Relationship

Why Waiting is Important

Date: December 10, 2018
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Categories: Christmas, Consistency, Faith, Prayer, Relationship, Trust

We are in the Advent season as Christ followers. I have to admit, though, that I was wondering what the definition of advent was, so I had to look it up. Advent is the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. The dictionary gave an example of advent as…

Learning from Billy Graham

Date: December 3, 2018
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Categories: Consistency, Faith, Relationship, Stories, Trust

Over Thanksgiving, we were close enough to the Billy Graham Library that we decided this would be a great rainy-day activity. The Library consists of his home when he was younger, a barn which contains memorabilia, and the grounds also include where he and his wife are buried; along with…

Why You Need to Help Others

Date: November 4, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Consistency, Overwhelmed, Prayer, Relationship, Rest, Time Management

I don’t know about you, but I enjoy a day off. A day where life is all about me: no chores, no business, no school, and no church. Life doesn’t seem to give us many of those days. There always seems to be one thing to do where you have…

Does Your Faith Bring Healing to Others?

Date: October 21, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Expectations, Faith, Friendship, Relationship

This week we will enter into the town of Capernaum in the New Testament. I’m in the process of reading the gospels in my chronological Bible, and I’m having so much fun reliving the places and towns we visited as I read these stories. For those of you who do…

Are You Ready to Heal?

Date: October 7, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Expectations, Peace, Relationship, Spiritual Battle, Trust

That’s a loaded question, right? Are you ready to heal? Heal from what, you might ask. Your past? Your present? Your failures? Well, that’s for you to decide. We all have scars, bruises, and cuts that we have to handle. Not all of these wounds are faults of our own….

Can You Resist Temptation?

Date: September 30, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Boundaries, Overwhelmed, Prayer, Relationship, Rest, Spiritual Battle

Temptation is such a colorful word. Sin, wrongdoing, bad places, bad friends, Satan, and Adam and Eve are just a few things that come to mind. Along with temptation, I think of failure, guilt, shame, and disappointment in myself or others. Temptation tends to have a negative connotation to me….

God is Ready to Move

Date: September 23, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Book Reviews, Expectations, Relationship

I’ve read through more of The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus. In the part I recently read, he was talking about the prophet Elijah and the widow whose husband had died. She needed money to pay her debts and had nothing but a little oil. So, Elijah tells her to…

Don’t Quit Too Soon!

Date: September 3, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Bible Study, Consistency, Expectations, Relationship

I’m currently reading the book The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus. The idea of the arrows is rooted in the encounter with King Joash and Elisha in the book of 2 Kings. Elisha instructs the king to strike the arrows on the ground and the king stops after three. Elisha…

And, Now, We’re Moving On…

Date: August 25, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Friendship, Prayer, Relationship

This week we took our oldest daughter to college. It was a new experience for us; both exciting and weird. For those of you who have gone before us in this part of life, you might have a better word than weird. Unfortunately, I’m still in the process of processing…

Transitions in Life

Date: July 21, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Bible Study, Death, Expectations, Faith, Overwhelmed, Relationship, Stories

One of the pastors at our church recently preached on transitions in our lives. Our church is in the midst of a transition as we are looking for a new pastor. Then, the next morning, we found out about a dear gentleman in our church who died suddenly. A few…

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