Advent Devotion: Christmas Day

Advent Devotion: Christmas Day

Not everyone loves the Baby in the Manger who grew up as the Savior of the World, and not everyone will love us because of Him.

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 Advent Devotion Week 4: Joy

 Advent Devotion Week 4: Joy

I’m essentially nobody, but when my name appears with one of my essays in a book. I’m overjoyed that my name appears alongside some incredibly gifted authors. It feels good, but I hardly feel worthy to have my name printed inside because I’m serving God by following His call on my life.

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 Advent Devotion Week 3: Hope

 Advent Devotion Week 3: Hope

We needed to do this for us. Why? Because Jesus came anyway.

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Advent Devotion Week 1: Peace

Advent Devotion Week 1: Peace

Where is peace? We’ve been led to believe that peace is the absence of conflict and violence. Yet the truth is there is peace in the midst of all of this.

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Pro-Active Aging & Chronic Illness

Pro-Active Aging & Chronic Illness

Indeed, the holidays are not easy with chronic pain and fatigue after 50! But we can find ways to do so, even in winter with snow flurries and bitter cold.

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Halloween and the Encounters with the Unholy

Halloween and the Encounters with the Unholy

Have you ever felt the hair rise up on the back of your neck and experienced a horrible sense of dread you couldn’t wait to escape from, but you didn’t know why? This season is filled with horror, evil, and the unholy. If it doesn’t make you shudder, then you might want to read about some of my spine tinglers, brushes with the unholy, otherworldly beings who come against the Kingdom of God, and that the power of God is greater still.

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Help! There’s the Snake!

Help! There’s the Snake!

Yet believers are hoodwinked by the Serpent, who slithers in under the radar, into believing these classes have no religious teachings. Worse yet, some use religious lingo that sounds Christian but is not.

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To Supplement, or Not?

To Supplement, or Not?

Supplements have garnered so much attention and praise I thought it would be a good idea to share with you what I’ve learned as a fitness pro so you can make a relatively well-informed decision about them.

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Blooming Where We Are Planted

Blooming Where We Are Planted

As communities become less tolerant of our Christian faith, they need us more, even though they don’t know it.

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Picking at Sawdust

Picking at Sawdust

Sometimes we become blinded to our own sin issues that we pick at and correct someone else’s sin issues. We are often quick to criticize others, but have you noticed that the person being picked at will often accurately point out our hypocrisy? There we stand sheepishly, realizing that they are right.

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