A Friend in Need

By Beth | October 24, 2017 | Comments Off on A Friend in Need

  One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Proverbs 12:26   We should expect evil people to be a bad influence and Christian friends to be a good influence, even encouraging. The concern of this post is those times when the righteous are…

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Inconvenient Kids

By Beth | October 20, 2017 | Comments Off on Inconvenient Kids

  In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge. Proverbs 14:26   Kids can be a real inconvenience when: all we want to do is get a job done. we want to read in peace. we want to get in and out of a store at…

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It’s a National Shame

By Beth | October 17, 2017 | Comments Off on It’s a National Shame

  There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil? Nahum 3:19   Nahum is clear that God’s judgment on Nineveh would not be reversible (Nahum 1:8, 14).  They have had their warnings.…

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Taxing…

By Beth | October 13, 2017 | Comments Off on Taxing…

    The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Psalm 24:1b-2   Every year in June or July, my husband tells me that the money we earn is now ours. We are moving…

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Wait to Hear

By Beth | October 10, 2017 |

  But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Micah 7:7   I often pray for God to reveal something: Truth about a situation Direction for something I want to do Truth about her situation, to someone I am…

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Reason to Reason

By Beth | October 6, 2017 | Comments Off on Reason to Reason

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17   Changing our thinking is hard. Often, it is a drawn-out process. We have to become convinced, persuaded by good reasoning, that it is worth changing a stance, especially if…

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