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Showing Christ
Read more: Showing ChristIf I could tell my husband one thing today, I would tell him I love him. If I could speak special words to him today, I would speak of my love for him. If I could show him who I love most, I would show him Christ. How do we show Christ? How do we…
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Marriage Monday – It’s back!
Read more: Marriage Monday – It’s back!Marriage Monday is back! This week is an open topic and since Lynn is on vacation, this little mousey (Dineen) gets to play! So I’ve chosen a topic I’m betting you can relate to. We Have a Failure to Communicate Have you ever had a conversation with your spouse that turned into an argument? (I…
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What is in Your Camp? It can be Destructive!
Read more: What is in Your Camp? It can be Destructive!This scripture started it all: Deuteronomy 23:14 For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you. If you remember I began this journey back…
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Letting Go…Again
Read more: Letting Go…AgainI did it again. I took back something I had given over to God. And it took losing my peace, joy, and confidence to realize it. I don’t like getting angry at God, and I can think of only one other time I’ve been angry with him. Now I can count two times, unfortunately. So…
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A Divine Balloon?
Weekend DevotionRead more: A Divine Balloon?Sunday my husband opened the back door to go outside to do some chores. As he opened the door, this is what he found lying on the doorstep. Now look at little closer. Can you read the words? Is reads: BAPTISM! I think God is hilarious! The delivery from the sky of this particular balloon…
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What’s In Your Camp?
Read more: What’s In Your Camp?This scripture started it all: Deuteronomy 23:14 For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you. If you remember I began this journey back…
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Thankful Thursday – A New Baby?
Read more: Thankful Thursday – A New Baby?Hi and welcome everyone to Thankful Thursday. Some of you have been participating in Thankful Thursday for quite some time. You may remember that in March I wrote a Thankful Thursday post about a new garden. You might recall we changed our backyard landscape from grass to a vegetable garden on the left and a…
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The Third Attitude of Waiting
Read more: The Third Attitude of WaitingThe last two weeks I’ve talked about the significance of waiting in our spiritual lives. Click here to read part one. Click here to read part two. Today I’ll continue with the final attitude of waiting. Waiting Expectantly. We all inevitably have times of waiting for God to move. Through time and trial, we learn…
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Life-Changing!
Read more: Life-Changing!I am attempting to gather my thoughts from my jet-lagged brain this morning. Amazing, fantastic, humbling, AWESOME…… These simple words are inadequate to describe this weekend at the She Speaks Conference. What I know for sure. God changed me. I will never, ever be the same….. I saw the Lord a fresh. I grasped in…
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Weekend Devotion – Are You Esther?
Read more: Weekend Devotion – Are You Esther?For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” – Esther 4:14 (NIV) Against opposing odds, Esther met the call…
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Thankful Thursday
Read more: Thankful ThursdayIf you are reading this on Thursday, June 19th, I am likely in an airplane headed from California to North Carolina. I am attending the She Speaks Conference hosted by Proverbs 31 Ministries. This opportunity is only possible because of my Jehovah-Jireh ~ the Lord our Provider. My precious mother paid for my tuition. My…
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The Second Attitude of Waiting
Read more: The Second Attitude of WaitingLast week I talked about the significance of waiting in our spiritual lives. Click here if you’d like to read that post. This week I want to explore the next attitude of waiting. Waiting Patiently. Our natural tendency leans toward a continuous sense of movement. When we feel our progress stalling, we grow agitated and…
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The Rooster and the Car-
Weekend DevotionRead more: The Rooster and the Car-The sky was brilliant and the birds were singing. I stepped out into the brisk air for my early morning jog yesterday. Now don’t be too impressed. If you saw me jogging toward you on any given morning, you would probably dive behind a bush to avoid me. All fashion sense is forgotten when I…
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King
Read more: KingIsaiah 44: 6 “This is what the LORD says- Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. Today I want to follow up to my post yesterday. Yesterday I told you about a recent conversation with my husband. Conversations about…
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Thankful Thursday
Read more: Thankful ThursdayLiving with an unbeliever actually has its advantages in some small ways. I think the Lord desires me to live in this awkward place of wholly loving Him and yet still attached to a world who does not know he exists. He constantly brings situations before me to stay sensitive to those who are lost,…
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The Attitudes of Waiting
Read more: The Attitudes of WaitingHow much time in a day do you spend waiting for something? We wait in car lines to pick up our kids. We wait in line to pay for our groceries. We wait for our food to arrive at a restaurant. On a spiritual level, I’m beginning to think we spend a lot of time…
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What is in Your Camp?
It IS indecent.Read more: What is in Your Camp?I have been writing about marriage for over two years. I believe in marriage as God designed it. I believe with all of my heart. Because of my strong convictions about the sanctity of marriage I am compelled to share my thoughts about current events with regard to marriage. I know my words will draw…
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What is in Your Camp?
Read more: What is in Your Camp?What’s in your camp? Does this title make you think of the Vikings and a credit card? Hmmmm Perhaps it is just me…. This scripture started it all: Deuteronomy 23:14 For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy,…
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Thankful Thursday – Gentleness
Read more: Thankful Thursday – Gentleness“You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.” ~ Psalm…
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The Choice
Read more: The Choice“I feel like a failure.” “I can’t seem to do anything right.” “Why can’t I overcome this?” “How can God still love me when I keep screwing up?” Do any of these statements sound familiar to you? I know I’m very familiar with the first one and lately, that last one has crept in. I’ve…
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What is Indecent?
Read more: What is Indecent?I have sat down three different times to write this post. Writing about what is indecent is difficult for several reasons. First, it is likely I will tread on some extremely controversial issues. Second, I worry these flammable topics will heap unnecessary guilt onto some of us. I know I struggle with this in my…
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Discouragement
Read more: DiscouragementThis past Sunday I went with my daughter to her church for the first time. When we walked in, I felt comfortable right away. I enjoyed the worship immensely, but it was the sermon that truly had me near tears. The pastor* spoke about being discouraged, especially if you’re a perfectionist and disappointed because things…
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Laced With Grace – What A Mess
Read more: Laced With Grace – What A MessProverbs 31:28a Her children arise and call her blessed; I don’t know about you but I read this scripture and want to laugh. If you asked my kids about this passage and their mom, you would need to wait 30 minutes while they have hysterics on the floor. Then they would say: … Hop over…
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What’s In Your Camp? The Holy Spirit?
Read more: What’s In Your Camp? The Holy Spirit?Do our physical surrounding impact the spiritual realm? Is it possible to change your surroundings in a peaceful and loving way when your home is divided because of faith? Can you think of one item that must go? Does this scripture still apply to us today and does it matter to God what is in…