Entries from December 31st, 2008
How many times have you settled for something that looked good to you and missed the awesome thing that would have been God’s Best. Just like the picture, they are so focused on the small thing that they are missing the much bigger and better thing that is right behind them. God has a great plan for your life, but you [...]
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I recently received this in an email and thought it was too good not to post. You can never go wrong when your foundation is based upon God’s Word. (In the email, the whole thing looked exactly like a bell, but it would not work right in the blog software. You can get the idea, [...]
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The Christmas Story of 1881 Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or those who squandered their means and then never had enough for the necessities. But for those who were genuinely in need, his heart was as big as all outdoors. It was from him that I learned the greatest joy in life [...]
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What an awesome God we have! He sent His Only Son Jesus to earth to live as a man so that He could experience the same things we do – only He did all of it without sin. What kind of faith must Mary and Joseph have had in order to carry forth God’s marvelous [...]
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On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me,” [...]
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Tags: cemetery·God·humor·story
A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan… “While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the Jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at the halfway point. [...]
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Tags: Africa·God·jungle·missionary·power·prayer·story
You live your life one moment at a time, so you really can choose how you will spend each one. We generally look at time in chunks or blocks, not moments, so it is easy to forget the potential of every sixty seconds. Give God control and you will be amazed at what He can [...]
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Tags: God·happy·moment·time
When you decide to do weight lifting, you either use your own equipment or go to the gym. Then you decide on a plan of action that coincides with your desired effect. Lastly, you must be disciplined enough not to let other things distract you from your goal. If you don’t do these things, you [...]
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Tags: confidence discipline·exercise·faith·God·substance·weight lifting
Today I received a blog comment from Vanessa who runs the site On Teens Today. She started it as a teen (now she’s in her early twenties) when she saw so many of her friends making wrong decisions that led to terrible consequences. It is not a Christian site, but she is dedicated to helping [...]
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Tags: Moms Overture·parents·relationships·teens·Vanessa Van Petten