Faithful Like Netflix

By Beth | November 1, 2013 |

  The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. Psalm 111:7-8   What kind of a deal do Netflix and Amazon.com have with the US Post Office? Netflix turnover of movies from the time they go out…

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Fruitful Follow-Up

By Beth | October 29, 2013 |

Conversation #1:  Me: “Is she a believer?” Response: “Oh yeah, I think so. She is so nice and she’s in church every week.” Conversation #2: Me: “How did you come to know Christ?”  Response: “Oh, I went to a Billy Graham crusade when I was younger and went forward for the invitation.” Neither of these…

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God Does Not Vote

By Beth | October 25, 2013 |

  Last week I was at a gathering of politically-minded people. There were some candidates for public office there campaigning. Each one was given a few minutes to speak after the main speaker for the night had given his talk on the underpinnings of the Constitution. He had made the point that the Constitution has…

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The Cocktail Party or Family Picnic

By Beth | October 22, 2013 |

   Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Romans 12:10 Social media is a blessing… unless it’s a curse! This morning I opened my email inbox to eight messages from Twitter. Four of them were letting me know I had four new followers. From each new “follower” I had a…

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Words of Knowledge

By Beth | October 18, 2013 |

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts  and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12   Last night I heard a man raise the question of whether he was reading a…

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Happy-lu-ya!

By Beth | October 15, 2013 | Comments Off on Happy-lu-ya!

After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. Revelation 19:1   At dinner one night with my daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren someone brought some good  news to the table to which I responded, “Hallelujah!”…

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