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About Don Merritt

A long time teacher and writer, Don hopes to share his varied life's experiences in a different way with a Christian perspective.

Priorities

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Don Merritt

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: March 13, 2019

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Don Merritt
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Judging Others

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Don Merritt

Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment … Continue reading →

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Resist the Devil!

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Don Merritt

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. … Continue reading →

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Adulterous People

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Don Merritt

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Or do you think Scripture says without reason that … Continue reading →

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Fights, Quarrels and Wrong Motives

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Don Merritt

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. … Continue reading →

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Wisdom, Humility and Righteousness

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Don Merritt

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast … Continue reading →

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TLP Inspiration: March 11, 2019

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Don Merritt

Good Monday from the Heartland. The path of life is not a wide one that is full of traffic and congestion, it is quieter than that.  It isn’t a great highway, it’s more like a quiet country lane… Maybe if … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: March 10, 2019

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Don Merritt

Title: How to Follow Jesus Text: 1 John 3:11-24 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: March 3, 2019

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Don Merritt

Title: Remain in Him Text: 1 John 2:28-3:10 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what … Continue reading →

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