Category: Faith
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A Hard Heart, Jesus Movement and Keith Green
Not many Christians of my generation can forget the impact a talented, bold , young Jewish man made on us. That sounds like Jesus doesn’t it — well, it’s not. It’s Keith Green. Keith was an outspoken Jesus follower who challenged us to live completely for God. To give out hearts, souls and mind to…
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Getting to Know Him
In his book, Prayer, Tim Keller says we cannot pray until we understand the One we are praying to. In fact, he says all prayer is responding to God. God is the initiator. If we find ourselves wanting to pray, God is drawing us, It follows that we have some knowledge of God to even…
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Solution For the Troubled Heart
Wisdom from a Country Preacher series (Because of the high interest in my dad’s sermon notes, I decided the first Faith Friday post…
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Faith Fridays
Faith Fridays will include words of wisdom from Dad’s sermons, my insights from the Word, book reviews, and community care ideas.
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Tea Tuesdays
Blogging is work! I have a new found respect for bloggers who daily or even weekly consistently post. It takes dedication, inspiration and time to provide fresh content that has value and informs. The secret, it seems, is a passion for the topic, a plan and a schedule. Imagine that, a schedule! I’m wading in…
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Wear the Cross for the 21 Martyrs
It’s nearly unbelievable to think what is happening to our brothers and sisters in Christ is the Middle East. I am calling all brothers and sisters to stand in solidarity with our martyred brothers and sisters in Egypt. We are the nation of the cross. Wear your cross as a sign of unity of faith.…
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Humility in Prayer
We often think of humility being a trait of a Christian, but we don’t always think of it as it relates to prayer. How do we come to prayer with humility, but yet boldly. I recently read this article on humility in prayer and thought it was a great description. http://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/the-fragrance-of-humility-in-prayer.html
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The Gift of Pondering
Originally posted on Faithpondering: Ok, so it’s been way too long since we have posted. Maybe we (I) haven’t been doing what our blog name implies, pondering faith. Got too busy, too distracted, to take time to ponder. Today is a good day to begin again. It’s so good that God doesn’t condemn when we…
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Seasons
Beautiful, crisp Fall mornings. Daylight peaking it’s head up later and leaving sooner each evening. Trees changing color. All are evidence that the season is changing. I think I love living in the North so much because I can so visually see change through the seasons. It causes gladness and sometimes a sense of loss as…
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