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Finding Blessings
March 07, 2012
I sometimes have problems seeing my blessings. But when I get on my pity party all I have to do is read the paper. There is always someone out there who is having a worse time than me. Last week we were snowed in without power. Just when I started feeling sorry for myself I re...
By: sylvia bennett |
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God's will may not always be w
March 06, 2012
I use a wheelchair to get around. At first I prayed daily for healing. I thought it was my fault when a miracle didn't occur. So I prayed harder. After a few yearsand many disappointments I realized that I was praying for God to do my will not for me to do God's ...
By: sylvia bennett |
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Do you carry a burden?
March 05, 2012
For just over three decades I have worked as a pastor in a local congregation. It has been a huge privilege. These years have made me deeply aware of the depth and extent ofhuman trauma, bereavement, anxiety and emotional pain that lies all around us and also in our own hearts. Nearly everyone carri...
By: Trevor Hudson |
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Pray what may
March 02, 2012
When Daniel was reading the prophecy of Jeremiah it dawned on him that the 70 years of Israelites captivity was due to end. Yet there were no visible signs to this effect. Instead of waiting to see if the prophecy was going to pass, he decided to do something interesting. He decided to pray anyway.F...
By: Duncan Mango |
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Rebooting Friendships
February 27, 2012
This week I had two opportunities to connect with friends I hadn't seen in some time. It made me realize, again, how much we really need each other. We are meant to be connected; to live lives of interdependence where we can give as well as receive. And nowhere is that more true than in th...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Crossing Your Bridges
February 20, 2012
Yesterday, in order to get where I wanted to go, I had to cross a bridge. I had come this way before and knew what a "white knuckle" experience it could be. Both the bridge and the winds were high. I held my breath, put my foot to the pedal, and forged ahead . . . carefully. I felt the ste...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Even God Sows
February 17, 2012
Gen 2:8 says the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. After He had planted the garden He made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground. Each tree already had seed within it so that it could produce after its own kind Never again would God have to ...
By: Duncan Mango |
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Beautifully Simple
February 13, 2012
I've been rereading Brother Lawrence's, the practice of the presence OF GOD. It's one of several classics I try to reread often; classics such as Andrew Murray's waiting on GOD and Absolute Surrender, Watchman Nee's The Normal Christian Life, J.I. Packer's Knowing GOD, Hannah...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Effectual Prayer
February 13, 2012
MANY prayers are offered with-out faith. A set form of words is used, but there is no real importunity. These prayers are doubtful, hesitating; they bring no relief to those who offer them, and no comfort or hope to others. The form of prayer is used, but the spirit is wanting, showing that the p...
By: Chrì$ Någël |
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Joy Thief
February 12, 2012
Have you been here? Comparing yourself to others. You think if only you had ______ then you too would be content, joyful, fulfilled. Growing up we did not have a lot of material things. I remember wondering what it was like to have new clothes, not hand me downs. Often, I felt left out, b...
By: Jann Cobb |
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