How are your spiritual muscles this morning? Weak and flabby? Strong and fit? Somewhere in the middle? Need help? [tweetability]There’s not very many exercises that will strengthen your spirit like the repetition of thankfulness.[/tweetability] Try 10 reps of thankfulness everyday. It’s not difficult. You can do it at home, no gym needed, and the best thing about thankfulness is …
Bible Reading Plan for a healthier Spirit (Blame it on the Oatmeal)
It’s not the oatmeal’s fault or my son’s. It’s really mine. But I thought the hot cereal would be least tainted by my blame. I’m late posting today because I cooked oatmeal for breakfast–on the stove kind, not instant. Last week I listened to a presentation about eating healthy. I was convinced to feed my family and myself the rainbow (think colors in …
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Bible Reading Plan: Jesus’ Final Week
Easter has always been one of my favorite celebrations. How could a girl not love a holiday that involved buying a new dress and shoes? In elementary school I got new Sunday socks too. They had ruffles. I carried this tradition onto my family. It wasn’t as much fun for my boys; they just saw Easter as painful because they had …
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Bible Reading Plan: Does God Always Answer?
In the past 4 years, I’ve written almost 600 posts. Strolling through my archives, I found this one written in 2011. It seemed fitting for our 30 Day Prayer Challenge.(click to read) If you are having trouble praying expectantly and thankfully, maybe this will help…. I went treasure hunting in the dark today. (Reading my Bible before sunrise.) This is what I found: …
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Bite of Bread Reading Plan: Don’t Run on Empty
I’m amazed. I can have a really great week–energetic, productive, joyful–then boom! In a day my emotions flip. The weather changes; clouds roll in. Loneliness comes to visit. And doubt decides to camp out on my front door step stealing the contentment I owned just a few days before. I call it “The Eeyore complex”. I experienced this yesterday. I’m not sure how …
