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2025-03-17T19:07:12-05:00

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Finding Balance: When Virtues Become Vices in Daily Life

Last updated on: March 17, 2025 at 7:07 pm By Michele Howe

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law. Galatians 5:22, 23 Balance In All Things Is The Goal There are virtues (the good guys) and then there are vices (the bad guys). But who’s to say which is which? Do we rely on circumstance to distinguish between the two? Are the lines separating right and wrong so elastic that they change given... Read more

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2025-03-11T09:32:14-05:00

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The Power of Appreciation: Words That Uplift and Inspire

Last updated on: March 11, 2025 at 9:32 am By Michele Howe

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Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16 Appreciation: Don’t Leave Home Without It There is something wonderfully enigmatic about sensing that another person notices your efforts, weak attempts though they may be, and kindly expresses such recognition with even a single word of thankfulness. One paltry word, even?... Read more

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2025-03-03T08:56:25-06:00

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Learn To Rule Over Those Untamed Emotions

Last updated on: March 3, 2025 at 8:56 am By Michele Howe

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 6,7 I hurt. You hurt. We all hurt. It’s a given. At one time or another, we all feel the anguish of some measure of emotional pain. As humans, we are too often emotionally driven, at... Read more

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2025-02-25T09:59:24-06:00

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God’s Timing in Salvation: Never Stop Praying for Loved Ones

Last updated on: February 25, 2025 at 9:59 am By Michele Howe

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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3: 16, 17 Jesus Saves – What A Savior! I still remember that cold Christmas night when my visiting aunt came into my room before I went to bed and shared... Read more

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2025-02-17T11:13:47-06:00

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We Reflect Jesus When We Forgive

Last updated on: February 17, 2025 at 11:13 am By Michele Howe

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Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. Luke 9: 23, 24 Taking up crosses daily doesn’t mean making one big once-and-for-all sacrifice and get it over with. It means repeatedly, over and over again, day after day and year after year, saying no to present desires and... Read more

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2025-02-10T14:16:23-06:00

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Failure Happens When We Stop Caring

Last updated on: February 10, 2025 at 2:16 pm By Michele Howe

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I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me. Psalm 57:2 Wisdom is found along a path that is strewn with our own sets of fears and insecurities to be faced. We must do the thing we think we cannot do. It’s in the doing that the strength comes. Paula Rinehart Earlier this week I saw my dentist and during the examination he pressed his thumb into the side of my... Read more

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2025-02-03T11:11:03-06:00

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We Are Always Dependent Upon God

Last updated on: February 3, 2025 at 11:11 am By Michele Howe

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The God of heaven will give us success. Nehemiah 2:20 Lately, I’ve been relating a lot to the Old Testament character Nehemiah who felt physically exhausted, emotionally spent, and spiritually opposed (and I’m not trying to rebuild a wall…just be faithful to the small stuff God has called me to do). As I read about the circumstances surrounding this unflinching soul who labored long and hard despite opposition from many forces, I am struck by this man’s... Read more

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2025-01-27T11:56:51-06:00

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What Does Service To God Look Like

Last updated on: January 27, 2025 at 11:56 am By Michele Howe

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Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6: 33, 34 Suppose someone you love were to say to you, “I don’t trust you. I don’t believe you love me and will care for me.” What an affront that would be to you! Yet that is what we... Read more

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2025-01-20T11:23:39-06:00

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Bartering: A Dynamic Feminine Practice

Last updated on: January 20, 2025 at 11:23 am By Michele Howe

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Barter: to trade by exchanging one commodity for another. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Bartering. If you’re a woman, then you’ve done it. Guaranteed. The very term conjures up some interesting and colorful scenes in our minds. Think back to early days of our country’s history when money was scarce (er), what did women do? They traded one commodity for another. One’s own valued item for someone else’s. Whether it was a chicken or its eggs, a cow or... Read more

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2025-01-13T14:36:04-06:00

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Busting Bad Journalism That Seeks to Mislead Us

Last updated on: January 13, 2025 at 2:36 pm By Michele Howe

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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 How do I figure out if this is true or not? How many times have I asked myself that very question today? This week? This month? This year? Kelly sighed and pushed herself away from the computer screen before walking away in sad resignation. As she opted for... Read more

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