Category: Healing
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4 years healed … 4 years of grace
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be…
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Colliding with destiny … Finding hope in the legacy of Ruth, A Review
This book is a must read for women who are in the middle of challenging times. I have read the book of Ruth quite a few times, but I had never approached it from the perspective of a young woman emerging from great loss, isolation, and the unknown. Sarah Jakes offers practical insight about…
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The lyre and the lambs … A review
Sydney Avey’s sequel to The Sheepwalker’s Daughter masterfully walks the reader through the winding path of relationships, faith, and discovery. Set in the sixties, tradition clashes with modernity in one neighborhood. Difference erupted in opposition. Dee’s mother’s home burned to the ground in The Sheepwalker’s Daughter. Tradition burned. Dee’s daughter, Valerie, built a modern…
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Is God working in your life … for good?
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 I’ve used this verse many times to “comfort” myself and others during dark times giving them hope that everything would be all right in the…
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Who do you need to forgive?
“Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. … “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for…
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Biblical Healing and Deliverance … A review
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and rulers of the darkness of the world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:11-12 Satan doesn’t want…
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If God is Good … Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil – A review
If the Creator of the world is good, why is there evil? Randy Alcorn tackles an age-old question with unique insight and logic. I have asked “Why?”many times. Like Job, never an answer to the question, but a refocus on the greatness of God. Alcorn writes: Grace and forgiveness, both expressions of God’s eternal character,…
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Hiding in the cave of despair? Do what David did
The entrance to a cave in Deir-Dubban, six miles southwest of Bethlehem on the border of the Philistine plains and at the foot of the Judean mountains. There are a number of vaults about 15 to 20 feet deep, and perhaps David and his family lived for a time in one of the vaults.…
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Unwrapping Lazarus, a review
Dr. Pete Carter’s job description is “to bring hope wherever I am.” Unwrapping Lazarus: Freeing the Supernatural in Your Life beckons the reader to unwrap the bindings of traditions and learned religion in order to open our lives to the great and precious promises and possibilities that God has for His children–to live in freedom…
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What if we laid down our sorrows?
What if we laid down our sorrows for the joy of the Lord? Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness shall surround him. Psalm 32:10 What if we laid down our shame for the joy of the Lord? Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of…