walk with her at graduation. I said yes, and took great joy in having her as my partner, just because of who she was. I decided then that perhaps we should date, but for some reason it never happened. I am not sure whether I was just dumb or God was protecting her during my BC…

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