Roots and Relationships
If he hears you, you have gained your brother. Matthew 18:15b A woman was doing some long awaited yard work. There was one stand of weeds that had grown thick and tall. She was digging them out by the roots. It was a lot of work and a neighbor noticed. He grabbed his weed-whacker and…
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Pursuing Holiness
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. Isaiah…
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On Behalf of Those We Teach
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Romans 12:3 (NKJV) We are impatient. When someone comes to faith…
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A Guilty Mom
Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10 Oh, the guilt that comes from Bible study! Taking a close look at the Proverbs 31 woman can cause a wife and mother to drown in her own sense of failure. As a woman raised without Christ, I…
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Idle Chatter
In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23 Almost weekly, I have the pleasure of taking my younger grandchildren to the library for story time. Yesterday there were fourteen children and nine adults (I counted). Most were moms, but there was one dad and a babysitter with…
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