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Are you Acting Like an Orphan?

Biblical EncouragementMarch 21, 2012478Views 0Likes 7Comments

“Overheard in an Orchard” by Elizabeth Cheney Said the robin to the sparrow, "I would really like to know Why those anxious human beings rush around and worry so." Said the sparrow to the robin, "Friend, I think that it must be That they have no Heavenly Father such as cares for you and me." Psalm 46:10 KJV - "Be still, and know that…

David had learned to turn to God in his times of difficulty. Although deliverance wasn’t always immediate, God’s presence was with him in the midst of his trouble. Though he was surrounded BY trouble, he was revived IN it.”

Are You Exempt From Trouble?

Biblical EncouragementMarch 14, 2012362Views 0Likes 0Comments

“When I became a Christian, I thought my troubles would be over. I assumed Christians were free from trouble.” Millie Stamm in Be Still and Know She goes on to say, “We have not been promised exemption from trouble, but we are assured help in the midst of it. David had learned to turn to God in…

It has been one of my recent goals to receive all that the Lord is offering me. Sometimes it can be overwhelming when I stop to think of all the He offers me. I picture Him standing before me with his arms full of good things for me; peace, patience, kindness, joy – all in abundance for my every need.

Are You Experiencing Abundant Life?

Biblical EncouragementMarch 7, 2012359Views 0Likes 5Comments

“Every Christian has eternal life, but not every Christian has it abundantly in his daily experience. Abundant life is the life of Christ filling us to overflowing in every area of our lives. Any lack is not on His part in giving, but in our part in possessing. God intends that abundant life be the normal…

Don’t be Caught Like I Was

Biblical EncouragementFebruary 29, 2012456Views 0Likes 2Comments

It was like most other afternoons. I was innocently checking my email. I stopped to read Todd Wilson’s article about writing in the Homeschool Minute. The short blurb at the end of his article caught my eye. His book The Injection was on sale on Amazon for $.99, so I stopped to…

“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.” Joel 2:25-26

The Promise of Complete Restoration

Biblical EncouragementFebruary 22, 2012438Views 0Likes 0Comments

“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my…

Sin Always Takes us Farther Than we Thought We’d go

Biblical EncouragementJanuary 8, 20121KViews 0Likes 1Comment

This line from Lorrie Flem of Eternal Encouragement has stuck with me since I read it in one of her newsletters. “Sin always takes us farther than we thought we'd go, keeps us longer than we thought we'd stay, and costs more than we thought we'd pay. We really do become slaves to our sinning, whether…

The Hopes and Fears of all the Years are met in Thee Tonight

Biblical EncouragementDecember 30, 2011555Views 0Likes 2Comments

As I prayed this morning about what I should write as my last post of the year, I was thinking about how the time between Christmas and New Year's seems to be a waiting time –waiting for Christmas to be over, waiting for New Year’s Day, waiting for one year to be over and the…