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It’s All About the Good News!
We hold our breath waiting on good news. In my family, we’ve been waiting months on a piece of news to come. We yearn for the news, we lean into every sign, searching for the news we want to hear. Our news is physical, we long for my husband to regain his heath and return […]
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Who God Made Me
March 2018 Scripture Memory Challenge My father loves me. He created me to be just the woman He wanted me to be. So, why do I have trouble believing this truth some days? I feel like I don’t measure up. That I’m not smart enough, funny enough, pretty enough or good enough. Every year, He sends me flowers […]
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Love – February 2018 Scripture Memory Challenge
I know! How cliche to choose love as our topic for February, right? But nothing is cliche about God’s love. It destroys all our perceptions of love, drawing us instead to a love that cuts deeper, rushes over us suddenly, wraps us in a protective cocoon and is never failing! We often hear the phrase […]
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January Scripture Memory Challenge
Hope Let’s face it, we all start the year with hopes and dreams. Some make resolutions, others spend time setting goals and planning to accomplish them. Others just dream and do nothing to move forward. It’s my prayer, that one of your goals will be to give your best to God all year, and […]
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Three Benefits of Memorizing Scripture and 2018 Scripture Memory Challenge
The attacker moves toward me; I banish the attack with my sword! Because I have a scripture ready in my memory, I feel like a valiant knight prepared to whip out my sword and slay the forces of darkness with the Word of God! I believe that committing scripture to memory is a worthwhile discipline […]
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Really? That’s Where You’re Sending Me?
I didn’t get it. The scripture had resonated. I had written it on a note card and tucked it up on the mirror I used each morning. I read it over and over. My heart answered: “Here I am Lord send me, I will answer the call, I will go, just show me where!’’ Then, […]
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Stolen Identity
It all started with a phone call. As the conversation began to unfold I realized that something was not right. I quickly hung up and did a bit of research, my identity had been stolen! It was not my financial identity, but my medical identity. Someone had impersonated me, using my medical history to obtain […]
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Who Do I Follow?
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24 NLT The news in my little corner of the world over the last week has highlighted for me the importance of our choices. We […]
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Five Reasons Forgiveness Leads to Freedom
Forgiveness is hard. Most of the time I don’t want to forgive. I’ve been hurt, I’m sad or angry or maybe even afraid. My brain screams, don’t let them get away with this, fight back! But experience tells me otherwise. Faith demands a different response. 1. If I don’t forgive, my faith is weak. We […]
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Cutting Deep
I got up early this morning and went out to prune my rosebushes. I plant the southern standard, knock out roses. They are hardy. They bloom and rebloom all summer. However, as the summer wears on they get more and more stingy with the blooms, unless you prune them! And one hard truth I’ve learned […]
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