Category: Encouragement
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Pursuing Happiness?
If happiness is your aim, you can end up at a place called Ruin. If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times, “God wants me to be happy.” Really? Since when? And where is that scripture found in the Bible? I’ll admit the word “happy” is mentioned approximately 25 times in the…
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Simple and Supernatural
There are a lot of people, especially pastors and evangelists, who want to “take their city for Christ.” They long to build a city-wide ministry. They attempt it by door-to-door visitation, prayer ministry, evangelistic crusades, healing services, food pantries, and the list goes go on and on. I know. Been there, done that. I’ve even…
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Cheering Them On
Lately I’ve come to realize that I haven’t always been very encouraging when it comes to the younger generation. It’s not as though I’ve said bad things to them, or about them. But I’ve not always viewed them as worthy of my “praise”, if you know what I mean. After all, how could they be…
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Seasons
Guest Blogger – Phyllis Grace Seasons. Fall is my favorite season. I love the crisp feel to the air, the beautiful changing leaves, the fact that it isn’t so hot. I can wear a hoodie and sandals at the same time. And there’s also something in the air that I can’t describe, but it makes…
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My Dream
The other night I dreamt I was part of an Easter play, and I was the Christ. I was excited about playing Jesus because, after all, that is definitely a leading role. I figured all I needed to do was walk around in a robe, wear a holy look on my face, glance up towards…
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How To Change Your Vocabulary
Have you ever listened to someone talk and just knew they weren’t from your neck of the woods? Not only does their accent give them away, but some of their words are just, well, different. Then there are others who talk like you and I, but have such a limited vocabulary they like to either…
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Bloody Moons
There are scriptural references to the moon turning blood red before the notable day of the Lord. Please notice: “And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the…
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How Great Is God’s Love?
I’ve heard it said that God’s love is beyond description. I believe I understand what they mean. Yet there is a way one can really grasp the greatness of that love, like they’ve never grasped it before. Here’s a passage from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. “I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources…
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A Spidery Web
I cannot tolerate spiders. In fact, I may even be what people refer to as arachnophobic. I can smash them, but I get real edgy until they’re wiped out. The picture at the heading is one I took a few hours ago. As we were leaving a funeral home, my built in spider alarm went…
Jan Grace 