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Gleaning Life for God’s Purpose

What character traits and life values drew your husband and you together, and how do they affect your life purpose since you have come to Christ? He invited me to a picnic...

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Giving Grace

My husband treats me like I have no sense, and often disrespects me in front of others. This angers me, undermines my thoughts and respect for him...

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Gracious Gift of Faithfulness

I attend church and Bible study, and have accepted Christ as my Savior. However, I feel like I am missing what God really wants me to know about the fruit of faithfulness...

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Gentleness of Grace

Is it important to God that Christians display gentleness in their actions with others? At first you may think this is a silly question. But, the reality is...

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GRACE – A Wise Woman

I am very interested in building a godly home, and I don’t want to turn my husband off to God by being religious. Tell me how to be wise by Gently Radiating A Christ-like Example...

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A Difficult Question – A Gracious Answer

During a time when I thought our many years of marriage was over, I looked everywhere (especially my friends who read the Bible) for advice. Not all the advice I received was meant...

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Second Marriage – First Impressions

Who came up with the phrase, “blended family?” According to Merriam-Webster, “blend” means to “combine into an integrative whole” and “to produce a harmonious effect.”...

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Choosing to Embrace Suffering

Mother’s Day, 1994. My life forever changed. But to understand the dramatic shift, you need to know a little more about me. I was raised in the church. I have had the same pastor since I was...

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A Mentor

One of my most cherished mentors is several years older than me. When I was little (eight or nine years old), I felt so cool having an older girl as a close friend...

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A Love Affair with Jesus

Jesus calls us to come to Him with our weariness and burden, to take His yoke on our shoulders and He will give us rest...

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Eye on Innocence

Miley Cyrus, Bratz, makeup for children, sensual clothing lines for children, our culture knows little about protecting the innocence of children...

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Can I Come Along

re you a list maker? Do you, like me, love the feeling of crossing off the jobs you’ve completed? Often we compartmentalize the things that need to be handled in a day...

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Mercy Friendships by Osmosis

Messy family environments produce relationally crippled children. Are you one of those grown up crippled children who carries a bucket load of guilt every time you hear the pastor...

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Because a Princess Can Do Whatever She Wants

When asking little girls what they want to be when they grow up, I seldom get a response like, “I want to be a maid or a prison guard” or even, ”I just want to be single…” Most of their replies...

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2 Times 2=????

I love being a mother. I have been one now for 36 years. From that first moment of touching our precious premature son with my fingertips, I have taken the responsibility very seriously...

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