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Your Most Important Gift To Your Spouse
I did just a little research and discovered the average couple spend approximately $6,000 on an engagement ring and wedding bands. To some, that may not sound like much. To me, that’s a staggering amount. I’m not insinuating women aren’t worth it. Not at all. But I would like to make a comparison between how…
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Everyone Appears
The rich, the poor, the athletic, the genius, the gay, the straight, the down and out, the up and in. All have at least one thing in common. Nerds, cool cats, gun toters and gun haters, socialists, communists, neo-nazis and Jews. All face the same appointed time. Preacher, sinner, agnostic, atheist, universalist, Jehovah’s Witness, and…
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Joanie
Thought I’d write a little about my sister in law, my brother’s wife. Joanie Grace. She is quite a gal. I say “is” because, though her body isn’t around anymore, Joanie is very much alive. In Heaven. And we who are still living on this earth miss her a lot; those of us who really…
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How do you say goodbye?
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 – 3:2 ESV) Ever since the fall of Adam, mankind has had to face the mystery and heartache of physical death. A loved one, a coworker, an acquaintance, a…
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Surrounded By Enemies
“Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.” (Psalms 5:8 ESV) “But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. For you bless the…
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He Is Our Peace
“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5 ESV) The Hebrew word for “peace” is “shalom”. Here’s what it means: completeness, soundness, welfare, safety, soundness (in body), health, prosperity, quiet, tranquillity, contentment,…
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Pain hurts, so ease up a bit.
“Suck it up, brother! Jesus is your Savior, Healer, and soon coming King.” So says the well meaning Christian to the dear one who’s going through a painful and emotional hurricane. Does it help? No! Why? Because pain is still pain, and words designed to demean others while showcasing one’s own “spiritual superiority” never ease…
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It can be hard to trust God…
“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord GOD is the eternal Rock.” (Isaiah 26:3 – 26:4 NLT) I love that passage, but I must say it can be hard to trust God when my chaotic world…
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Stirring the Pot
There is a theory being circulated in the Body of Christ, and while it’s nothing that hasn’t been propagated before, I want to weigh in on it. The gist of the theory, or teaching, is that God Alone watches over His kids and corrects them if and when they need it. In other words, keep…
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He Watches Over His Word
And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jeremiah 1:12 NLT) The Lord showed Jeremiah a vision, and then asked him what he saw. After Jeremiah answered, the Lord said, “Yep…and you can trust I am watching and fulfilling all my…
Jan Grace
adding God's Word into my world…
Jan Grace 