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What if you decide: I want to be happy? Can you make yourself happy by choosing to be happy? According to Prof. Brett Ford, from the University of Toronto, that depends on where you live. Her research revealed that whether you can make yourself happy by choosing to be happy hangs on your outlook and your culture. Take a look at today’s message and see why!

Happy Canada Day! Joyeux jour du Canada! What do you like most about Canada? The mountains, the lakes, downhill skiing, skating, ice hockey, or the people? Are Canadians any different from people in other countries? Take a look at today’s message and see!

You probably know that your body runs according to a 24-hour internal body clock called a circadian rhythm. Beyond this, you also have a 7-day rhythm called a circaseptan rhythm. Even animals like beavers, bees, and birds have been scientifically proven to live according to a 7-day cycle where they work for 6 days and rest on the seventh day. Look at today’s message and see how this 7-day cycle is not cultural; it’s biological—it’s the way God designed you to live.

Just turn on any TV program and you will see how we live in a society that devalues masculinity and manhood. Men are portrayed as immature little boys, and fathers are too often depicted as beer gut buffoons. Fathers, despite what the media says, you matter. - 90% of all runaway children are from fatherless homes. - 71% of all high school dropouts are from fatherless homes. - 85% of all youths in prison are from fatherless homes. Father’s, your influence matters. Your children look up to you, and they spell love T-I-M-E.

Moses prayed: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). Can you picture all your days laid out as blocks of time, say, a 90-year life in rows? Now, each of those dots is only a single Tuesday or Friday, but what if, instead of measuring your life in units of time, you measured it in the really important part of life: relationships. What would that look like? Take a look at this week’s message and see.

As the crowning act in his great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. Scripture warns: “For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14 NKJV). As Christians, we look forward to the second coming of Jesus as the fulfillment of our highest hopes. So, it comes as no surprise that the great deceiver will attempt his final masquerade at that time. In different parts of the earth, Satan will appear as the majestic Jesus. Your senses will tempt you to believe the claims of Satan, so how can you guarantee you will not be misled?

Meet David and Darrell Beaudoin, who are so thankful to Jesus; however, their lives, before they committed themselves to the service of the LORD, were going down a very dark and dreary road. You will be blessed by their story.

Did you know that every culture in the world keeps a weekly cycle of 7 days? And contrary to popular opinion, this practice did not originate with the Babylonians. Science works together with the Bible to help us answer this question.

Jerry Shiel left home at the age of sixteen, lived on the streets for a number of years, and kept getting into trouble with drugs and violence, which meant he spent time in and out of jail. Then, he hit the big time, working as a model in Los Angeles and Dallas, but God had another plan for Jerry’s life.

The Bible tells us that “…the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, … out of the heavens. So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities...” – Genesis 19:24-25 Do you know why this happened? This tropical city of Sodom “…was well watered everywhere… like the garden of the LORD [Like Eden].” - Genesis 13:10 Why would God destroy this beautiful, luxurious city? Discover the Bible’s answer. It might surprise you.