Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
I recently had a resident ask me “Are you ready? Do you know where you’re going?” I was able to answer emphatically yes to both questions. Not that I’m getting a bus up anytime soon. However, the unexpected deaths of some of our celebrities throughout the end of last year was enough to really make you think. These were men […]
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When the angel told Sarah she was going to have a child in her old age, she laughed. However, God was true to His word and a year later Sarah gave birth to a son she named Isaac. So, it should come as no surprise that Isaac means “Laughter. He laughs.” Isaac, along with his father Abraham, and son Jacob, […]
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For centuries, the entire purpose for women has been perceived as bearing children. Even today, not having children is difficult for some women. This is an area in which I’ve personally struggled greatly. However, imagine living during Biblical times when you don’t have a child. The taunts and jeers from those in your community. Then God tells your husband that […]
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When we’re hurting, it feels as if we’ll never be happy again. Sometimes we may hear someone laugh and wonder how they can have the gaul to laugh. Once we do finally laugh again, we wonder where that came from. We may even feel guilty the first couple of times we laugh. Healing takes time and is a process. Our […]
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Oh, How He Loves You and Me is a popular chorus that was very popular in churches in the 1980s and 1990s. This is one of the songs that children often learn, after Jesus Loves Me and Jesus Loves the Little Children. The chorus to Oh, How He Loves You and Me was written by Kurt Kaiser, also well known […]
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We are wrapping up a month long look at what God says about love for Valentine’s Day
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Last week, we discussed the importance of truthfulness and to gird our loins with truth. The next part of armour in the Lord is the breastplate of righteousness. Without righteousness we are opening ourselves up to Satan’s attacks. The first step of righteousness is to repent and be forgiven of our sins. This also calls for us to do what […]
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There are times when I grow very discouraged and frustrated at the lack of progress in certain areas of my life. Sometimes it seems that no matter what steps I take no progress is being made. However, all I can is to take the next step. When I do all I can do and take every feasible step within my […]
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Growing up in church, children learn at an early age that “Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had Father Abraham.” Yet, Abraham did not start out with many sons. Abraham did not even begin as Abraham. When we meet him in Genesis 12, he is known as Abram. Abram is the son of Terah and brother to Nahor and […]
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When we are hurting it’s so easy to see what everyone else has that we don’t have. It doesn’t matter what the situation is, someone else has that thing we so desperately long for or lost. Good health A spouse A child A job The little resentments begin to creep into our heart when we see or are around those […]
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Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It was written by Fanny Crosby. You may have also seen the hymn referred to as Redeemed. Fanny Crosby was a prolific poet and hymn writer. Fanny Crosby was born on March 24, 1820 in Brewster, New York. At the age of six weeks old, she caught a cold that led to inflammation in […]
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In honor of Valentine’s Day I’m sharing scriptures on love
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We’ve been discussing the Armour of the Lord. We looked at what the whole armor of the Lord and to be strong in the Lord stands for. However, what does it mean to gird loins with truth? Verse 12 says, “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood”. We cannot see what we are struggling with. It goes on to […]
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I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in relationships and with men over the years. Sadly, I’ve had to learn some hard lessons. Valentine’s Day is always a tough reality check of these lessons. Yet, I’ve discovered there is one man I can chase after that will always be there for me. So who is this wonderful man? He’s my […]
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We have all heard of the great flood. In every culture there is a story about the flood that covered the earth. To this day, many still try to find the Ark, which is believed to be resting on the mountains of modern day eastern Turkey and the Mount of Ararat. However, no one has ever been able to prove […]
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If That Isn’t Love is another song that often runs through my heart. This is a song that I accompanied Daddy on many times and have performed myself on numerous occasions. If That Isn’t Love was written by Dottie Rambo. Rambo wrote over 2500 songs including hits such as He Looked Beyond My Fault, Sheltered in the Arms of God, Holy […]
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Last week we started our series on the Armor of God. We discussed what it meant to be strong in the Lord. Verse 11 says, “put on the whole armour of God.” Our Ephesian Studies says, “Clothe yourselves with the panoply, the armour of our God; personally accepting and appropriating the defence which is already yours in Him ; with […]
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Working in skilled nursing I see a lot of different types of relationships. My favorites are those couples that have been together for 50, 60, or even 70+ years. But even with each of these couples there are a lot of differences in the relationships. I’ve seen couples that can’t stand to be together. Then I see couples that can’t […]
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