A big wave crashes downAnd smothers you under the waterHad you only faith like JesusYou would have been walking on the wavesBut doubt crept inAnd made you falterWho can you trustIf you can’t even trust the One who saves? A. C. McGuire, Poems & Prayers 1. We doubt God’s truthfulness There may come a day […]
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A few years ago, my husband shared an intimate moment with me. Before he had come to Christ, while he was a teenager, he decided to meditate. He sat on his couch and rather than thinking about nothing, he focused his attention on the ringing in his ears. The more he focused, the louder it
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Jesus lived to serve and to glorify His Father. He resisted all temptations, living a holy and sinless life. His self-control was the strongest of all humans because of His desire to please and glorify His Father rather than Himself. The best example of His control over His flesh, is in the story of His
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1. Jesus teaches us that we must treat prayer as intimacy between us and God (Matthew 6:6). Jesus prayed by Himself (Matthew 14:23 & Mark 1:35, & Luke 5:16, 6:12), thus we are called to pray by ourselves. We are not called to treat prayer as something for us to boast about, for it is
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River Falls – Whispers of Truth Valerie M. Bodden never fails to fill my heart with beautiful love stories between characters and between characters and God. Every single book of hers that I read, is like I’m gaining new friends. (If only the characters were real!) Whispers of Truth is a book about determination, perseverance,
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On February 14, 269 AD, a man by the name of Priest Valentine was sentenced to death for secretly performing marriages after they were outlawed for young couples. In a time where people were deciding that it was not important to get married and actually condemned the action of getting married to another, St. Valentine
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One of the ways bitterness can be formed is through a prideful heart… A sort of “righteous” bitterness, if you will; a bitterness that says, “I’m better than you.” This kind of bitterness is dangerous, because you won’t see it as such. You’ll see it as a stance for Christianity – a stance for Jesus.
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The Fire In Our Hearth As the third book in the “Aveline” Series by Rae Walsh, I was a little disappointed. While the story was great, I wish she had focused a little more on the relationship developing between the two main characters – Daniel and Ani. This book was about Ani coming to town
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A Jar Full Of Light This book is the second book of a series. It ties into the first book beautifully, because, while you get new main characters, the book begins essentially right where the first one left off – continuing the story, but with an outside perspective of Katie and her beau, Sam. This
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The Lost Art Of Reverie This book was the perfect first book of a 3 book series. The main character of this book was a woman named Katie. She was a dreamer – like most of us – dreaming of a beautiful, happy, glorious future. She dreamed of the kind of future that was filled
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