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How Committed?
“Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy...
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We are Witnesses that He is Alive!
“I, even I am the Lord, and besides me there is no Savior. I have declared and have saved, and I have showed when there was no strange god among you; therefore, ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,...
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“…that they may believe…”
“And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And He said, Cast it on the ground…that [Israel] may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God...
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…but be thou an example…
“Tiffany wants you to start writing for our blog once a month.” I announced to my little sister as I walked into the kitchen. Her 14-year old eyebrows flew up and she got a rather shy grin on her face....
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“A Peculiar People”
Apple season in VT Three days each week, I make the drive from my home in upstate New York to Manchester, Vermont where I teach at a music academy. I never tire of this drive; it is easily one of the...
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Want Your Testimony to Make a Difference?
Note from the Admin: As I opened the following post from Elizabeth in my email last weekend, I was struck by the powerful truths that can be communicated in so few words. I’d like to encourage you to...
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2014: Answering the Big “Why”
Rain drips from the eaves outside. It’s a grey December day and candle-lit Christmas memories filled with joyful faces are fresh in my mind. With startled amazement, my heart stares into a New Year...
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Complacency: “Why Must I Know Why?”
“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place” – Harriet Beecher Stowe I remember the day when, as a struggling teenager, I was challenged with...
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You Should WANT to Know Why
Jesus put it clearly: “Before I came, they didn’t understand the depth of their sin. But now they hate me, because I have revealed their hypocrisy to them” (Jn. 15:22, 24 paraphrased). Are we hiding...
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Love Your Friends, Good & Bad
In our first post this week, I shared about some wrong friendships that I allowed to influence and eventually control my life. I also wrote about how God broke those off when I surrendered my life to...
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Don’t Just Live Jesus In Church
Today we’re launching into Question #17: “Why is it important to build our lives around a discipleship mindset, regardless of our career or occupation?“ For the rest of our lives, most of our waking...
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Individual Souls = Eternally Impacting Life Work
God created men and women to work. To learn and build, conquer and raise, shepherd and disciple. Each of us who are believers were created not just for physical work, but for spiritual labors as well....
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Forgotten the Work, Forsaken the Blessing?
In 1952, our country enacted a formal law which called all Americans to observe a national day of prayer annually. This year, the National Day of Prayer is May 1st. In light of this week’s topic, the...
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The Ministry of the Daily Grind
As I’ve worked on the posts throughout the week, I have to say I’ve been convicted of my own under-estimation of God’s ability to do something great through one, little, insignificant me… I mean,...
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No Shrubs Allowed!
When I was a little girl, I spent a few, short months in Sunday school. My teacher was a pleasant older lady and I remember she wore a lot of red lipstick. But perhaps the most memorable thing about...
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A Painful Past (Part 3)
On August 16th, 2007, I awoke at 4:00 AM. I don’t remember much about that morning, but I remember the drive downtown to the hospital. The day was here. I was going in for a life-threatening...
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A Painful Past (Part 4)
After seven days completely bedridden, it was time for my second surgery. I had been on moderate doses of very strong painkillers (mostly morphine), and the drugs affected my memory at that time. Some...
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Shining in Small Corners
“What is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live and do this or that.” James 4:14-15 Every...
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The Joy Factor
Some time ago, I listened to a convicting message on Revive our Hearts in which Nancy Wolgemuth (formerly DeMoss) talked about revival and its resulting joy. She asked the question, “What is...
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Another Person’s Shoes
{December 22nd, 2012} I sit on the rug in the evening and stare at Christmas lights. I am a five year old again, lost in the beauty that a tiny light bulb holds, my thoughts far away, and counting my...
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