GOD’S SMILE - Understanding God’s Grace   Even though I’ve been a Christian for over twenty years, I’m just now learning about grace. When I was twelve, I was ‘saved by grace’ – but I’m just now learning what it means to live by grace. I’m so thankful for this all-too-often misunderstood and abused ‘secret’ of living the abundant life! Grace is amazing. Grace takes the pressure off. It turns down the heat. It loosens the grip of darkness. It lowers the bar that’s too high. It warms your soul like a cup of Starbucks. It peels back the labels we put on ourselves and everyone else. It allows you to feel – and not to be afraid of getting hurt. And that’s just the beginning!  read more Some Good Medicine... A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between the pages.  "Momma, look what I found," the boy called out.  "What have you got there, dear?" his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered: "I think it's Adam's suit!"" UPCOMING EVENTS - Our Connection Calendar - December 12/21 Christmas Dessert Concert        Sunday, 6pm 12/22 Christmas Dessert Concert        Encore, Monday at 7pm 12/28 Candlelight Communion        Service (Sunday, 6pm) 12/31 Vision Night 2009 Red-Hot January 1/4 40 Days of Devotion Begins 1/10 KEY to the Bible Seminar       (10am-3pm, Ed Snider, $10) PDF Latest Edition Click Here to View Fall ‘08 Article Browser: :: Spiritual Growth :: Family :: Men :: Ladies :: Students :: Answers :: More... Archived Issues: Spring ‘08 Fall ‘07 Spring ‘07 LBC - Church Site - Our Pastor

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