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Abiding In Christ Published If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7 When I was a teenager, I became aware of something that was sometimes referred to as "Name It And Claim It". As near as I could...
The Little Foxes Published Quick! Catch all the little foxes before they vineyard of your love, for the grapevines are all in blossom. -The Young Women of Jerusalem, Solomon's Song of Songs 2:15 I found myself squirming a bit as I read these words these words this morning....
A Faith That Is Genuine Published 1 Peter 1:7 - These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold - though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much...
Don't Stop, There's More! Published It was a heavy box. In fact, my brother had difficulty carrying it in from the car and placing it under the Christmas tree. It was a gift for my husband from my mom. We take turns opening up our Christmas gifts. In my husband's family, the custom...
I Call Him Father Published My father died from colon cancer was I was 16 years old. That was over 36 years ago but I still remember an incident which took place after I left the house shortly after hearing the news. As I walked, I raged at God. My dad had become a Christian...
It's Under Control Published A friend of mine is currently receiving chemotherapy treatments. A few minutes ago, I read the post on his Caring Bridge page which his wife just posted. Though the side-effects are leaving him feeling very tired, he's doing well and his numbers...
My Sheep Know My Voice Published One of the nice things about CB is you get an opportunity to meet Christians from around the world with a wide variety of different life experiences. For example, growing up in a city surrounded by cornfields and dairy farms, you really do not get...
The Dead Battery Published Late this afternoon, I decided to run a few errands. I had planned to do them tomorrow but today was just as good a time as any. Besides, I had pretty much been holed up inside the house since Saturday evening due to the extremely cold weather....
The Power Of God Seen In Us Published He was a social outcast, dependent upon the good-will of others. Though John tells us that his parents were still living, he also tells us this man was a beggar. Either he was seeking to supplement the family income or his family had cast him out to...
So More Than One Thousand Dollars Later... Published Last March, I noticed that my furnace seemed to have decided it needed to take breaks when it should have been working. I gave it a good scolding, fiddled with the thermostat and it came back on. I thought it had learned it's lesson but I was...
A New Song To Sing Published He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3 (NLT) December was a rough month at our house. My husband had been out of steady work for...
Let Your Light So Shine Published It is not unusual for the people at our church to be greeted by a rather quiet man with a friendly, gentle smile as they enter the sanctuary. He and his wife were some of the first people my husband and I met when we started attending our church. He...
The Brook Dried Up Published In 1 Kings 17, the Bible says that the Prophet Elijah tells King Ahab: As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives - the God I serve - there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word! 1 Kings 17:1 (NLT) Then God tells...
Why Do You Believe? Published
The Cracked Pot Published Your life is very different than what you thought it would be. You never expected you would be in this place. Perhaps you had a broken dream, a broken marriage or a broken body. Perhaps you have all of these things and more. You feel just a bit like...
A Cry In The Dark Published I was only about four or five years old but I remember it like it happened yesterday. It was around 1965 and we were living in a house in Minneapolis that had been built at the turn of the century. Like most houses from that time period, closets in...
Rescued From The Fire Published For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved....
To All Who Are Hurting Published Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) Sometimes we just experience pain for a moment, a minute, an hour, a day or perhaps even a week or a month. There are other times however, when the pain or difficult situation...
When You Feel Insignificant Published "I'm going into the ministry. I'm important but you... you are just a lay member, a cell in the Body of Christ." Though I think the young man who said it to me meant to say it in jest, I still remember my response to his statement...
The Other Side Of The Mask Published Several months ago, I wrote a blog entitled Behind Our Mask which dealt with how we often wear a mask, hiding who we really are. I wrote: God not only wants to strip away our mask; he also wants us to look through the masks of others around us. We...
A Conduit Of God's Love Published Conduit: someone or something that is used as a way of sending something (such as information or money) from one place or person to another Source: Merriam-Webster This morning, as I read a blog by @peoplepower entitled Romans 7&8-Relationship...
The Watered-Down Gospel Published "It's just fluff!" I blinked as I read those words and actually found myself recoiling just a bit. While I understood the author's desire to not substitute the gospel with a watered-down, politically-correct imposter it seemed like...
The 27th Bag Published I went to the second Saturday night service held at my church this evening. During the sermon a story was shared about a recent incident. Our church has several locations and a short time ago, some ladies at one of the campuses decided to make some...
The Great Journey Published It was a familiar message to God's people. God was calling them to come out from where they were and go on a journey to a new place. Long ago, God had called Abraham to pack up and move from the land of his fathers and go to a land that He would...
Bearing With One Another In Love Published Ephesians 4:2 - Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (New International Version) I found myself cringing just a bit when I read those words just a bit ago. Why? Because I realized that just a short time before...