Category Archives: House and home

Got Prayer in Your Closet?

  Matthew 6:6 (NASB) But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. Those … Continue reading

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What’s in My Closet?

  Whenever I clean my closet, I find things I don’t need. They occupy space that could be put to better use. Same thing with my life. There’s some worthless stuff occupying space:   Couch time that is neither useful … Continue reading

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Father’s Influence

  I went back to college when my youngest was 4. I felt guilty about leaving him home with Dad. He said, “Don’t feel bad, Mommy. While you’re gone Daddy and I put our feet on the coffee table like … Continue reading

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My Father’s House

    Trust Oswald Chambers for an intriguing thought:     “Do I look at my life as being in my Father’s house?  Is the Son of God living in His Father’s house within me?“  My Utmost for His Highest … Continue reading

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God’s Home

  Remember the old hymn, We Give Thee But Thine Own.     Think about your house and everything in it, and sing these words: “All that we have is Thine alone,   A trust, O Lord, from Thee.“ William … Continue reading

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Battles of Home

    God and I don’t always agree when it comes to my home.   Me: We just need to buy a few more things and the house will be perfect. God: Money buys perfection? Really? Me: Gotta clean. Company’s … Continue reading

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Treasure of Home

  Handy Hubby and I spent a lot of time and money renovating the barn we call home (you can read more about it here).   Matthew 6:19-21  (NIV) Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths … Continue reading

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Heart’s Home

  Where would we find you at home?     Tinkering in my workshop In the kitchen Out in the garden “Home is where the heart is.” Pliny the Elder “Home is the nicest word there is.” Laura Ingalls Wilder … Continue reading

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Submissive Reflections

  Ephesians 5:22-23 (CEV) A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body.  … Continue reading

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