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April 2011
Posted on 04.29.11 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
In light of the promise of His Second Coming, how foolish it would be to put our stakes down deep here on earth. Rather, the great hope of His return motivates us to live holy lives, and to zealously and faithfully serve Christ and proclaim Him to others until He comes.
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Posted on 04.28.11 by a Guest Blogger
A precious sister came up, trembling. She had been prompted to do something, and she had prayed and prayed about it, and the Lord kept impressing her heart about it. She went to her husband, thinking he would disagree but, “he agreed with the Holy Spirit!” She then removed her large wedding ring and said that she wanted to give it to meet the needs of the homeless.
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Posted on 04.27.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Marriage
“Like any marriage, it’s not perfect and it’s not a fairy tale, but it sure seems like it’s perfect, and it sure seems like it’s a fairy tale."
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Posted on 04.26.11 by Erin Davis | Twitter: @ErinGraffiti
Topics: Impacting your world, Relationship with God
The movies, the husbands, the jewels, the magazine cover shoots . . . no one can quite hone in on the source of her fame and the reason why her legacy will last.
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Posted on 04.25.11 by Elyse Fitzpatrick
Topics: Relationship with God
I remember a time when a friend was relating to me some difficulties in her life. I asked her, "What does the resurrection mean in this situation?" She answered, "I know it should mean something, but I don't know what." Most of us are there. We know that the resurrection is important but we haven't connected it with our daily lives.
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Posted on 04.22.11 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Topics: Relationship with God, Relationships with Others
What does all this mean for us? What difference do the Cross and the empty tomb make for those who are facing pain or tears or failure? Here are some of the implications of that momentous weekend for people like you and me.
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Posted on 04.21.11 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
Topics: Relationship with God, When Life's Hard
I'm sure my scream took the phone from her ear. I'd asked for a boy. They'd long wanted a boy and thought their child birthing years were past. A boy. A good gift from the faithful Father. But that wasn't her only news. Pre-cancerous cells on her back.
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Posted on 04.20.11 by Erin Davis | Twitter: @ErinGraffiti
Several weeks ago, my three-year-old son, Eli came home from church brokenhearted. After several moments of crying we finally pried out what was troubling him. “I want . . .” sob, sob, “Jesus to give me,” sob, sob, “my heart back” he wailed.
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Posted on 04.19.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
The Lord graciously awakened our church two weeks ago . . . and we will never be the same.
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Posted on 04.18.11 by Karen Waddles
Topics: Marriage
For the most part, George and I had much in common. However, his ideas about roles within marriage were diametrically opposed to mine. The idea of being a doting, submissive wife was archaic and distasteful to me. I had not seen that example growing up and had no desire to break the generational mold cast for me by the women in my life.
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Posted on 04.15.11 by Karen Waddles
I want to be his number one encourager and affirmer. But I’ve noticed something. With children, grandchildren, young wives, friends, and co-workers . . . it’s easy to find the words of encouragement and support for them. I wish that were true with the hubby–but it’s not.
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Posted on 04.14.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
You know how a child will take her first two steps and then fall face-first on the ground? To this day, Pastor Chandler has never met a father who exclaims, “Idiot!” when this happens. Rather, he cries, “Get the camera! Get the camera!” He celebrates the steps and sets his daughter back up after her fall. He knows she will just get better and better at walking.
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Posted on 04.13.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Impacting your world, Relationship with God
“It had been too long since I’d heard that
God wanted to do more.”
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Posted on 04.12.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
"This is a foreshadowing of Christ, who in Himself is the only One who has the right to take as His own all that spoils and ruins, all our loss, hurt, disaster, alienation, brokenness . . . all our sinful mess of things. He takes our diseases and bears them in Himself."
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Posted on 04.12.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
If seeing Jesus and the Gospel in the Old Testament sounds like just what you need, let’s meet right here on the blog tomorrow and Thursday and enjoy Him together.
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Posted on 04.12.11 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Topics: Impacting your world, Relationship with God
I began hearing reports that God was moving in an unusual way at the church Bill Elliff pastors in Little Rock. Our team and I have been following those reports over the past week, and . . .
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Posted on 04.11.11 by Karen Waddles
Are you a "balcony person" or a "basement person"?
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Posted on 04.08.11 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
Even though I haven’t caved to the Facebook draw, this past month Twitter caught me!
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Posted on 04.07.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Are you feeling over-stimulated, distracted, bombarded on all sides by information and entertainment? Listen in as I talk with Tim Challies about his brand new book,
The Next Story: Life and Faith After the Digital Explosion.
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Posted on 04.06.11 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian
I’ve got an earworm, and I’ve got it bad. A couple of phrases from a song are ricocheting around my head like a dollar-store bouncy ball.
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Posted on 04.05.11 by Elyse Fitzpatrick
I think it is possible for the gospel to become like the I-15 was to me: white noise.
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Posted on 04.04.11 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Get to know Elyse Fitzpatrick, our newest
True Woman blogger!
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Posted on 04.01.11 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Whenever I speak on the subject of forgiveness, invariably someone will tell me, “I’ve never been able to forgive myself for what I’ve done.”
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