Category: Christian Walk
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5 Prayer Points to Live By
When the temple was completed, all the elders and Levites brought the ark of the covenant, the tent of meeting, and the holy vessels before King Solomon and the assembly of Israel. They sacrificed sheep and oxen–too many to number–before the ark. Then the priests placed the ark in the Holy Place. When they came…
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God Bless America … Let Freedom Reign!
Freedom wall in Murrieta, California Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom He has chosen as His heritage! Psalm 33:12 The United States of America was bought with the blood of our colonial soldiers and the protection of God Almighty, and it is preserved by the blood of our American…
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God Will Increase Your Influence
“Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!” And God granted him what he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10 Root-bound. I recently repotted my mint and basil. The herbs just weren’t looking right. The mint…
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Memorial Day … A reminder of America’s values
“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and…
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Still Waiting … There’s Hope in Waiting on God
The Bleeding Woman’s story is my story, and it’s Ann Swindell’s story. In Matthew 9, Mark 5, and Luke 8, we read about a woman who suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years. Twelve long years … until she reached out and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment. Swindell suffers from trichotillomania, a disorder that…
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Gifts from Heaven … 40 stories of answered prayer
Prayer. Christians pray, and they wait. They pray more earnestly, and they wait in expectation. It’s the last minute. Is God going to intervene? Thirty-nine authors, 40 true stories. Forty answered prayers. Just in time.
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Jesus is Risen!
Jesus died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, He was buried; He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures … Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? 1 Corinthians 15 May the reality of the amazing love of Jesus penetrate your very being as you contemplate…
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7 Palm Sunday Questions
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9 Five days before the Passover, our Messiah rode down the Mount of Olives as He lived…
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5 Tips to Falling in Love with God’s Word
Flitting from one flower to another, sucking pollen or nectar until her sac is full, then off to the beehive where thousands of honey bees feverishly work. It takes 300 bees 3 weeks to make 450 grams or almost a pound of honey. (Australian Honey Bee Industry Council) All that hard work for a pound of sweetness.…
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Treasures of God … Take the Challenge
Life sustainers, life containers, life treasures. Mixed Sunday biscuits, taste makers. Microwaved oatmeal breakfasts, color pleasers. Salads with a story, smile makers. In the late 1970s, Keith and I bought a teak salad bowl set in the Philippines. Pictures of the past, imagination prompters. Passed from father to daughter, this was Daddy’s cereal bowl when he was…