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Pray 4 YBL & WBL

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.Ecclesiastes 3:11 Pray For YBL & WBL Leadership, Staff, and Board  Pray For Our Community Relations Pray For Our Discipleship Groups and their Leaders…
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But God

5/29/25 Adrian Vanderwoude-YBL Financial Advisor In today’s world of confusion, hate and adversity it is easy to take our eyes off God, but He never takes his eyes off us. We must continually remind ourselves that will never leave us or forsake us, even when all looks lost and hopeless But God “Everything on the…
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Pray 4 YBL & WBL

James 1:5-8 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he…
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What Does a Discerning Person Do?

5/22/25 Chris Jones-YBL Small Group Director Discernment.  You need it.  You want more of it.  Whether in your business or in the church Here is some help: https://www.challies.com/articles/what-does-a-discerning-person-do/
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Pray 4 YBL and WBL

“For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having served and by still serving the saints.” Hebrews 6:10 Pray For YBL and WBL Leadership Pray for YBL & WBL Leadership, Rob, Drew, Chris, Loring, and Sharon, along with all staff- Johnny,…
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The Manna Principle 

Rob Genin  5/16/25  One of the occupational hazards of working with money is the love of money. The writer of Ecclesiastes said, “He who loves money never has money enough” (Eccl 5:10). When God rescued his people out of Egypt, he brought them through a desert where food and water were scarce. The scriptures make…
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Pray 4 YBL & WBL

“…that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. – Ephesians 3:17-19 Pray For YBL and WBL Leadership Pray For Our Community Relations Pray For…
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Resist Paganism. Embrace Inefficiency. Give Thanks.

5/8/25 Emma Cockley- Assistant to WBL Director, Sharon Head Though today’s advancements in technology boast of maximizing human efficiency, should efficiency always be the goal? Are technology’s promises of ease, optimization, customization, and perfection creating a culture of ingratitude and discontentment? How should Christians consider these advancements let alone respond to them in a theologically…
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Pray 4 YBL and WBL

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not as for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrong doer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. -Colossians 3:23-25    Pray…
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It’s Not Wrong to Want to Be Perfect

05-01-25 Emma Cockley-Assistant to WBL Director, Sharon Head For many businessmen and businesswomen, the pressure to be perfect in the marketplace can feel burdensome and overwhelming. Often this perfectionism infects not only workplace endeavors but bleeds into our emotional and spiritual lives leaving us discouraged with ourselves and our failures. But is the desire to…
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Misconceptions: YBL Jackson Panel Highlights

By: Drew Narmour Over in Jackson, we had a small business panel about a month ago. I was greatly encouraged by the panelists’ answers and learned a lot myself. Please pray that we may continue ministering to people in the business community in Jackson and that the follow-ups from this banquet will be fruitful. Here…
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