by Jim Hughes Jer. 1:6-8 “O Sovereign LORD,” I said. “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!” “Don’t say that,” the LORD replied, “for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and take […]
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by CJ Peterson Certain characteristics are instilled within us from birth. Given to us by those who we chose as friends and from the family to which we are born. This foundation is the filter through which we see the world. Inevitably, there are rocks and pebbles, sometimes even boulders within the foundation […]
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Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Fiddlers Fling by Linda Wood Rondeau Engaged to a wealthy rising political star, a driven social worker returns to her small-town roots. With her wedding to Robert Ashworth weeks away, Jolene Murdock receives a call from Dwight Etting, her estranged father’s junior partner and her former boyfriend. The business […]
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Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Christmas Cookie Brides by Cindy M. Amos Christmas cookies are the best—whether stamped, pressed in an iron, rolled, powdered or stuffed with delectable goodies. And what a great time for the baker to find a sidetrack of affection that sweetens the holiday further! Meet these four heroines who glance […]
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Send to Kindle by Precarious Yates “So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.” – Hebrews 4:9-10 I had planned a perfect vacation for the beginning of the summer. Visiting historical sights, going to […]
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Send to Kindle by Rebekah Beene I read the incredible story of Julianne Koepka. She and her mother were on a flight in 1971 that was struck by lightning. Julianne, 17, strapped into her plane seat, plummeted 2 miles through the air into the Peruvian rainforest below. When she woke up, she then had to […]
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by Bible League International Verse of the Day and Devotion All this is from God… – II Corinthians 5:18 ESV Devotion What does “All this” in our verse for today refer to specifically? The previous verse has the answer: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has […]
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by Lisa M. Prysock Wow! 2019 is here, but I have to be honest, as I’m writing this post for a late January blog entry, I do not feel ready for 2019 yet. I’m still preparing for it and reeling with a heady kind of excitement about all the good things that happened in […]
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by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “The LORD will give strength unto His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace” (Psalm 29:11). David had just heard the voice of the LORD in a thunderstorm and had seen His power in the hurricane whose path he had described; and now, in the cool […]
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by C.J. Peterson When I think of pearls, there are two very different verses that come to mind…yet, they are both somewhat connected. The first is, Matthew 13:45-46, “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold […]
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