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What Personality was Jesus?
Read more: What Personality was Jesus?Did you take the personality test? Scroll down and read Friday's post. On Friday many of us did and I was thrilled to hear from you. I think it was cool that you also figured out the personality of your spouse. Having that knowledge sure can help as we interact with them. So, what personality…
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Wekend Devotion – Worldly Wisdom Takes a Blow
Read more: Wekend Devotion – Worldly Wisdom Takes a BlowFor it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? – 1Corinthians 1:19-20 I know there's been a lot…
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Thankful Thursday – Another Front Row Seat
Read more: Thankful Thursday – Another Front Row SeatToday was a day of change. I watched as a portion of the Bible was lived out before my very eyes… in living color. (Titus 2) Today I stepped down from leading my small group Bible study for our last six-week segment. Taking my place is a brand new leader, Heidi. She is a younger woman…
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Open Forum
Read more: Open ForumSpiritually Unequal Marriage is fast approaching the end of our third year. I bet Lynn is shaking her head in disbelief right now. I went back through the posts to see the very first one! Hee hee…May 1st. Personally, I can't believe it's been almost two years since I joined in the "fun" here at…
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Herding cats = Middle School Band
Read more: Herding cats = Middle School BandGood Monday Morning to Everyone: This post is a departure from the norm. But, I just had to share some fun moments from the Donovan Clan. Over the weekend I was one of about 14 adults who chaperoned my teen-daughter’s middle school band competition. We traveled with about 80 students, five hours by bus from…
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Weekend Devotion – The 99
Read more: Weekend Devotion – The 99Then Jesus told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then…
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God is at Great Risk
Read more: God is at Great RiskA friend of mine passed me a book hoping my husband would pick it up and read it. Oh, how I wish my man would read some of the many, many books I have purchased for him over the years. I bet every one of us in a spiritually mismatched marriage has hoped the same…
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Thankful Thursday
Read more: Thankful ThursdayI just listened to the recording of my talk from the conference last week. All I can say is –I sound weird. No, I actually sound like my sister. Have you ever noticed that you never sound like what you “think” you should sound like? One thing I know for sure, I would definitely use a mic…
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What are you fighting for?
Read more: What are you fighting for?Last week Stephen Colbert hosted author Bart Ehrman on his show, featuring his latest book Jesus Interrupted. I watched this show with my hubby because it's one of his favorites, yet we ended up in a debate regarding the validity of the Bible. Let me say first that this author who's described as "one of…
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The Social Dynamics of Uniquely Yoked!
Read more: The Social Dynamics of Uniquely Yoked!I woke on Sunday morning with an old Hymn on my lips. Literally, I awoke singing…. He arose. He arose. Hallelujah, Christ arose… How does that happen? I mean it was really cool. But how on Easter morning do I wake with an old hymn in my soul? Hmmmm I don’t think I have heard…
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New Beginnings
Read more: New BeginningsPart of the heart message of Christ’s ministry is new beginnings. One of our greatest benefits in salvation is that everyday is a chance start over. We’re human, and we will undoubtedly mess up-daily even. But we have a God who loved so much that he took care of that, too. Praise be to the…
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Remembering Good Friday
Read more: Remembering Good FridayJohn 12: 24-25 Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it…
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Yellow Pages and a Prayer
Read more: Yellow Pages and a PrayerI want to welcome everyone who is popping in from A Woman Inspired Conference. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to stop over here. During the conference I shared how God used a prayer and the yellow pages to orchestrate the sensational. My husband prayed for salvation with Joe, the contractor, while…
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What kind of people are you?
Read more: What kind of people are you?"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are the ones who receive the…
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A Shaghetti Western
Marriage MondayRead more: A Shaghetti Westerne-Mom of Chrysalis Is hosting Marriage Monday. Our topic: "Friendship in Christian Marriage." How do you and your husband celebrate your friendship together. Scripture teaches us to phileo our husbands (Titus 2:4). This is a human brotherly kind of affection and love. For most men, phileo translates into side-by-side companionship. What do you two love…
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Laced With Grace
Read more: Laced With GraceThe LWG team thought to celebrate our Lord’s Resurrection with a special giveaway. The package includes a Veggie Tale DVD, Resurrection Eggs, a journal, the novel ‘Fireproof’, and Max Lucado’s ‘Facing your Giants’ (Paperback book and MP3 Sermon Series). To Enter: Leave a comment on a devotion that is being published in the up-coming week…
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The Question of the Ages
Read more: The Question of the AgesIn Judges 6:13, Gideon asks God the question of the ages. "But sir," Gideon replied, "if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?" If we haven't asked it as some point in our lives, even as Christians, we've most definitely wondered about it. Why does God let bad things happen…
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What About the Kids?
Read more: What About the Kids?My daughter AND my husband attended church with me yesterday. As the pastor stepped up to begin his message, he picked up a rope. He then asked one of the guys seated up front to take the other end of the rope and start walking out of the sanctuary. This yellow rope began to stretch…
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Weekend Devotion – Developing a Persistent Love
Read more: Weekend Devotion – Developing a Persistent LoveIn keeping with our theme this week of "not giving up," Lynn and I thought this devotional by Rick Warren was great! We hope it blesses you as it did us.Praying and believing,Dineen Developing a Persistent Loveby Rick Warren "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance" (1…
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Spiritual Leadership and the Heebie Jeebies
Read more: Spiritual Leadership and the Heebie JeebiesJesus said: Luke 6:41 “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? 42 How can you think of saying, ‘Friend, let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan –
Didn’t See THIS Comin’.Read more: Chronicles of the Donovan Clan –When do we give up hope? Most of you know my husband became unemployed like millions of others in January. Unemployment can really shake a man up. It’s a blow to the psyche. My husband’s shake-up propelled him to attend church with me back then. He astonished me further when he joined me during Wednesday…
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Most Unusual Birthday Gift
Read more: Most Unusual Birthday GiftI remember a chat I had with Rebecca Saville, Psychologist and contributor here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage, several moths ago. We were talking about men and women and about how we view change in our marriage relationship in very different ways. She said this: A woman marries a man thinking she can change him. A man…
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Thankful Thursday – We Are Free!
Read more: Thankful Thursday – We Are Free!Isaiah 61 The Year of the LORD’s Favor 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners We serve…
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Great Marriage Quotes
Read more: Great Marriage QuotesYa'll are wise. Have I told you that lately? Well, you amaze me. Your advice and wisdom with regard to the Affair post last week was spot on! Today, I need some more of your mental power. Mostly, I need some of your Holy Spirit inspired advice. I am working on my speaking outline for…