Don't Bite Into the Apple
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Kim Chaffin

Don’t Bite Into the Apple

By Kim Chaffin – Some of the biggest lies we believe start with a little bit of truth. If you don’t believe me just take a look at Eve. Thanks to the serpent, Eve bit into one of the biggest lies in the history of the world.   Now the

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whom shall I fear
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Marta Greenman

Jehovah Sabaoth

By Marta Greenman – The Lord of Hosts – The Lord of Angel Armies Have you ever thought you really wanted something, yet when you received your heart’s desire you realized this was not what you expected? That was me in May 2013. It was my second trip to Albania

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Love letter from heaven
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Stop Struggling to Find Acceptance or Recognition

By Mari Plank –As a Life Coach I believe most Christian women struggle with believing God’s unconditional love and acceptance resulting in insecurity and depleted worth and value. The evidence is in all the ways we try and fill that deep need for affirmation, recognition or approval.  Get out of the

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this time - a clock on city street
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Sarah Meece

This Time…

By Sarah Meece – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 When I opened the local newspaper recently the headline stated: HEROIN USE UP BY 68% OVER LAST YEAR. In the article, a desperate mother

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How will you want to be remembered
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Kelli Parisian

How Will You Be Remembered?

By Kelli Parisian– When you reach a certain age, and attend enough Memorials/Celebrations of Life, you begin to ponder the topic of death more often, and more seriously. People will say death is a part of life, but when it hits close to home, this statement seems sadly insufficient.  

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List fatigue
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Katherine Swarts

List Fatigue

By Katherine Swarts – The dictionary definition of “fatigue” is “extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.” In today’s society, fatigue seems an illness in its own right. And like cancer, it has sufficient notoriety and versatility to rate subdivision into multiple categories: one hears of compassion fatigue,

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loving others
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Kim Chaffin

Don’t Hold Back

By Kim Chaffin – Growing up we spent a lot of time at our family cabin in Priest Lake, Idaho. My great grandfather had a vision of a place where generations in the future could come and relax. Since 1947, our family has been enjoying my great grandfather’s cabin. At

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wander out of the way
Faith
Lynn Mosher

Wander Out of the Way

By Lynn Mosher− Sometimes, a verse of Scripture stops me in my tracks. I sit in silence, staring at it and allowing it to soak deep within me. I search my Bible program, concordances, Lexicons, and commentaries to collect what I can for deeper understanding. One of my recent ponderings

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An Interview with Kim Vogel Sawyer, Author of When Grace Sings

Bestselling author Kim Vogel Sawyer believes in the power of second chances – a theme she’s captured with poignant grace in her new book, When Grace Sings (WaterBrook Press/March 17, 2015/ISBN: 978-0307731333/ $14.99), which follows the CBA  bestseller When Mercy Rains in The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy. Sawyer says the series

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Don't water it down
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Kim Chaffin

Don’t Water It Down

By Kim Chaffin – Over Memorial Day weekend, we headed to the pancake feed in Priest Lake, Idaho. With my plate of yummy pancakes in hand I began to fill my cup with orange juice. I thought it might be too sweet so I decided to water it down. I

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Linda Williams

The Secret Place That Hides Shame

By Linda Williams – The enemy hides in those shameful, secret places within ourselves. It’s that voice that whispers, “Don’t tell anyone that, let’s keep that to ourselves. It’s too embarrassing for anyone to know.” “Shh! Let this moment go by.” Shame is different from guilt. Shame is a sense

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Sarah Meece

What’s Next?

By Sarah Meece− “Stand firm in faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Is our country currently experiencing an emotional battlefield? With the Supreme Court decision changing the definition of marriage last Friday, there has been a flurry of elevated emotions. While Christians

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Faith
Lynn Mosher

Singing for Water!

By Lynn Mosher– Have you ever gone from resting “in green pastures” to wandering around in the wilderness, lacking refreshment for your spiritual thirst, needing to be “beside still waters”? Israel did. In part of their wanderings, it went like this: *They went from Mount Hor in Lebanon to Edom,

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Faith
Marta Greenman

El Roi – The God Who Sees

By Marta Greenman– Sometimes life is just not fair. Certain people are treated specially while you may not even be noticed. Someone else may receive an undeserved promotion, while you are stuck in the same job. Children are bullied for no reason and some people are discriminated against because of

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Altogether lovely
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Carol Doyel

He is Altogether Lovely and All We Need

By Carol Doyel – The title of this article may seem cliché to some, but as I was reading a post today titled, “Perfect Beauty” in The Bailey Post it occurred to me, that when we know Jesus, we know this statement to be true. He is altogether lovely. But

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Prayer with Polly
Polly Roethe

Video Prayer With Polly

LivingBetter50.com invites you to meet our prayer partner Polly. We want to share prayers that Polly has video taped as she has been lead by the Holy Spirit to record. Our hope is that these prayers will speak to the heart of people that visit us and are lead to

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The Lord is my Shepherd
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Marta Greenman

The Lord is My Shepherd

By Marta Greenman – Psalm 23 is one of the best-known psalms in the Bible. When I read the words written by David so long ago, I have an underlying peace that infiltrates my soul. Why are these words so calming? And what can we learn about the relationship of

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Prominent fitness model melds faith and health
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Prominent Fitness Model Melds Faith and Health

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – One of the most photographed fitness models in America is speaking out about the one thing that took her from overweight in her 30s to the cover of the top fitness magazines in her 40s, and the answer may surprise many: it was her faith in God.

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Never lose your laughter
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Kim Chaffin

Never Lose Your Laughter

By Kim Chaffin – Over the years I have had more than one person mention they were surprised by how much fun I had for being a Christian. I guess I missed the memo that said once you have been saved you will never have fun again.  As I have

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