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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What is Ash Wednesday? It’s the first day of Lent. What is Lent? It’s a time of remembering. Lent is a time set aside to prepare our hearts to celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Inspiration for the New Year: For Days of Auld Lang SyneWhat are “The 70 New Year’s Resolutions?”A New Year’s Meditation by Matthew Henry (1662-1714)A New Year, A New Hope, It’s My Year – Guaranteed to Make You...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. <<Video Below>> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) is among the Great Cloud of Witnesses who have gone before us into glory (Heb 12:1). He’s a favorite of mine. Perhaps because I grew up...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Last year, I wrote “A Christmas Poem by Nana Shari” for my grandchildren. This year, I had it printed (on canvas) with their pictures, and I framed it. I want to share the poem with you and offer a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There is a lot of information in the Bible about the events of Jesus’ birth. From prophecy throughout the Old Testament to the historical records of the Gospel accounts we read about the significant events...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. So, what is advent? Advent is a season of waiting, expecting, and hoping. The word “advent” comes from the Latin word “adventus,” which means “coming”. For Christians, celebrating Advent helps prepare our hearts...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s much we can learn from the Peanuts Gang. From the characters’ innocence to their words of truth and love, Charlie Brown and his friends are a bright spot in an ever-increasingly dark world. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. President Reagan: Words of Tribute “…words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On Sunday before He was crucified, the crowds gathered and hailed Jesus as He entered Jerusalem: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Psalm 22 is known as one of the three Shepherd Psalms (Read: Following the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd, Psalms 22, 23, and 24). This psalm is also prophetic because it gives a “picture” of the cross from the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The question, “how do I change my life?” is really answered by WHO can change my life. Jesus is the answer. The only thing that brings true and lasting change into any person’s life is the saving grace of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Scroll Down For The Video & to Read the Full Poem We stand at the gate of the year. A new year is dawning, and it’s time to say goodbye to the old. We look back with nostalgia for what has passed, and we look...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It all happened in a moment, a most remarkable moment. As moments go, that one appeared no different than any other. If you could somehow pick it up off the timeline and examine it, it would look exactly like the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Share the Christmas story with the young and young-at-heart by sharing chapters of the Bible presented in poetic words. Alvy Ford, a long-departed saint, created a beautiful work in which he summarized every...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Come, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free; From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth thou art; Dear desire of every...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington designated Thursday, November 26th of that year to be a national day of thanks. He proclaimed: “Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Life is often like a puzzle. Getting started isn’t easy and sometimes it’s difficult to see how the pieces fit together. Take a few minutes to do a Bible Word Search puzzle. Read the Bible verses and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch the video poem, “You Only Have One Mother” below] Remembering our mothers is important and how we remember them is crucial to a loving relationship that honors God. We are told to take every...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (Download the checklist document of names and titles for Jesus, below.) Lent is one of the oldest Christian practices, dating back to the first-century church. However, Lent wasn’t formally declared a church...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Marcus Rainsford (1820-1897) is one of the many faithful believers who are now a part of the Great Cloud of Witnesses in Heaven (Heb 12:1). Their words “live” on to testify of Jesus and to equip...
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