Prayer

The building is not what it used to be. It’s time for some renovation. The wall needs to be built, the ceiling needs repaired, the floors must be cleaned. You make plans to start the renovation, you buy supplies, and you move things around so the repairs can begin. Do…

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Do You Send Mixed Signals?

Working with kids can give you valuable insight into what the next generation deals with daily. If you will listen, they will not stop talking. If you will ask questions, they will answer. If you really ask the hard questions, they will think about their answers. This is something we’ve…

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Sacred Secrets

My Bible study group just finished Beth Moore’s Sacred Secrets study. It was not her typical Bible study. She based it upon a weekend ladies’ seminar. I enjoyed the subject matter but struggled somewhat to apply this to my life. I consider myself to be out-there with most people about…

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Give Thanks

My Scripture reading today took place in Psalm 28:6-9: “Blessed be the LORD, because He has heard the voice of my supplication. The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank…

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Yeah, I struggle, too.

Our family has had a lot of discussion on transparency lately and I’ve come to realize the more our children grow-up, the more transparent we have to be with our kids. They are growing up in this world and hard times will come upon them. I cannot always shelter them…

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An Old False Religion

I’ve been working through Priscilla Shirer’s 2013 Gideon Bible study. In the Bible we often hear about the people of Israel worshiping at the altars of Baal. Listen for a moment about what she says about Baalism: “Baalism sounds like such an ancient and distant religion that we tend to think…

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It’s Quiet

My girls have a teen activity tonight at church and I’m using this time to write instead of messing with traffic.  The teens started in the gym playing games, the music was loud, and I administered first aid by the giving of a band-aid.  Then, they all moved downstairs for…

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Let’s All Pray

Last week was a very strange and hard week for those in the United States.  Two brothers set off bombs at the Boston Marathon, a plant exploded in Texas and ricin-laced letters were sent to multiple people including the president.  Many people are living this week in a different mindset…

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Goodbye is Not Forever

For the past two weeks a large group of people have been praying for Kristina Adkins and her family. Kristina went in to deliver their fifth girl early last week, complications ensued, and she went to be with the Lord late Thursday evening. In the meantime, though, her husband Jeremy…

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