sunday roast is in the oven

Acts 16: 22 – 26
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell [...]

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jesus saves, over and over again

I can’t really tell you the scripture this comes from, but I am convinced that Jesus doesn’t just save sinners.
He saves me, every day, every moment.  Each time I turn to Him when I feel small, or petty, or discouraged, or angry.  He saves me from that and sends me in another direction.
Right now I’m [...]

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never orphaned

Just about everyone who reads my blog knows by now that my favorite Bible study leader is Beth Moore.
As I read her blog more and more I am finding that I really enjoy the insights and posts from her daughters as well.
This one in particular from Melissa (who lives here in Atlanta by the way) [...]

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tips for praying in traffic

In honor of tomorrow and the National Day of Prayer I thought I would post a few tips for Praying in Traffic…since that is where a lot of us actually pray.

do not close your eyes
pray out loud  (it might help you stay awake so that you don’t hit someone)
bless your enemies****
remember to start your prayer [...]

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i am not worthy

not long ago I was at a concert and raised my hand
“yes, I will sponsor a compassion child“
I clutched the packet with a child’s photograph in it and briefly regretted that I was letting God pick the child for me instead of searching the Compassion website and picking one for myself.  But I reminded myself [...]

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bragging on Ginny

alright.  I am going to brag on my child.
It is going to be sickeningly sweet and gushy.  If you don’t want to read it you don’t have to.  But I’m a mom and it is good for me to occasionaly wax eloquent about my darling child.  Ask Missy over at It’sAlmostNaptime.  This was her idea.  [...]

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if you could have one wish

If you could have one wish.  Just one.
What would it be?
none of this wishing for infinite wishes stuff either.  Just one wish.

that’s okay.  I’ll wait.  did you think of one?
What was it?  Now be honest.
World peace?
fabulous wealth?
Athletic, strong,  healthy body that would allow me to eat anything I wanted and never get fat or have [...]

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heading back

okay, actually I’m already back.
The event was good.  Nothing earth shatteringly great or disastrously dangerous …or frankly anything easy to write about.
and there is something else on my mind anyway
I’m currently working on a memory verse
“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing because to this you were called so [...]

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wake up with JOY

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
I love to plan.
*sigh*
So does God.
I think that no matter how good I am at it…..God’s plan is probably a better deal than mine.  Any day of the week.
God knows everything.  He is a much better planner than I am.  In [...]

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drifting

perhaps it has someting to do with the severe lack of sleep recently in my life.
perhaps it has to do with some highly charged situations I’m currently involved in
perhaps it is the fact that the style of the writer of the bible study I’ve been doing this summer is just not quite “getting to me”
but [...]

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