Fasting and Praying

By Beth | October 25, 2010

Three times in two days God has brought up the subject of fasting and praying. When something comes up more than once I figure maybe I had better think about it. So, I was thinking about it yesterday because I had taught about praying and one of the ladies in the class asked me about…

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Adjusting My Pride

By Beth | October 21, 2010

I went to the Chiropractor for an adjustment. This man has a history of making me feel a whole lot better after I see him. This time I made the appointment because my right shoulder was killing me. It was so uncomfortable to sleep that I had to do something. My chiropractor/magician squeezed my shoulder…

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Know Your Enemy

By Beth | October 18, 2010

The truth is not always pretty. As I was teaching a lesson on Satan this morning I thought how odd this teaching must sound to those who do not know or love the Lord. It may even sound pretty harsh to those Christians who do not know their Bibles. Satan is a hard reality of…

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Greedy Log

By Beth | October 15, 2010

It was just for a moment. If I had tried I probably could have ignored it altogether and not dealt with it at all. But, the Holy Spirit wasn’t willing for me to let this one pass. It was greed, pure and simple greed. My husband saw some people yesterday that we hadn’t seen for…

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Teach and Train

By Beth | October 11, 2010

I am seeing a trend that I am a little concerned about. It’s in our churches and it doesn’t seem to be denomination-specific but more a universal problem among Christians today. The problem is time; we think we don’t have enough if it to do the work of growing God’s kingdom. It seems to cross…

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Stuff I Don’t Know About

By Beth | October 7, 2010

  I have many memories of my Dad. Most of them are good ones. He was one of those men who didn’t take a real active role in our parenting. I am one of six so this left a big responsibility on our Mother. I can remember crying over something that he thought was too…

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