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How do you calculate the value of your work? Is it by the salary you earn? How fulfilling your work is? Whether your job leaves time for family life? Well, the importance of work goes beyond all those things. See what truly gives value to the work you do as John MacArthur offers some biblical Wisdom for the Workplace.

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With ‘Trying,’ Apple TV sheds a light on the beauty and burden of adoption. But foul language and sexual moments cause some strife.

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Counselor Geremy Keeton offers some constructive thoughts on processing grief.

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Grief is a powerful and often overwhelming process that no one voluntarily wants to experience. But it’s a normal and inevitable part of life. Jane Daly and Geremy Keeton share their personal stories of loss and insights they’ve learned in the journey. They describe how grief can draw us closer to the Lord if we are willing to go through it, stay connected with others, and trust God for the results.

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Elijah was depressed and exhausted. “Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, ‘Get up and eat.’…He ate and drank and then lay down again” (1 Kings 19:5-6 NIV).

What does God say to the sad and weary? Be refreshed. God told Elijah to eat and sleep. The drama on Mt. Carmel. The execution of the false priests. The twenty-seven-mile run in front of Ahab’s chariot. He had reason to be depleted.

God rested on the seventh day. The world didn’t collapse when he took a Sabbath. It won’t fall apart if you do the same. If you are depressed and feel like giving up, his word to you is “get refreshed.”

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You know, people in certain jobs end up being treated kind of like vending machines. Now, the state that I lived in for many years, we still had full service gas and we had gas station attendants. People just sort of drive up and grunt a couple of words to him, and then he would dispense his service, and people would drive off. Oh, of course, we did give him a little money. Waitresses—there’s another one. And the checkout people at a grocery store. Well, you know what? I’ve got a little personal crusade to help these service people feel human again; to get them to talk. Now brace yourself…even to get them to smile sometimes. I feel like I’ve succeeded if they’ll smile.

I was at the grocery store late one week night, and I said to the woman who was checking out our groceries, “Well, I’ll bet you’ve had a long day today, huh? You almost done?” She said, “Oh yeah, I’m almost out of here, but it’s been a long day. I’ve had a lot of crabby people! I thought it was Sunday today.” That raised a question. I said, “Wait a minute. What did you mean you thought it was Sunday today?” She said, “Oh, we all hate to work Sundays. There are more grouches on Sunday here than any other day.” And then came the observation that cut the most deeply. She said, “Yeah, most of them just came from church; they’re the grouchiest of all.” Ouch!

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Sunday Grins or Sunday Grouches.”

Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Hebrews 10, beginning at verse 25. “Let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing. But let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the day approaching.” Well, that verse is often applied to us getting together in our Christian meetings or Bible studies in church, and that’s good.

The verse before it says, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” Okay. These verses seem to be saying there’s a certain kind of result you can expect from Christians having been together. They’re going to come out more loving, more encouraged, more encouraging, and doing more good deeds.

Unfortunately, there are too many arguments on the way home from church. There’s too much selfishness on Sunday afternoon about “Hey, it’s my day off! I want to do what I want to do.” There are just too many grouches on Sunday.

I said to that checkout girl who had pointed that out to me, “You know, if you’ve just spent time with the Creator of the universe, you should feel pretty good don’t you think?” She said, “Well, I guess a lot of them just don’t look at it that way.” I wonder if we don’t get in a religious rut on Sunday and miss the purpose of the exercise? Maybe we even begin to resent the routine.

Some questions for coming out with grins instead of grouches on Sunday. Number one, “Did I touch the Lord while I was there?” Ask yourself that every time you’re together in a Christian meeting. Did I touch the Lord? And that should not be dependent on how good the sermon was, or who preached, or whether the music was on key, or whether you liked the environment that morning. It’s dependent on the attitude of your heart if you went in looking for the Lord.

Second question: “Did I leave with a mission or did I even go looking for one?” I mean, did you ask the Lord for something to do obediently as a result of something you’re going to hear or feel during that service - a mission. Thirdly, “Did I encourage someone today?” Church can become very mechanical and almost useless unless we go looking for three things: go in looking for the Lord, determined to get more of Him. Go in looking for a mission - I’m going to leave here with something I need to do. And looking for someone to encourage; Lord, help me be a ministry to someone here today. Then everything afterwards: the trip home, t

The abortion pill is being taken far beyond the limits for which it was approved—and the consequences can be horrific. A recent report details cases of women obtaining abortion drugs online and taking them well into the second and even third trimester. One recent North Carolina case involved a woman who allegedly took the drugs at 31 weeks. Her baby was born alive and was found in a toilet. The baby survived and was hospitalized. 

This is what happens when abortion drugs are treated like ordinary medication that can simply be ordered online. There may be no physical examination, no ultrasound, and no doctor actually seeing the patient. And as the pregnancy progresses, the risks of hemorrhage, incomplete abortion, and infection increase.