Category: Bible & Faith
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Proven character
Read more: Proven characterWe have a very cute puppy who got out the front door yesterday. When she is inside our cozy, little home, she listens beautifully. She dashed out while we were letting the cat in. For the next (felt like a hour) five minutes she ran and ran. We called and called. She finally decided she…
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Abraham
Read more: AbrahamOur teacher yesterday in church told the story of Abraham. It begins with Abraham believing God and God crediting it to him as righteousness. Then we went into some of the mistakes, failures, etc that are also a part of the story. Yet, we find in Galatians 3:6-9, and Romans 4:1-22, Abraham is still credited…
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Jealousy
Read more: JealousyI love to dive deep in the word of God. I love to do word searches, concordance dives, you name it. I love to dig in God’s word. However, where I have been convicted this last year, I need to apply the truths to my life today. This came into focus as I spent the…
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Ear buds
Read more: Ear budsI remember thinking when i saw air pods for the first time. Not me. No i would lose them and it would be quite an expensive loss. However, I saw people NOT losing the little pieces of plastic. So, i purchased my first set with a gift card. And had some bumps along the way,…
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Genesis 16 study
Read more: Genesis 16 studyLet’s set the scene. Genesis 15 closes with the LORD’s covenant with Abram. “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite and…
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Our place
Read more: Our placeAs I begin reading through the Bible again, I am using the Bible Project’s classroom. I’m not in a formal Bible study this fall, but I want to learn. I am a part of a discussion/Bible study on Monday nights and while, there is no homework, I am finding community. I do better with more…
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Excellence
Read more: ExcellenceYesterday was a disturbing day. We started clinic off with an irate new patient who did not want to fill out any paperwork and began yelling. Walked out. Doctor brought him back in and actually, he was sent over to the ER. He needed our doctor. To a wellness check on a patient, because of…
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Commendable
Read more: Commendable“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”Philippians 4:8 NASB1995 Definition: commendable/good report/repute: ephemos-uttering good words or sounds of good omen, avoiding ill-opened words, hence fair…
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Lovely
Read more: LovelyAs I continue in Philippians 4:8, as you see by the title, the word is lovely. We have many ideas of lovely. We admire beauty in people, places, things. Temporal. This picture above in four months will be slushie ice, mud and bare trees. Yet, we can find lovely here as well. Short side note,…
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Pure
Read more: PureThis word has been messing with me. I’ve done the concordance search. I’ve defined the word. And yet I’ve been sitting and staring at this word for a bit. And this occurs to me: “One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the…
