Monthly Archives: August 2009

Treading Water? God Enables us to Stand!

Wow! Keeping your head above the business of this world is like treading water some days. How are you feeling? Overwhelmed or under appreciated? Seek the Lord with your whole heart. The ways of this world are not the ways … Continue reading

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Fretting Over Swine Flu?

 Jeremiah 16 19- O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that … Continue reading

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Summer Slump!

Well our daughter is tucked away at her college and classes have begun. I am just being revived from the hustle and bustle of getting prepared for the senior year. Our son is happy with his new life with his … Continue reading

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Is Anyone Happy?

The Prayer of Faith James 5:13-14 13- ‘Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14- Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the … Continue reading

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BUSY!

I have not written on this blog for a few days because our daughter has flown in from Europe after a 66 day study tour–it took three days to re-adjust her time change and ever since then it has been … Continue reading

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Spiritual Truths from a Stargazer

My family and I had a lot of fun sitting in the backyard this week looking for shooting stars.  They were so fast and fleeting I had difficulty seeing them!  But they certainly were beautiful and worth the wait.  The Bible says … Continue reading

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Grace and Love!

1 Timothy 1:14 “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” I take the mornings slow and meditate on God’s word and love. Today a little … Continue reading

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What Is Real?

Colossians 2:17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. Choosing Christ is Real! Are you choosing Christ or the way of Christ in every aspect of life? To do … Continue reading

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Thleebopistology

In yesterday’s post we asked, what do you call that doctrine that describes the Christian’s response to adversity?  After receiving some wonderful input and further consideration, how does thleebopistolgy sound?  This new word, read here for the first time, is … Continue reading

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This Doctrine Needs a Name

Bible scholars have organized beliefs and propositional statements for all important doctrines gathered into a logical form known as Systematic Theology.  For the Father (theology), for the Son (Christology), the Spirit (Pneumatology), for Salvation (soteriology), for the end times (eschatology) … Continue reading

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