Category: Encouragement
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No Time Left
“…Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!” (Revelation 12:12 ESV) I know a number of folks won’t agree with me, but that’s alright. I don’t…
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Froggo
When our son was just a wee little lad, his Grandma Lloyd gave him a teddy bear. At the time, he was about seven months old and quarantined in a hospital because he was diagnosed with spinal meningitis. (God healed him, and there were no complications!) For about a year the bear went without a…
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How’d I miss that?
This evening I was visiting with a friend, and we settled in on the topic of spiritual deception. Isn’t it easy to look at others and wonder, sometimes very loudly, how people could act so weird? I mean, how could people read the same Bible we read and come up with such outlandish beliefs?…
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His Permissive Will?
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable…
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What’s So Bad About Hell?
If you’re like me, you’ve heard and read a lot about hell. Maybe you’ve been instructed to go there. Or, perhaps you’ve been the one who’s suggested the place to a coworker. Maybe? And no, I’m not referring to Hell, Michigan. What do I think about hell? I think it’s a real place; a place…
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The Best Presidential Candidate
It seems like every time I turn around, someone else is tossing their hat into the proverbial election ring. I’ve lost track of how many are running, and how many are just testing the waters. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents; the 2016 presidential campaign is well under way. So I found myself wondering: what should a…
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Call It Persuading
Have you ever met a person who is so wonderfully “together”; impeccable, flawless? The consummate nice guy, or gal, who never does anything wrong? Perfect people who are oh, so proud of their perfection? To even hint there may be a flaw in their thinking, or an error in their ways, gets them ranting and…
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By the will of God
Something just struck me as amazing. A revelation, if you will. It may be something you already know, but perhaps not. Sometimes we read, quote, even acknowledge a certain truth and then one day we see it in a new light; with a freshness to it. “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will…
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Stuck InTraffic
Yesterday evening, while traveling on the interstate, we came up on traffic which was barely moving at all. We were on our way to meet some friends for supper, and were about 20 miles from our exit. Both west bound lanes were jammed with cars and trucks, inching along and shifting from lane to lane.…
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How hard is your heart?
Here’s a very important question for each husband and wife: “How hard is your heart?” What do I mean by a “hard heart”? Our heart, our emotional and spiritual core, can be tender or hard, pliable or brittle, peaceful or wired, engaging or repulsive. We are the ones who manage our heart. Do you keep…
Jan Grace 