Circle The Wagons!

I love all the new oldie stations we have now. They play tons of old TV shows. I mentioned before that I love old westerns and one of the old TV series I used to watch was Wagon Train. In search of a better life, pioneers joined a wagon train

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And Then Came a Lion

There have been a lot of references to lions in my devotions, once again. The most thought provoking was from 1 Samuel 17:34: And then came a lion. When King David was just a boy tending his father’s sheep, he fought off many wild animals, including a lion. David saw them as opportunities to

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Guard Your Heart

By Rita Schulte – Our world is in constant turmoil today. Everyone seems to be defending a cause or fighting a battle of some sort. Whether it’s the war on terrorism, defending the cause of morality, sexual equality, the right to life, or the right to choose, our fight is

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Do You Want To Be Right or Do You Want To Be Righteous?

By Olga Hermans – Have you ever been in a situation in which standing up for your rights meant stepping out of the will of God? People are crying out for their own rights in the streets. The western world has become a performance-oriented people. It looks like everybody is

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Leaning Side

An account, whether true or not, is told in Streams in the Desert of an old, southern deacon who would always end his prayers with, “Lord, prop us up on every leaning side.” When asked why he prayed that way, he answered, “Well, sir, you see, it’s like this…I got

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Something’s Brewing…

You’ve heard the statement, “Something’s Brewing”. Just recently I made that comment on my Facebook page and I was referring to the feeling that something was brewing in the spirit realm. Immediately after making that comment, I began to ponder the word “brew” and what it meant. To brew means

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Diane Bailey

A Message Sent in DNA

Soap and Baby Lotion are her fragrances. She clutches the blanket, whose color is of tenderness, and whose lace took days to make. Long chocolate ringlets cascade over my shoulder. Her forehead hides in the bend of my neck, and my hair covers hers, as I whisper to her softly,

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Amy Ruhlin

Embracing Our Selves at 50

“The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it” ~John Ruskin Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night jolted by the fact that I am now 50 years old. For a brief moment, I think it’s

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Seeing the Unimaginable

Mission work over the years has been such a joy for me. Visiting places, seeing unimaginable things at times… some funny, some not so funny. On our trips to Mexico, usually we traveled in a rented motor home. We carried building materials, tools and all kinds of items to accomplish

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Dr. Ann

My Top Take-Home Tips From The “Marriage America” Conference

What if you could pick the brains of the top thinkers, writers, and speakers on Christian marriage, and share their best ideas on your blog? For the next several posts, that’s exactly what I will do! I just returned from the first annual Marriage America Conference. It was sponsored by

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Cup of Empowerment 4/16/12

As I worship in my comfortable home, sipping on my wonderful spice tea, enjoying the presence of the Lord of lords and King of kings, I realize not all widows have this experience! I learned a long time ago that Satan never created anything, for he is not the Creator!

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The Secret Life of Be’s!

By Laurie L. Webb – What does your “Be” say about you? All of us have a tendency to put forth a “happy” face at times, or a “spiritual” face at other times. We all know how to “act”, right? The saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words”. So it

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Is Your House Leaking?

“We shall devote ourselves whole-heartedly to prayer and the ministry of the Word.” Acts 6:4 Phillips Solomon warned, “Through lowering of hands, the house leaks.” (Eccl. 10:18 Masoretic Text, emphasis mine) This slackness applies not only to our physical house but to our spiritual house as well. According to the definitions,

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Unfailing Love: A deeper look into the story of Hosea

Marry a whore. Keep her as your wife. She will betray you continuously, but you must love her and never leave her. You will be rejected continuously. You will be seen as a fool. Your life will be painful. Your reputation challenged. You will need to trust me. You will

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The Best is Yet to Come…

Here in Western New York, the weather is pretty predictable and we typically enjoy four different seasons of equal duration. It’s comforting knowing that winter changes to spring, spring to summer, summer to fall, and so on. Summer is my favorite season and I try to enjoy it to the

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Beth Havey

Reclaiming Motherhood

The Crash Shattered More than Just a Rental Car             Do you ever question your motherhood, fatherhood–asking if you’re doing a good job? If a child fails a class, or cannot make friends, or lies about a fight at school are you asking Where did

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Cup of Empowerment 4/9/12

It’s been said, “God is a good checker player…He never moves out of turn!” And I have found that to be true! God wants us to covenant with Him. He does His part, and we do our part. Then He does His part, and we do ours. And so forth,

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The Art of Listening

By Laurie L. Webb – Listen! This is an action word! To listen, you must actively make a point of inclining your ear towards the object you are listening to. You can hear something but not listen to it. Just ask any parent! How many times do you say to

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Sabbath Keeping

“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior! He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me, who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me. Therefore I will

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