Bible Reading Plan, Challenge

Bite of Bread: January 6-12 (30 Day Knee Challenge)

      What’s the first thing you do in the morning? A. check your Facebook feed B. make coffee C. get on your knees in prayer Years ago I was desperate. Life was hard, or so it seemed. Now after watching cancer take my sister and a good friend, what I thought was terribly hard was really just spilled …

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cancer, faith, heaven

ihope

  My nose is clogged. My throat throbs, and tears keep getting in my way. The wind outside beating against my windows and the deep darkness, the darkest moment before the sunrise, is symbolic of my grief this morning as I write. I prayed, “Lord, I can’t write these words today…I’ve got to be upbeat and positive. I shouldn’t wear …

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New Year, New Years Resolutions, One Word, perseverance, Uncategorized

My Resolution Redefined: Persevere

Some people hate New Year’s resolutions because they can never keep them. I know I won’t keep them faithfully, but I still love to make them. They give me hope. A pastor in Wilmington, Mike Ashcraft, came up with a great way to replace those pesky resolutions. He teaches about choosing One Word to inspire the year. Click on the blue words to read about the …

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Bible Reading Plan

Bite of Bread: Dec. 30-Jan. 5 (Bible Reading Plan on Hope)

  I love celebrating a New Year. It seems that no matter how good a year is, there is always hope that the next year will be better. And no matter how good a year was, there are always bits and pieces of that year I want to leave behind. I’m always thankful for the thought of a new start–the …

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alone, Psalm 37, purpose

Step 3 to finding Purpose: ((LIVE)) right where you are!

“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.”   Where do you live? No, I’m not asking “where” as in a place on a map. I’m thinking more of “where” we live in our thoughts. Some of us live in the past. Every day we long for things to be the way they …

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