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Dealing with a thorn in your side? Here are four ways to defeat it for good.
Family Larry Stockstill 5/29/23 Family Larry Stockstill 5/29/23

Dealing with a thorn in your side? Here are four ways to defeat it for good.

You can’t ignore a thorn or a splinter in your skin. It doesn’t get better, and it doesn’t go away.  You have to “deal with it.”

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Strength has three parts.  Here is how to pray for each one of them...
Devotion Larry Stockstill 5/22/23 Devotion Larry Stockstill 5/22/23

Strength has three parts. Here is how to pray for each one of them...

Strength has three components: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Which one are you feeling the most weakness in?

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How consistency makes a huge difference in your long-term success
Devotion Larry Stockstill 5/15/23 Devotion Larry Stockstill 5/15/23

How consistency makes a huge difference in your long-term success

You need to succeed. The method you use to achieve success may differ from what you think. Hear this:  “The longer you do the right thing in the right way without changing, the greater your chance of success.”

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LIfe is fun when you focus on your "grapes" instead of your "giants"
Leadership Larry Stockstill 5/8/23 Leadership Larry Stockstill 5/8/23

LIfe is fun when you focus on your "grapes" instead of your "giants"

Life completely changes when you look at “reward” instead of “risk,” “grapes” instead of “giants.”

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Run your race because that is the definition of success
Family Larry Stockstill 5/1/23 Family Larry Stockstill 5/1/23

Run your race because that is the definition of success

Focus and clarity have become the new currency of our time. Runners know their lane and see their goal. Here are four things to help you find your purpose and run to the end.

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Purpose in life is very easy to discover.  It’s only one thing.
Family Larry Stockstill 4/17/23 Family Larry Stockstill 4/17/23

Purpose in life is very easy to discover. It’s only one thing.

Why does your life feel so random? Could it be you are looking for a higher purpose? “Glorify His Name.”

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Why is it critically important to mind your own business?
Devotion Larry Stockstill 4/8/23 Devotion Larry Stockstill 4/8/23

Why is it critically important to mind your own business?

Do you wonder why you end up in situations you didn’t want to be in?  It may be that you didn’t “mind your own business.”

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How can you find a greater victory than Christ rising from the dead?
Family Larry Stockstill 4/3/23 Family Larry Stockstill 4/3/23

How can you find a greater victory than Christ rising from the dead?

A national championship or Olympic medal is sweet. But it is temporary. It must be won again.

Christ won an eternal battle the day He stepped out of the grave. A battle for all humanity.

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Peace is not a state of mind but a condition of heart
Leadership Larry Stockstill 3/27/23 Leadership Larry Stockstill 3/27/23

Peace is not a state of mind but a condition of heart

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Does the economy have you frightened? “Under His wings” is a better way
Leadership, Family Larry Stockstill 3/20/23 Leadership, Family Larry Stockstill 3/20/23

Does the economy have you frightened? “Under His wings” is a better way

Don’t be frightened of the upheaval in banking, inflation, and borrowing. “Under His wings” is where you need to stay.

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Everybody needs favor.  How good are you at giving it and receiving it?
Leadership, Family Larry Stockstill 3/13/23 Leadership, Family Larry Stockstill 3/13/23

Everybody needs favor.  How good are you at giving it and receiving it?

You know how good it feels for someone to do you a “favor.” A “favor” is unexpected, undeserved, and maybe not even imagined. God is a God of “favor.”  He delights in being compassionate, generous, merciful, and gracious. 

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Is forgiveness easy for you, or is it a long, drawn-out affair?
Devotion Larry Stockstill 3/6/23 Devotion Larry Stockstill 3/6/23

Is forgiveness easy for you, or is it a long, drawn-out affair?

Nothing challenges a Christian more than the ability to forgive quickly.

How do you honestly get over an offense?  Is forgiving and forgetting the same thing?

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Feelings of inadequacy can easily be overcome with these four principles:
Devotion, Family Larry Stockstill 2/27/23 Devotion, Family Larry Stockstill 2/27/23

Feelings of inadequacy can easily be overcome with these four principles:

Moses was a great leader. However, he suffered from very low self-esteem, and his past failures haunted him and kept him hiding in the desert. How did he overcome inadequacy/

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How to overcome skepticism in the positive power of the Holy Spirit
Leadership Larry Stockstill 2/20/23 Leadership Larry Stockstill 2/20/23

How to overcome skepticism in the positive power of the Holy Spirit

Skeptics are everywhere! They question everything, and they doubt everything. They challenge all positive change.

On the other side is the Holy Spirit, the one who brings faith and positivity. How can you overcome skepticism in the power of the Holy Spirit?

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Balance brings amazing progress.  How is your balance in these five areas?
Leadership Larry Stockstill 2/13/23 Leadership Larry Stockstill 2/13/23

Balance brings amazing progress. How is your balance in these five areas?

Balance is critical to progress in your marriage, family, business, and career.

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Transitions can be scary. Try these five things to navigate right through them.
Devotion Larry Stockstill 2/6/23 Devotion Larry Stockstill 2/6/23

Transitions can be scary. Try these five things to navigate right through them.

Everyone is facing transitions. How you navigate them is critical to your future.

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You will no longer be afraid to end something after reading these five things
Leadership Larry Stockstill 1/30/23 Leadership Larry Stockstill 1/30/23

You will no longer be afraid to end something after reading these five things

Are you having a hard time ending something you should have ended long ago? Try these five things and you will finally succeed!

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Today we bring a tribute to two people who affected thousands
Devotion Larry Stockstill 1/23/23 Devotion Larry Stockstill 1/23/23

Today we bring a tribute to two people who affected thousands

Let me tell you about how two people can affect hundreds of thousands of people…

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Freedom is a choice and no one can make that choice but YOU
Leadership Larry Stockstill 1/16/23 Leadership Larry Stockstill 1/16/23

Freedom is a choice and no one can make that choice but YOU

I read recently an amazing thought about President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863:  It was signed into law over two years before those in slavery actually had their freedom.

They were “legally” free but not “actually” free. Is that possibly happening to you?

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Family is life changing and this is how you harness the power of it
Leadership, Integrity Larry Stockstill 1/9/23 Leadership, Integrity Larry Stockstill 1/9/23

Family is life changing and this is how you harness the power of it

It’s obvious I have a big family:  six children and my nineteenth grandchild soon to be born.  Now, we are watching our children change the world. These principles helped us to do that.

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About Larry

Larry was Senior Pastor at Bethany Church in Baton Rouge for 30 years. He now travels around the world speaking to ministry leaders.

He recently founded Pastors University, a pastors training course used by leaders around the world.

Larry and his wife, Melanie, have six children, all of whom are involved in the ministry, and 19 beautiful grandchildren.

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