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The Church of God, International in Springfield, Missouri is a Sabbath keeping congregation.

Oh, The World Doesn’t Revolve Around Me

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by Brandy Webb

Humans in general can tend to be very selfish and sometimes egocentric.  Some may call it our survival instincts. But usually I believe, we just we like to get our way, and we do not like it when we don’t.  However, I have long figured out that things usually do not go our way, and that people don’t always agree with my opinions either.  In fact, the world does not and will never revolve around me, so I better get over myself if I want to enjoy life in general. Continue reading →

Don’t Take Life For Granted

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by Brandy Webb

Do you ever say, “next year I’m going to do…. Or tomorrow I will do…”?  I do a lot.  I think it is just engraved in us to live forever.  Therefore, we plan, sometimes years in advance, of what we “will do.”  However, life is unexpected.  We honestly have no idea what we are going to do tomorrow, let alone years from now.  I believe that is why James tells us not to say what we are going to do tomorrow because we “do not even know what will happen tomorrow!  What is [our] life?  [We] are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:13-14).  This may seem like a depressing truth statement, but it actually should be eye-opening.  Since we do not know what tomorrow will bring, don’t take today for granted.   Continue reading →