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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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Spirit Filled? Or Spirit Emptied?

  1 Thessalonians 5:19 (NIV) Do not quench the Spirit.     I always thought that verse was second person singular: “Don’t you quench the Spirit in yourself.” I was wrong. God: Criticizing someone filled with the Spirit is like … Continue reading

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This Space Is Spirit-Filled

    Watchman Nee gives us a very good reason to be filled with the Spirit.   “Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?“ Watchman Nee was a 20th century … Continue reading

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Spirit Filled. Not.

This might explain why folks hesitate to speak up about their faith.

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Spirit-Filled Women . . . and Men

Joel 2:28-29 (NIV) I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will … Continue reading

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Something to Remember

    Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday? What is Pentecost?     A traditional Jewish festival The birthday of the Christian church All of the above The Holy Spirit descended on the believers during the Feast of Pentecost, and thus started … 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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Submit to Whom?

  James 4:7 (ESV) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.     Charles Spurgeon preached a sermon on this verse, January 30th, 1876. Here are a few words from that sermon. “I desire … Continue reading

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