All posts tagged New Year

Ten Questions to Ask at the Start of a New Year

by Don Whitney Once, when the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him, the Lord rebuked them through the Prophet Haggai. “Consider your ways!” (Haggai 1:5) he declared, urging them to reflect on some of the things happening to them, and to evaluate their slipshod spirituality in light of […]

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Toward the New Year 2017

by Staci Stallings It may be that I’m getting older. It may be that my middle daughter is a senior and so this past year has gone particularly fast. I’m not sure exactly what to attribute it to, but 2016 seems to have passed in less than a blink. Weeks seem like days. […]

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2015 – The Year of Self-Inflicted Wounds by Parker J. Cole

I know I’m supposed to have kind words to say about the end of the year. You know, have happy thoughts, and look at how much the Lord has done with this or that. Yeah, well. This ain’t that post. This post is going to be about me and my idiocy. This year […]

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Heretofore…

By Lynn Mosher “Heretofore the Lord has helped us.” 1 Sam. 7:12 Amp What did the year closing bring into your life? Joys? Sorrows? Trials? Triumphs? Look back over the year now closing. With what was it filled? Which side of the scale tipped over with the most weight…the positive side or the […]

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To The Maker of Every Sunrise

By:  Debbie Alten Psalm 46:1 (NIV), “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” When my husband divorced me, I immersed myself in the Psalms. I imagined myself sitting side by side with David in a cold cave, pouring out my soul as he did and discovering that our God […]

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Count Your Blessings

By:  Donna B. Snow The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.   – Prov 10:22 I have to admit that there are times when I just don’t see His blessings. And on top of that, I am ungrateful at times, too. Blind and ungrateful, they do […]

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

by: Nike Chillemi Psalm 25: 4-6   4Make me know Your ways, O LORD ; Teach me Your paths. 5Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation ; For You I wait all the day. 6Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have […]

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