Knowledge and Understanding

By Beth | April 27, 2010 | Comments Off on Knowledge and Understanding

  For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. (Proverbs 2:6-8)     Several years ago my husband took a…

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God vs. Rita

By Beth | April 22, 2010 | Comments Off on God vs. Rita

  Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and He will act. Psalm 37:5   I recently took a Sunday School class called “Bedrock Economics.” One of the lessons was on value and that we (humans) impute value to things. If, in my subjective opinion, something doesn’t have any value then it’s not…

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Scripture Memory Challenge

By Beth | April 19, 2010 |

    This Sunday ended twelve weeks of scripture memorization for many young people in our church. Every year the church offers all of our elementary through high school students the opportunity to earn scholarship money for summer camp or youth retreats by memorizing scripture. As a hearer I am allowed to give only three prompts…

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Baptism by Spit?

By Beth | April 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Baptism by Spit?

  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Romans 8:35   I don’t feel like there has been enough tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, or sword in my life to tempt me to separate from God. But on…

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Encouraging Words

By Beth | April 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Encouraging Words

  Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11     Many of the commands in the Bible have to do with how we should act toward other Christians. I call them the “one another” verses. We are to love one another (1 John 4:7), admonish…

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Grumble, Grumble, Grumble

By Beth | April 8, 2010 | Comments Off on Grumble, Grumble, Grumble

    Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. Philippians 2:14-15     Some meetings I go to are productive and some just seem like…

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