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The Heartaches, Hazards and Hope
Blessings of HOPE! Prayer requests? A quick wedding of someone much too young, a brain tumor in a thirty-something year old, memory loss that forced withdrawal from all that’s familiar, knee...
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The Problem of Spiritual Pain
Blessings of spiritual health! Prayer requests? Physical pain captures our attention, and if severe enough, demands immediate action in the form of medication, surgery, therapy, or lifestyle change...
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Happy 4th! A Time to Remember …“My Country Tis of Thee”
A time to reflect, a time to remember … God’s blessings on our nation, our state, our city and you. Written by Samuel Francis Smith; the tune used for this song is “God Save the Queen”, the British...
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I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
“I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!” Crazed USA soccer fans chanted the catchy words repeatedly as they bounced in frenzied rhythm throughout Brazil’s stadiums and world-wide watch...
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Fighting All Battles
“Ukraine Jets Strike Rebels,” “Gaza Fired Approximately 690 Rockets and Mortars into Israel,” and “Israeli Air Strikes Pounded More Targets in Gaza” offer three of today’s headlines. Present day...
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The Crisis Prep
Water steadily drips and drones out all other sounds. The carpet underneath is growing saturated and it’s Saturday afternoon. Help! After a quick call to the emergency number of our trusty air...
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Are Christians called to a commitment of inconvenience?
What happened this past week? If you’re like most people you handled the ‘must do’s’ and lamented the ‘left undones.’ Perhaps you fulfilled personal and professional demands with little time for...
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Spreading Spiritual Encouragement
Declining health has forced a long-time friend to all but give up regular church attendance. However, recently she experienced three spiritual encounters. The first two involved repairmen working at...
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Is Christianity in America too Easy?
Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Face it; Christians in America have it...
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The New Big Inning
Thoughts of inadequacy and doubt overwhelmed me as I drove to Seminary for orientation. Only my second visit to the campus, I wasn’t fully certain of where to park or in which building to enter. I...
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What inspires you to praise God?
Psalm 8:9, “O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!” During the drive to the ranch last evening an incredible cloud formation greeted us. It looked like two smooth layers of...
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The Showers of Blessing
2 Samuel 23:16, “So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he...
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The Matter of Temptation
1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will...
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Our God Cares
Silence blanketed the ranch early this morning while the horizon spilled over with the brilliant golden orange, pink and purple shades of sunrise. My hands cupped warm vanilla cream coffee, and in the...
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The Strengthening Faith
Violent winds and rain stormed through our area recently creating havoc with downed trees and power outages. We lost a cedar tree that stood near the back of the ranch house and it fell on the barbed...
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What’s My ‘Acceptable Service?’
As I reflected on Oswald Chambers’ devotional of October 8 in My Utmost for His Highest, it seems sometimes we Christians expect we should be doing ‘big’ things for God. We may even ‘hold out’ for what...
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Are You Prepared for the Future?
On a recent drive to the ranch we encountered heavy stop-and-go traffic before we realized a multi-car accident blocked several north and south bound lanes. We worked our way passed the pile-up and...
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Deleting Spiritual Spam
1 John 3:7, “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;” Deleting ‘spam’ is a daily chore even with the best of computer...
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Eyes on Jesus
Yesterday I followed my husband down two-lane highways and onto a busy multi-lane freeway on the way back from an outing. I felt confident in his knowledge of the roads, turns and curves, stop signs...
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Balancing on God’s Exercise Ball
For months I dealt with physical therapy in order to get rid of persistent pain. The therapist pushed core-building exercises, one of which was to perch on a large exercise ball, legs close together,...
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