All posts for the month May, 2022

UNBEATEN 5/31/2022

by Suzanne D. Williams We’re not meant to match, to blend in. God didn’t dress us in camouflage and say, “Assimilate.” In fact, His instructions were specific. We’re called “peculiar”. We’re told not to “conform”, but to stand out. We’re outcasts, outsiders who believe in a world we cannot see. In forces held […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Verse of the Day and Devotional 5/30/2022

Send to Kindle May 30th, 2022 Scripture A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities […]

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Working for Your Worth 5/27/2022

by Staci Stallings Worth.  What is it? We ask, “Is it worth it?” and “What’s it worth to you?” All of the definitions of worth speak of value–monetary or life value. But where do we get our worth?  I think that is a central way Satan uses to get us off-track.  I also […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: Science Confirms the Existence of God 5/26/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Science Confirms the Existence of God by Kevin Bradford Ornellas This book demonstrates that God exists, and the book does so on the grounds of secular scientific data and mathematics. While that might not sound possible, this book demonstrates it using insight into a key verse, 2Peter 3:8, to […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Only When I Dream & Lily of the Nile 5/25/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Only When I Dream A Contemporary New Adult Christian Romance Novel (The Imagination Series Book 12) by Staci Stallings As the gang gets ready for LJ and Yoli’s wedding, past hurts and new dreams collide. Can the budding relationships hold strong, or will life with all of its challenges […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim 5/24/2022

by Jim Hughes Matt. 22:14 “For many were called, but few were chosen.” This is the story of the great wedding feast. Jesus used this story to teach us what it will be like when He comes back to establish His kingdom. This was a wedding feast and all the guests who were […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Verse of the Day and Devotional 5/23/2022

Send to Kindle May 23rd, 2022 Scripture A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities […]

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Life Lesson: Be – Do – Have 5/20/2022

by Staci Stallings This revelation hit me the other day while I was listening to a speaker on having financial balance in your life.  The author talked about a goal setting seminar he went to.  The lesson he revealed is that too often when we set goals, we are setting the “have” part […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: The Fifth Seal 5/19/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight The Fifth Seal An Apocalyptic End-Times Thriller (The Arrows Beyond Book 2) by Milton Cantellay With the dawning darkness, the world has become a place where the Christian faith is widely persecuted as hateful and intolerant. “Aubrey clenched her hand over Alice’s mouth to muffle the cries of pain […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: For Better or For Worse & Meet Me on the Porch 5/18/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes For Better or For Worse (Yellowstone Series Book 2) by Anne Perreault In book 1 of the series, Desire of the Heart, Cady McClintoch’s sheltered existence is thrown into glorious disarray when she meets Grant. Now married to him, she moves to Montana to start a new life. Settling […]

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