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A Thanksgiving Blessing

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Earlier this week, a friend shared a Dennis Prager video about The Key to Unhappiness. It's short, under 5 minutes, and very worth watching. But I'll give you the "key" in a nutshell. Ungrateful people are unhappy people. Grateful people are happy people. And I believe that is very, very true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=xxmORnnP3WI A number of years ago, I heard a … [Read more...]

insanity is in their hearts

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It's An Insane World We Live In The hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. (Eccl. 9:3) Last Sunday brought another mass shooting, this time in a small church in a tiny town in Texas. I heard on the news that the death toll equaled 7% of the population of the town. Our hearts cry, How can someone do that, Lord? But we know how. We know … [Read more...]

Gratitude Documented Challenge

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November is nearly upon us, and this year I plan to document my gratitude in my faith planner (with an occasional excursion into my journaling Bible). My goal is to every day write down at least one thing for which I am thankful. I have been using my faith planner for daily Scripture writing (see large version of example at left here), but I decided to take a break from that for the 30 days … [Read more...]

Walking Out Our Faith

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Last month, I had the blessing of reading Tricia Goyer’s new book, Walk It Out. From the blurb: When women stop focusing on their own dreams and purposes, and instead focus on God’s dreams and purposes, everything changes.” Friends, may I just say, add this book to your reading list at once. It is a powerful and personal book that will challenge you (as it did me) to walk out your faith … [Read more...]

Another Year in BSF Begins

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  This morning I begin another year (Sept-May) in Bible Study Fellowship. I attended my first study in BSF beginning in September 2000. We studied the book of Matthew that year, and oh, what a blessing it was. At that time, BSF had seven different studies. Today they have ten (five Old Testament and five New Testament). So if you are able to attend every year without a break, you finish … [Read more...]

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