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Refusing to Listen

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Have you ever felt that an advancement or opportunity in your life was delayed for far too long, or maybe the door appeared closed altogether? It can be discouraging, can’t it?   Your situation might have concerned a bad habit that you weren’t able to kick, a lack in advancement at your job, an achievement…

Identity

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Initially it wasn’t in the manuscript. That was the case until the Lord laid out the theme in great detail, at nearly the last minute, in the midst of a dream one night. Its inclusion has been powerful, as many have relayed to me the Lord’s ministry in their lives through chapter six in The…

Learning to Love….Me?!

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  UPDATE: Linking with Purposeful Faith today, January 13, 2015.   It’s Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air, right? Sometimes.   Sometimes it’s not always floating around so beautifully, and sometimes the “love-hate” relationship can be directed, with precision, at ourselves. We simply don’t know how to love ourselves (as one Jesus died for…

Diving Deeper

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  “Yeah, he’s certified!” was the latest excitement at our house. Our oldest blessing had finished all the courses and water time. He was now SCUBA certified, all the more reason to enjoy Hawai’i. It was a good day.   He shared stories of all the amazing under-water creatures he encountered, the vast, turquoise-blue scene…

It’s Review Time

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Hi All, Fellow home schooling parent, Mark Koopmans, has written a review of The Other Side of the Fence. It’s a first, praise the Lord! Take a peek here and enjoy the read. While you’re at it, peruse some of his other posts for smiles, grins, and a few giggles here and there. (He’s a…

Bearing With One Another

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  It’s not always easy, bearing with one another as we learn, growing in the spirit, just like it’s not always easy being behind the cautious, slow-moving driver in training. I’ll admit, if there’s an opportunity to switch lanes and zip past the awkwardness, I’ll most likely take the first opportunity to pass the student…

Are You Certain?

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Are you certain? Are you saved? Are you certain? We had a phenomenal weekend at church. John Bevere came to speak, yet it was the Lord’s voice we “heard.” Don’t you love it when the anointing of the Lord is oh-so-evident in a Christian’s life and it overflows into the lives of others?  There’s nothing…

Arise 2012, What a Weekend!

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  It was an encounter with God, an amazing weekend to say the least. It was one which needs to be “shouted from the mountaintops” in hopes many will pray about and consider attending next year…maybe you? It was the 2012 Arise Conference! Take a quick peek here at the recap video for a quick…