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  • Go Do It !

    Go Do It !

    This news is just too good to keep to ourselves. Time for action! Jesus is letting us know this news is good for everyone. There is no one who is not eligible to receive this news if they want to. No need to travel off to a foreign mission field. The nations are all around […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    April 14, 2018
    Memorize God’s Word
  • It’s All About the Good News!

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    March 31, 2018
    Memorize God’s Word
  • Who God Made Me

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    March 4, 2018
    Memorize God’s Word
  • Love – February 2018 Scripture Memory Challenge

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    February 3, 2018
    Memorize God’s Word
    Love, Memorize God’s Word
  • January Scripture Memory Challenge

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    January 1, 2018
    Memorize God’s Word
  • Three Benefits of Memorizing Scripture and 2018 Scripture Memory Challenge

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    December 30, 2017
    Memorize God’s Word
    Memorize God’s Word, Priorities
  • Really? That’s Where You’re Sending Me?

    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, […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    October 18, 2017
    Let Your Light Shine
  • Stolen Identity

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    July 31, 2017
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  • Who Do I Follow?

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    July 12, 2017
    Uncategorized
    Let Your Light Shine, Love, struggle
  • Five Reasons Forgiveness Leads to Freedom

    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 […]

    Loretta Gjeltema

    June 29, 2017
    Uncategorized
    Forgiveness, Let Your Light Shine, struggle
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