Tag: encouraged
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What Encourages YOU?
I’m taking a survey. I’m wondering what things encourage you? What lifts you when you’re down? What gives you courage to face the unfaceable? How do you find strength to do the impossible? What gets you off the bench of self-pity and back into the game of life? What is the adrenalin for your soul?…
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The Power of Encouragement
“What if the spirit of encouragement ran rampant throughout the church?” These are the words I heard The Lord speak to me one evening last June. That question has stirred the heart of my wife and I over and over ever since. The incident, the scripture, that stirred “the question” that night is the subject…
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Pictures Paint…Choices
“God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else. Temptation comes…
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Union…Support
Union- “an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one” There are several aspects involved with defining the word “union”, but I think it’s really important to understand the “uniting” concept. Usually I write about “spiritual” truths, and though this post will primarily apply to labor unions, there’s still a…
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The Chef’s in the Kitchen…it’s pudding time!
It’s called banana pudding, not bananas with pudding, vanilla wafers and bananas, or even vanilla extract and friends! Now a recipe may have a main ingredient or two, like in banana pudding, but there are no “big chiefs”. The amount of each ingredient may vary, but every ingredient is necessary. As the pudding is created, everything…
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Go ahead, chuckle along with God
Today I had the privilege of preaching at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Des Moines. My great friend Dr. James Wright is the pastor. The Lord gave us His grace and anointing and it was a productive time for the Kingdom of God.Funny that The Lord can anoint someone to preach who can’t seem to…
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Who in the world are YOU?
I was visiting with my pastor today, sharing with him about the direction the Lord seemed to be pointing my wife and I. During our conversation I heard myself say something that really registered with my spirit. Something known as true in my head, but had finally made its way to my heart. Value. My…
Jan Grace 