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How God Thinks about Us
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you …” – Jeremiah 29:11 First, it is an awesome thing to consider that God would even have a thought toward any one of us. Then we marvel to know that… Continue reading
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Changing Our Outlook on Defeat
Defeat Kahlil Gibran 1883 – 1931 Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, was born January 6, 1883, in Bsharri, Lebanon. Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness; You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs, And sweeter to… Continue reading
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The Big Book
On this day in 1939 – Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published. “Those events that once made me feel ashamed and disgraced now allow me to share with others how to become a useful member… Continue reading
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Roses and Thorns
“Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut… Continue reading
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The Dew of Hermon
Psalm 133:3 – As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. I have seen Mount Hermon and it is impressive. I… Continue reading
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Quiet My Soul, a Country Song
A Simple Country Song for a Quiet Heart Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash Psalm 131 O Lord, I am not proud; I have no haughty looks. I do not occupy myself with great matters, or with things that are… Continue reading
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Life Together by Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Download Life-together-book-english-january-2017 Study Guide for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Life Together” George Fox University Life Together (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) audiobook YouTube.com Order: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books) Hardcover – Illustrated, February 27, 2011 Continue reading
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A Nation Reunited?
On this date in 1865, during the American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Appomattox Court House in Virginia has a sign that… Continue reading
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What is pitiful about much of today’s singing
Sing to the Lord “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into… Continue reading
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