Category: Encouragement
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The Nylon Strings (#recall12, July)
Welcome to the #recall12 series, where we are memorizing a little bit of God’s great Word together each month! This month’s verse is: “The Lord is my strength and my song.” Exodus 15:2 “TWANG-TWANG-TWANG-TWANG-TWANG….” I’m enjoying this. I love to listen to her play. Don’t criticize her for playing. Think about something else…. In the…
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The Great Thirty-eight. (#recall12 series, June.)
Welcome to the #recall12 series, where we are memorizing a little bit of God’s Word each month! This month’s verse is : “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10b “Thirty-eight is going to be great.” God has been whispering this blessing over my life as I…
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The Puppy Principle (#recall12 series)
“Would you like to get well?” John 5:6b (NLT) Sweating down the sidewalk past lunchtime, calvary of whiners in tow, I tried to focus on the petunias lining the lakefront streets. Aggravated by the lack of parental response, foot stomping and arm tugging ensued. The shrill demand escalated to a bossy holler each time my…
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The Flash Drive (#recall12 series)
The Holy Spirit ignites within the moment we believe in Christ, opening our eyes and ears to interpret God’s living Word. Prayer is like a flash drive containing the situational solutions to all of our problems. It’s useful to save a few key life verses on it, which is exactly what we’re doing here in the #recall12 series. In our struggle to find…
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The Smiley Faces
“MOMMMMMM-A!!!”cried my wallowing six-year old, accompanied by her trademark stomp of dissatisfaction. “It’s doing MINUSES now …that’s too HARD….” For days, exasperated sighs and incorrect buzzers had drifted from the kitchen counter at breakfast. But every once in a while, I would hear a jubilant yell: “A smiley-face! I got a smiley face! I beat the teacher!…
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