Receiving is Giving

By Beth | August 2, 2016 | Comments Off on Receiving is Giving

  In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35   You know those friends that you rarely see but when you…

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Remembering Maturity

By Beth | July 29, 2016 |

  Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. Proverbs 16:22   While walking near my house one day, I overheard two men trying to find a location. They had their phones in their hands, were looking at street signs, and heading for a…

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Hot Topics: Weather and Politics

By Beth | July 26, 2016 | Comments Off on Hot Topics: Weather and Politics

  He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. Psalm 147:8 Today is day three (or four) of high heat here in Pennsylvania. We are not used to it, even in the summer. Between the political conventions and the temperatures, I am hearing a…

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How Long?

By Beth | July 22, 2016 | Comments Off on How Long?

  My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD–how long? Psalm 6:3   “How long” will we have to live facing the daily intrusive, ungodly, and discouraging  news  –  from all over the world. We face God, knowing of His judgment. I fear it is upon us. This question of “How long?” is…

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Peace Peace

By Beth | July 19, 2016 | Comments Off on Peace Peace

  They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’                         when there is no peace. Jeremiah 8:11   I keep thinking about the chaos in our nation right now. It is amazing to me that we have allowed ourselves to…

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Why Stay?

By Beth | July 15, 2016 |

  And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25 We really do not live like we believe that obedience brings…

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