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Who Do You Trust?
Read more: Who Do You Trust?A terrific storm came up suddenly on the lake. Water poured in, and they were about to capsize. They woke Jesus: "Master, Master, we're going to drown!" Getting to his feet, he told the wind, "Silence!" and the waves, "Quiet down!" They did it. The lake became smooth as glass. Then he said to his…
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Weekend Devo – Precious Moments
Read more: Weekend Devo – Precious MomentsYesterday I attended the funeral of a friend's husband. He'd lived a full life, knowing his place in this world and especially his place in God's Kingdom. He'd lived for Jesus and impacted the lives of many. What I loved most about this service was the stories shared about this man's life. Hearing them reminded…
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Prince Charming Is…. The Average Joe
Read more: Prince Charming Is…. The Average JoeGood Morning Everyone. Today’s post is just for the ladies. Sorry guys but if you read on I hope you feel affirmed. Girls, yesterday I was listening to a radio program where the host was interviewing an author of a book titled, Average Joe. This interview brought into sharp focus some facts that we, as…
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In Community
Read more: In CommunityThe significance of community has truly become more and more apparent to me as I walk this journey in a mismatched marriage and have the pleasure of interacting with you, our readers, here, on our Facebook page and on our 1Peter3Living Yahoo group. The very first group I ever joined was in Europe at my…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Read more: Chronicles of the Donovan ClanIt’s been a long while since I’ve updated the Chronicles. So today, join me for a peek into the Donovan house. Most of you who have been readers here know that I am a bit wacky and I love an adventure. I see adventure in so many things. I am convinced that is because God…
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Are You Desperate?
Read more: Are You Desperate?There came a day. That day when I finally said, “I can’t do this anymore.” I am a determined and self-sufficient woman and for “that” day to finally arrive, I was truly at the end of my rope. I was desperate. I couldn’t have one more argument over my faith with him. I was done…
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Message in a Wrapper
Read more: Message in a WrapperYou know, God really does have a sense of humor. The last couple weeks have been fraught with issues in the Miller home. Nothing life threatening. Just financially exhausting. First our cat winds up needing some costly vet visits thanks to some unknown creature that bit his tail. As I started to write this our…
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Meet MaryLu Tyndall
Read more: Meet MaryLu TyndallFinally after five years I am humbled to meet MaryLu Tyndall. Marylu came to our very fist book signing this past weekend at Berean, San Jose. It was a blast by the way. This is her between Dineen and I. Marylu was unequally yoked until she finally had given up hope that her husband would…
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What a Twitter?
Read more: What a Twitter?Do you tweet? Well sometimes I get over to my TweetDeck and try to keep up with all the incessant yet compelling whirs and whistles. I will open up the Twitter deck and the next thing I know I find myself lost in a vortex of crazy conversations, hash tags I don’t understand and giggles…
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It’s a Rug.
Read more: It’s a Rug.Do you have a rug? You know. The big woven monstrosity that sits in the living room under the coffee table? This rug displays it’s finely designed workmanship to the world. Everyone who steps into the entryway notices its extraordinary color and luxurious fabric. It’s put together with exquisite patience. It’s well worn. It is…..…
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Revealing the Lie
Read more: Revealing the LieOne of the things we talk about in our book is walking out of the guilt and shame of our pasts. Whether you knowingly married an unbeliever or came to faith after you married, God has a plan for your marriage. But if you’re still carrying around guilt over how you wound up in your…
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Submit To Your Husband. You Win in the End
Read more: Submit To Your Husband. You Win in the EndSubmit to your husband. Why is it, this very short sentence makes my emotions bristle? For far too many years the teachings from Ephesians 5:22 have been misunderstood and misrepresented. So let’s have some real and honest talk about God’s intention of this passage and let’s take it a step further. Can you submit to…
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The Sacrifice of Prayer
Read more: The Sacrifice of PrayerEvery time I read about Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsmane, I stop at the part where he’s praying so earnestly, “his sweat was like drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:44). In researching this further, I found out there is actually a condition called hematidrosis (sounds like something from House,…
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The Power of a Three-Stranded Cord in an Unequal Marriage
Read more: The Power of a Three-Stranded Cord in an Unequal MarriageThe Power of a Three-Stranded Cord in an Unequal Marriage . . . a three-stranded cord is not easily broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:12, CJB) In the verses prior to this, Solomon is speaking of how two are better than one because if one falls the other can help them up. They can keep one another warm…
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The Funny Thing About Losing Your Life
Read more: The Funny Thing About Losing Your LifeDuring my quiet time the other morning, I sat there reflecting on the direction God has taken my life. What sparked my examination was another reference to the movie Chariots of Fire about Olympic runner Eric Liddell. I know…this movie and story gets referenced a lot but this time it wasn't his choice not to…
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Our Greatest Weapon-Prayer
Read more: Our Greatest Weapon-PrayerAt church Sunday, a friend of mine stood up with her husband and shared their testimony of how God saved their marriage ten years ago. I’ve only been at this church for about nine years so I had no idea this was the case. This couple has been an inspiration to me, especially my friend.…
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Marriage Monday – Trust Me and Take Courage
Read more: Marriage Monday – Trust Me and Take CourageIt's Marriage Monday. This is a monthly marriage meme where our online community contributes and participates in a single marriage topic: Our Topic for March is "Trust" e-Mom: Please accept my invitation to join us for Marriage Monday on March 7, 2011. Our group topic is trust. As always, you have all the freedom you…
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Weekend Devo – Pray with Devotion!
Read more: Weekend Devo – Pray with Devotion!Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward…
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Glee and Other Thoughts – The Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Read more: Glee and Other Thoughts – The Chronicles of the Donovan ClanI hope you read the comments from my Monday post, Television and Our Kids. There are some very wise parents who offered their thoughts and reflect on some of their past interactions with regard to their children and the media. I am deeply troubled over the direction television programing is headed. It is reflective of…
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Television and our Kids
Read more: Television and our KidsSo I’m bugged. And I’m going to have to chat about it. I’m opening up a bucket of worms in controversy. But if we as believers don’t talk about some of this stuff how are we going to help one another? So I’m bugged about television. On several levels. I may not have all of…
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One Little Step and Then……
Read more: One Little Step and Then……I listen as she wept softly. I spoke to this young wife on the phone recently. She found herself in a place she never imagined could happen to her. Like so many of us, her husband lost his business because of the economy and they are in a financial meltdown. They moved to a new…
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Be All You Can Be
Read more: Be All You Can BeI’ve been harboring a lie and I didn’t know it. Last Friday I sat during my quiet time, praising God for the amazing ways He’s using this ministry, and Lynn and I, to reach out and help others in spiritually mismatched marriages. I will tell you I was so overcome with gratitude that God was…
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A Very Different Post
Read more: A Very Different PostToday’s post is different. What is living on earth really all about? Can you say that you honestly understand why you are here and what your role in life is? Do you know that there is only ONE thing that is of concern to the human race? Only one singular thing must be our focus?…
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The Intentional Marriage – A Look at 1Peter 3:1-5
Read more: The Intentional Marriage – A Look at 1Peter 3:1-5In case you didn’t get to watch our live broadcast, here’s the recording of The Intentional Marriage show from yesterday. I will warn you that I got a little emotional, but in a good way! LOL! But I did. God is filling my heart with so much new stuff right now, I can’t even put…