Has the sight of something ever taken your breath away? They don’t come along very often, but one morning while sitting outside for breakfast, I looked up and audibly gasped. An entire rainbow stretched before me- from its point where it entered the ocean to its opposite end. It was indescribably beautiful! It felt like […]
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If we are completely honest, we have all felt prideful. It’s not a topic that’s talked about much, but increasing our awareness of prideful ways keeps it from sneaking into our lives. But is pride always a sin? Where does pride come from? What is pride? The Bible has a lot to say about the
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Christmas is just a few days away. I’ve wrapped our gifts and placed them underneath the tree. While wrapping them, I began thinking of the gifts that the wise men brought to Jesus. I wondered what Mary and Joseph thought of these visitors from afar and their gifts? What happened to the gifts they brought?
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There are hundreds of prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament. We learned some of them last week while studying the prophecies of Jesus’ birth. I came across too many to focus on but did find something intriguing- there are many Old Testament references to Jesus in the song “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” Since
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Finding all those Old Testament Christmas verses for last week’s post sparked my curiosity. Are there other prophecies about Jesus’ birth? Why is it important that we know about the prophecies of Jesus? Let’s see what we can find…
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We see God’s hand in creating families early on in the book of Genesis. Family relationships are unique- they bond us in ways no other relationships can. And while they can be our best forms of love and support, we only have to look at the very first family to see they can also be
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It’s that time of year- we focus on all the things we are thankful for. I feel like I am a thankful person and realize I am blessed, overly so, in my life. But do I take God’s blessings in my life for granted? Am I thankful for the trials that bring me closer and
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Are you struggling to find time to pray? Drowning under the weight of a to-do list that seems impossible to stay on top of? So many women understand the concept of physical clutter and mental clutter, but rarely do we take the time to evaluate the time clutter that drowns us in never ending to
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Last week, we began our study of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. I love that Jesus knew exactly how to illustrate spiritual truth in ways which everyone could identify with if they had ears to hear. He had the Pharisees in mind when He spoke this parable, but what lessons can we learn? We
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We learned last week that Queen Esther and her fellow Jews fasted and prayed for three days before her mission to go before the king. The topic of fasting sparked my curiosity because I have very little background in it. I didn’t think it was something I could ever take part in because of a
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