Happy New Year.     May I challenge you to grow closer to God in 2016?



The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. Isaiah 29:13 NIV


31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32 (NIV)


22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 (NIV)


Have a blessed day!


Chaplain Mark

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