Tag: hope
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Rick Stratton – Alive Forever!
I’ve been thinking about something lately; well, for the last couple of days. A friend of ours, a preacher named Rick Stratton, went to Heaven when his body just wouldn’t function any longer. Rick is quite a guy. We met him when he was a traveling evangelist. He was preaching for a pastor friend of…
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Handling Disappointment
Just in case you don’t know me, here’s a little fact you ought to be made aware of. I love the game of football. Big boy football; the NFL. And, I am a HUGE Chicago Bears fan. Now you know. Please don’t judge me too harshly. I share that little bit of personal information because…
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Memories and Berdine’s
Memories and Berdines Remember when you were a kid? Remember how simple things were? And how about the old “Dime Stores”? When I was young there was a store called “Places”, and it was only three blocks from where I lived. I could’ve hung out there all day if my folks would’ve allowed it. Such…
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Four Anchors
Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land. And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found…
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A Dumpy Hotel Room
I found myself in a dumpy hotel room, somewhere close to the Mexican border. How I got there, I didn’t know. Was I in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico? California? I just didn’t know. I only remember feeling like my world was enveloped in some kind of fog. No memory, no money; only confusion. If I…
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“Drop Kick Me Jesus…”
“Drop kick me Jesus…” A cute little song by Bobby Bare. God NEVER intended for His people to barely make it through this life and into the next, without a testimony of His power and victory evident in their life. “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His…
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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 Master Plan… my short story
It was a dark and dreary night, which seemed to last a lifetime. In fact, it was lasting a lifetime. The first 20 years of my life. Darkness and chaos describe my early years. Oh, sure, there were glimpses of light and order, hope and joy, now and then. But dreariness described my life as…
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a simple reminder…
We may struggle remembering things such as names, dates, assignments, and the like. But God has given everyone a way to NEVER FORGET the important things. Just a simple reminder. As simple as the dawning of a new day. Each time the sun rises in the east, signifying the beginning of a new day, let…
Jan Grace 