A Heart Like Daniel

Do you know the story of Daniel’s life?  You probably heard about Daniel in the Lion’s Den.  But that’s not even close to being the whole story of Daniel’s life. Daniel was essentially kidnapped from his family by a Babylonian king and brought to court because he was one of the best, smartest, good-looking young men in the land of Judah.  Along with his friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, he was taken into the...

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The Firstborn Son

Currently, I’m a stay at home wife & mom.  I often say that I’m the mom of three – 2 girls, 1 son.  And that is correct.  I am raising 3 children with my husband. But my firstborn son, much like Little Moses in the Bible, was only mine for a moment, and was given to another to raise. As I have held Little Man in my arms these past 14+ weeks, I have had glances of my past and what might have been.  But what...

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Effecting Change

This week has seen a lot of changes for us.  Curly’s first full week home from school.  I decided not to plan too much knowing we all needed to take time to adjust and get into a new routine.  I’m great with WANTING routines, but pretty bad at implementing them…  So, I’ve been thinking about how to EFFECT the necessary CHANGE in our every day! Yesterday, we spent TWO HOURS in the girls’ room.  The girls made...

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Complete Him Challenge – Week 3 – Praying for Him

Courtney’s Challenge this week: Pray for Your Husband Daily… This one – for me at least – sounds pretty simple. Pray for him daily. I do that already, right? I mean, besides the requisite – Lord, help him to have a good day (so he comes home in a good mood) and keep him safe (cuz his job has some dangerous aspects, and he is our provider), and help him to be the husband and father you want him to be (and YOU know...

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Power in Prayer

Knowing that intercessory prayer is our mightiest weapon and supreme call for Christians today, I pleadingly urge our people everywhere to pray.  Let there be prayer at sun-up, noon day, at sun-down, at midnight, all through the day.  Let us all pray for our children, our youth, our aged, our pastors, our homes.  Let us pray for our churches.  Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word ‘concern’ out of our...

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