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Would YOU please pray for us RIGHT NOW?

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Updated: May 10, 2016... Here's how you can pray for us this week... Sunday, May 15th... Speaking in the morning services at Heartland Community Church , Bloomington, IL. Coming this summer... If You Really Want Your Ministry to Thrive... How YOU Can Find, Develop, and Retain Great Volunteers for Ministry It's a 3-part training experience you will want to be a part of this summer so you can hit the ground running in the fall. It's practical, biblical, and ridiculously fun.   Complete details here . Thank you for praying for us right now... Bill and Stacy for all of us Allisons How God Answ ers Your Prayers for Us! *  What God did in  Illinois  because of your prayers! THANK YOU! *  What God did in  Missouri  because of your prayers! THANK YOU! *  What God did in  Wisconsin  because of your prayers! THANK YOU! *  What God did in  Colorado  because of your prayers! THANK YOU! *  What God did in  Texas  because of your prayers! THANK YOU! *  W

The only thing worth my short life...

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[If you really want to know what I think is the only thing worth my short life, start reading and don't stop until you've finished reading all the text by each picture. You'll know. Thanks for stopping by Cup O Joe with Bill. You totally make my day!] You've no doubt heard of the "selfie," but have you ever heard of the "usie"? The pictures you will see below include other people—therefore they are not "selfies" and therefore I'm not a teenage girl. I am, however, an old man with an "usie" stick (not a selfie stick) on a mission to perfect the art of the usie. We had a great time in January doing disciplemaking training for students and youth leaders in Green Bay, WI, for the Forest Lakes District Youth Conference . The are the guys who a the current cohort group of the Peoria Area Leadership Community —a Disciplemaking Learning Community . It was my honor to speak to students and youth leaders at Catalyst

Breaking news about the new movie, Risen, coming out this weekend...

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Breaking News:  The movie,  Risen , has been assembled into a book and it includes the complete original script and all the deleted scenes. The book is called,  The Holy Bible . Related Posts... *  Best. Book. Ever . *  15 minutes a day that will change your life forever . *  What Jesus says about the Old Testament . *  Don't miss God's big, true story . Get  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your Email Inbox! Let me encourage you and make you think 2-3x a week with a virtual  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your email inbox.  Go here and submit your email . Then check your email inbox and click the Feedburner confirmation link. Note: You can unsubscribe anytime simply by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email that comes from  Cup O' Joe with Bill .

How to Fight FOR Your Marriage...

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"Why is it that you talk to me in ways that you wouldn't dream of talking to other people?"  Those were the words of my wife. She was angry. And she was right.  I wasn't verbally brutalizing her. I was more subtle—and maybe even more damaging—than that. Let me explain. Relationship expert John Gottman only needs a few minutes of observing a couple in conversation to accurately predict whether or not that marriage will go the distance. The accuracy of his predictions are legendary. What is Gottman looking for that gives him the clues as to whether a marriage will make it or not? According to Gottman, there are four horsemen of relational destruction: 1. Defensiveness 2. Stonewalling 3. Criticism 4. Contempt However, Gottman believes that—of the four—the single most important sign that a relationship is in deep trouble is contempt. Here's the kicker about contempt: Signs of contempt often show up in the little interactions of life —tone of voice or even s

Happy Valentines Day...

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I like to think of it as the art of marriage.