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Strengths in the Christmas Story, Part 4: Two Ways to Face Risk

December 23, 2014
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How God Used Mary and Joseph’s Strengths, Part 4 God specially selected Mary and Joseph to be Jesus’ earthly parents. He used their different strengths in processing information, solving problems, managing change, and facing risk – each in unique ways. The Christmas story reveals the value of those differences. Mary and Joseph balanced one another.…

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Give The Gift of Strengths

December 18, 2014
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How You Can Empower Others to Know and Use Theirs Every person has strengths. But do the people in your life know theirs … and understand how to use them? You can help that happen when you give them a gift of strengths – a tool they can use right away. As an added bonus, most…

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Strengths in the Christmas Story, Part 2: Two Ways to Process Information

December 8, 2014
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How God Used Mary and Joseph’s Strengths to Process Information Throughout the Christmas story, Mary and Joseph demonstrate the value of different strengths. God specially selected these two individuals to be Jesus’ earthly parents. He gave them  different strengths in solving problems, processing information, managing change, and facing risk. Mary and Joseph used two distinct…

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Devotional: How to Be Thankful for Differences in Others

November 24, 2014
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A Devotional About Gratitude Quick question: are you thankful for the differences you see in those around you? Maybe No Not always If you mentally checked any of the above answers, take heart. It is natural to struggle with specific differences we see in others. You may be confused by or even dislike how others…

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Devotional: Gratitude Is Pro-Active

November 17, 2014
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Feel, Show, Tell – Ways to Thank God for Your Strengths Are you grateful for your strengths? Many of us consider gratitude to be a feeling. But in scripture, gratitude is an action. In at least 162 places in the Bible, God references His desire for us to show gratitude. There are commands (“give thanks”…

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