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		<title>His Sorrow and Suffering Leads to Joy and Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You and I can experience true and long-lasting joy and an eternally full life because of Jesus’ suffering and death. Jesus tells us the type of joy and blessings we can experience in His Sermon on the Mount. The above paragraph is an introduction to a post I made on this topic last year during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning the Race of Your Life &#8211; Weekly Wellness Devotional &#8211; 1 Corinthians 9:25</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our life as a Christian is like an Olympic athlete training to win a medal. Whereas the prize for the athlete is a medal, our prizes are at least two-fold.  John 10:10]]></description>
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		<title>Life, Religion and Our Most Important Relationship &#8211; Weekly Devotional &#8211; John 15:5</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I prepare to talk to a group of women this Sunday at a church near Charlotte, and review my notes that I&#8217;ll use and the key points that I&#8217;ll likely make, I&#8217;m reminded again of the essence of the Christian faith. It&#8217;s about a close relationship with God, through his son Jesus and living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Your Happiness Coach? &#8211; Wellness Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal carries an article titled &#8220;Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work.&#8221; The author&#8217;s corresponding blog post uses the following title &#8211; &#8220;Workplace Blues? Call a Happiness Coach.&#8221; &#8220;How would you feel if your employer brought in a happiness coach — a trainer or speaker urging you to practice new behaviors, cheer up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus&#8217; Resurrection Gives Us an Eternal and Adundant Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are made whole if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and we believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead.  (Romans 10:9) This is God&#8217;s promise in the Bible.  We who believe in Jesus, and in what the Bible says about who He is and what He did, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus Died for My Sins &#8230; and for Yours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a hill over 2000 years ago, Jesus shed His blood and died for all of my sins.   Because I believe this, I have been made right with God.  I also have deep peace, ever-lasting joy and assurance that I will live in heaven for all eternity.  Romans 3:22-26 and Romans 6:23 I hope that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus&#8217; Sorrow and Suffering Gives Me Joy &#8211; Matthew 5:3-12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was sitting in church yesterday, Palm Sunday, and read the words of songs on the screen that were being sung by the choir, I was reminded of who I am and how I am living because of what God and Jesus have done.  I made a decision to blog on this daily during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness, Watching TV and God &#8212; Is there a Link?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/happiness-watching-tv-and-god-is-there-a-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television. This new study conducted at the University of Maryland found that unhappy people watched it more and happy people watched it less. The researchers could not tell whether unhappy people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joy, Wellbeing &amp; Health &#8211; Weekly Faith &amp; Health Scripture &#8211; Psalm 119:2</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/faith-health-scripture-joy-wellbeing-health-psalm-1192/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters Health released an article on September 1, 2008, &#8220;Lack of Joy in Life Ups Early Death Risk,” about a research study conducted in Japan. It found that people who don&#8217;t think life is worth living are more likely to die within the next few years. The increased death risk was mainly due to cardiovascular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Heart &#8211; Weekly Faith and Health Scripture &#8211; Proverbs 4:23 &amp; 17:22</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/weekly-faith-and-health-scripture-prov-423-1722-your-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was listening to Johnny Cash&#8217;s song, &#8220;I Walk the Line&#8221;, while I was running. One of the lines in the song is &#8220;Keep a close watch on this heart of mine.&#8221; It reminded me of several scriptures: Proverbs 4:23 &#8211; &#8220;Above all else, guard your heart for it is the [...]]]></description>
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