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3 Keys to Surviving a Trial

How can we consider trials joyful? How was my husband’s leukemia joyful? Joy disappeared when my child went wayward. Joy flees when depression chases it. Joy escaped when the mammogram showed something unusual. Where is joy when our hearts are broken?
Does joy seem like a dream you continually chase after, but like a butterfly, it eludes you? I have found the problem lies within our minds. We seek joy in the wrong places.

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Uncertain Moments

This week has been filled with uncertain moments. I’ve spent hours on the phone getting nowhere with a mail order company. Among all the stress, Iva gave us some comic relief, while walking, but even she had an uncertain moment.

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Armor of God For Worry

The Bible tells us to put on the armor of God. The above verse follows the six pieces of armor, and it tells us how to put on the armor – through prayer. We pray with authority when we pray the Word of God back to God. We are in line with His will when we do this and it sets our minds on the proper focus while we battle in spiritual warfare.
How do we select verses for each piece of armor? Glad you asked, because that’s what we’re doing today.

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Obtaining God’s Favor

You have probably worked to obtain something too. A promotion at your job or college degree. We obtain the knowledge and skills to do what we do so we can do it well.
But there’s one thing I don’t have to work for, and neither do you my friend. God’s favor! We already have it. It was sealed with the sweet blood of Jesus Christ on Calvary’s cross.

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A Prayer of Hope for Mothers Day

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
Because the LORD has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
Isaiah 61:1-4 NKJV
I know how painful Mother’s Day can be. For many years, I avoided church, but I couldn’t avoid the commercials or the Mother’s Day wishes from people in public. I wanted to hide my head in the sand like an ostrich.

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