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You can choose to have Joy.
I know that I am going to get a lot of people that won’t agree with me on this, but we can choose to have “Joy” in our lives. I am not saying happiness (state of being full of a feeling or showing pleasure or contentment), but Joy (a lasting feeling of happiness and contentment…
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The Same, but Different.
This is the way I kind of look at believers as a whole. We are all the same as in we are all part of the family of Christ, but we are different in that God created each of us with different purposes. That little brown egg may not fit in 100% with those white…
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Bad News
We have to make sure that the things of this world don’t overcome us. What does that mean? There is so much in the news and online these days that it can cause us to fall into a funk or depression. Too much of it clearly goes against God’s Word and the majority of people…
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Map to the Christian Life
Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy…
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Make a Joyful Noise.
Psalm 100:1-2 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalm 95:1-2 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make…
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Personal Bible Study
Take some extra time this weekend to spend with Jesus in your personal Bible study. Go the extra mile and set apart an hour or so to pray and really focus on what God has for you. Look up definitions of words you may not know and maybe search out for other verses that may…
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Part of Growing up.
Do you ever feel like your kids are just not listening to you? Or they don’t care what you have to say? Well,… If you haven’t figured it out yet, that is pretty normal for a lot of parents. My parents went through the same things with me when I was young. But as I…
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Northern Magic
Last year was the first time I ever saw the Northern lights. My husband got me up in the middle of the night, so that I could sit on a cold dock to stare up at the dark sky. We had been sitting there for almost an hour and I was feeling ready to leave,…
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Where do You Look for Fulfillment?
Honestly, the answer will very from person to person. The definition of fulfillment is the achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted. There is fulfillment in knowing that you did a good job at work or home. But the biggest fulfillment is knowing that you did well in your Christian life. Serving God is the…
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From Emotional, To Focused.
Today’s post is simply me venting out my emotions. Today, I woke up with the need to cry. I didn’t know the reason, but I could feel the tears forming in my eyes with every second that I was awake. It is now almost 4:00 and I still feel off. I don’t have tears running…