Fishing and Temptation

March 16, 2012

In our series at church called “God Has An App For That” we just finished week number three, talking about “overcoming temptation”. In this blog I will post a five minute video clip from that message. This video discusses NOT blaming God for our temptations. And of course if you want to know the number one tool, to help overcome temptation, it’s simply reading and studying the word of God. </p> <a href="https://www.liftupjesus.com/fishing-and-temptation/" class="gold-btn">Read More</a> </div> <div class="post"> <h1 class="blogTitle"><a href="https://www.liftupjesus.com/loving-those-who-serve/">Loving those who serve!</a></h1> <p class="post-date">March 2, 2012</p> <p><p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="http://v2.dudleyrutherford.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-02_09-39-02_5-300x169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715366949089786514" />Week after week, at Shepherd of the Hills Church, we hand out over 5 to 6000 bulletins. Someone has to stuff them with the inserts and sermon outlines every week. Most people come to church and grab a bulletin not knowing of the tremendous amount of work needed to provide such bulletins. 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