'Quiet Time' from Kasia Kedzia 
Stretched Till It Hurts We need tension to stretch and grow. However, how I respond and engage that tension is very important. To learn from the experiences I am faced with I must be willing to go through it completely. This includes acknowledging the emotions the experience invokes. As I juggled multiple changes in my life my first response was… [
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'Nairnshire Telegraph' from Sandy Shaw TumbledJeremiah, like every true prophet, spoke from God, and spoke for God, and his words came true. That is the mark of a true prophet.
Beware of the man who says something is going to happen, and it does not.
The prophet is a key to what God is saying to the church, or to the world. He reveals or interprets what God is doing… [
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'Word from Scotland' from Sandy ShawOriginally posted Feb 8, 2010Repetition in the Gospels and in the Bible Is There For a PurposeWe are studying in Luke Chapter 21 and let’s be honest and admit that it is not an easy Chapter. We have been reading verses about the overthrow of Jerusalem and the Coming Again of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have looked at some of these signs which Jesus gives us, in great detail. Jesus tells us what the situation… [
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'Dose of Truth' from Brent BarnettOriginally posted Feb 8, 2010Why Christians Worship on Sunday, Not SaturdayThe early church met for corporate worship on the first day of the week, which is Sunday, the same day Christ rose from the dead (Matthew 28:1). Acts 20:7 says, “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged… [
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'Can God Get Glory from My Life?' from Dominique HendersonOriginally posted Feb 7, 2010...For His Name Sake
You know when you feel that you've "mastered" an area of faith exercise and God puts you back through it as if to say "do it again, you still don't understand". Well that is how it usually is for me, but I think that this time though I really will pass (smile!). There are plenty of… [
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'Stepping Out In Faith' from Nancy WattaOriginally posted Feb 7, 2010Approval 101 Simplified; Healthy AffirmationHave you ever had a conversation with someone who is a parent and all they had to say about their adult children were negative comments. Or have you ever been around a parent and listened to them only speak words that tear down their adult children. Not one word is given that affirms them, builds them up and lets them know… [
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''Christ in You...'' from Dale KrebbsOriginally posted Feb 7, 2010Our Judgment (2)Several weeks ago we discussed in this column the judgment for accounting and reward that every Christian will give before Jesus (
see Archives), which the Apostle Paul refers to explicitly (Romans 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10). Until that time, there are other actions and judgments occurring that can assure… [
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'Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina BurgessOriginally posted Feb 7, 2010Being broken off...or notSo many people are blind about eternal security; they use the verses in Romans 11 about the branches being broken off as their proof text.
Who is doing the breaking off of the branch? Can the branch break itself off? No. It is God doing the breaking off, for He is in control.
So... We have to look at the Options… [
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'Thoughts of a saint and slave' from Sam IsaacsonOriginally posted Feb 6, 2010Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit As a Christian there is one question that has returned again and again, and which the answer seems to have continually changed. It is this: What did Jesus mean when he said ‘every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven’ (Matthew 12:31)?
Context
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'Bible verse and quote' from Jan CounsOriginally posted Feb 5, 2010 Bible and Quote October 29 - November 2(David fled from King Saul’s renewed desire to kill him) and went to . Jonathan (who said) You shall not die! why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!" 1 Samuel 20:1,2
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) English… [
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'Point of Reference' from Fred PriceOriginally posted Feb 5, 2010Misdirected Compassion
Can there be such a thing as misdirected compassion? I believe there is, the words we use to describe how we relate to people in trouble giving us a clue as to how that might happen. Such as sympathizing with someone, sharing and understanding their feelings and ideas to the extent… [
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'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom KellyOriginally posted Feb 4, 2010IndividualityI am, perhaps, the most individual individual you may ever know. My friends have told me that as have my wife and children. Anytime people preface something by saying, "Tom, you're the only person I know who could get away with that," you know that they think you were the reason the mold was destroyed and not… [
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'Heart to Heart' from Pat ChwialkowskiOriginally posted Feb 3, 2010Finding the CrossI was seventeen years old working as a waitress at a Big Boy Restaurant, when a very polite young gentleman who I waited on quite frequently, asked me out for the following Saturday night. I immediately responded with a “yes”, and knew it was a great opportunity to get to know this guy better. At this point,… [
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'Heart to Heart' from Pat ChwialkowskiOriginally posted Feb 3, 2010The Gift that Keeps On GivingWhen I was a little girl my favorite part of the year without a doubt was Christmas. I loved all the decorations, all the cookies my mom would make, and all the gifts that her and my dad would buy for me. Some years there were so many gifts you could barely see the bottom of the tree.
Then as I got older, the gifts became… [
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