putting god first
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Back to life
While Easter is a time to go to church, share a meal with family and for many the beginning or end of “spring break” it’s all too easy to fall into “going through the motions”. “He has risen! He has risen indeed!” We utter the phrase do the church thing and go about life. First…
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You should goal meekness
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 What is this verse about? Is “meek” what I want to be? I pondered on what to write for my first post of 2024. This seems appropriate. An ideal that I would like to live up to, a goal for the new year.…
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Nobody is perfect.
My kids are crazy this time of year as are many others. Then there’s traffic. Poor road conditions (depending on where you live). It’s year end at work, finish strong! And don’t forget that self evaluation before Christmas! Then there was that lady that took the last “whatchmacallit” in the whole store out of your…
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Have you tried it your way?
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16: 9 I have over an over again! And the thing is through hard work and perseverance I thought I had made these thing happen. I was so smart, no one else could think of that!. I was so strong, people…
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RESENTful MESS!
What we hold on to in offense, bitterness, anger, or resentment simmers and grows inside making us a mess. Let go in forgiveness means letting yourself off the hook to use wasted energy other places, not to admit someone’s behavior was justified. Take back the time you have wasted seething and use it to inspire…
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Got Milk?
The Holy Spirit has a home in all of us. He is there working behind the scenes. We are inspired in so many ways by the Lord. He leads us in his ways if we listen. A friend of mine related a story to me about just such an occasion. She was a widowed mother…
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Building a Path
Have you wandered? Have you thought “This is all there is?” I have. Now I want to serve the Lord more then ever but how? Build a path, clear the brush so it’s open and level the path so it’s smooth. First, bring him with you everyday all day so that you may not forget…
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Testimony
I was raised in a church. I went to Christian Elementary school while my dad volunteered at church and my my mom worked there. I was involved and knew the Grace of the Lord from a young age. I ventured into the wilderness of adulthood and rather than coming out victorious after 40 days I…
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