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I’ve been preparing devotions for my local Community Bible Study Leader’s Council and have been focusing on the topics of Worship and Prayer.  One of the points from last week was the importance of  ‘praying yourself up’ prior to coming to class, going to church and prior to spending time in His Word.  An obvious, but [...]

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Are feeling that God has withdrawn from you today? this week?  this month?  this year? This is how Floyd McClung, the senior pastor of Metro Church, Kansas describes the feeling… You wake up one morning and all your spiritual feelings are gone. You pray, but nothing happens. You rebuke the devil, but it doesn’t change [...]

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You’ve probably heard your walls creaking when the temperature drops drastically during a cold spell.  And you’ve probably heard about the ‘writing on the wall’ – often used as an idiom relating to forecasting a dim future or great demise that is headed your way — which by the way originated in the book of [...]

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I find great inspiration through great reads… occasionally.  One read that I’m continuing to work through is Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Father Jacques Philippe.  My friend Mary gave me a copy as she is aware of the struggles in my life during this season. One of the struggles that I have is exactly [...]

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Does it feel like you are going through the wood chipper? Does it feel as if you are between a rock and a hard place ALL THE TIME? Does it seem that you are locked down in a vice Or that you are teetering closer to the edge of sanity and dangerously close to falling off [...]

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Warning:  This rambling is truly worthy of a confused Monday. I’m pondering ‘What’s up with this leg of my ‘Journey’ with the Lord?!’ I’m studying Genesis in my Community Bible Study. We’re at the point where God is making His covenant with Abram and promising that Sarai will have a son. It has been 10+ years [...]

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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.  Ecc 3.1 I love the changing of the seasons… I especially love fall… even if I do need to get accustomed to the cold air.  The scents from wood fires, the stunning tapestry of color that covers the hills, and the fresh [...]

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I must admit that there are a number of things on my prayer list that I am getting REALLY tired of lifting up.  Major things… as in welfare of family members, financial concerns, health issues,  and so on.  Things that over and over again, I take to the cross and leave behind… only to somehow [...]

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Our Community Bible Study just began a study entitled ‘Gods Amazing Book’. I consider myself somewhat familiar with the inspired Word of God, but am always amazed at how the Spirit will inform me of new learning’s. Today, a fact that had escaped me was the 400 Silent Years. That is the time between the [...]

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