Today’s Truth
“In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence (
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One of my favorite people is author and speaker Patsy Clairmont. We were discussing my first book on the telephone one day and trying to set up a time to meet face-to-face when she came to speak at a Women of Faith Conference in my hometown. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“When Jesus saw her, he called her forward…” (Luke 13:12 NIV).
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It was another Sabbath day, much like any other. But as Mariah opened her eyes framed with years of pain and sorrow, she had no idea this would be the day that changed her life.
“I’m getting too old for this,” Read more…
Today’s’ Truth
“I will never leave you or forsake you” (
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She was among an eager group of four-year-old children crowded around my feet as I taught their Sunday school lesson. I was the teacher and they were the students – or at least that is how it started out. The pint-sized audience listened intently as I tried to create a mental image of Jesus and His disciples trapped in a thunderstorm on the Sea of Galilee. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2 NIV).
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I see three emotions blocking women from being all God intends for them to be and from accomplishing all that God intends for them to accomplish – Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels” (Isaiah 6:10 NIV).
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Debbie’s paternal grandparents had both a housekeeper and groundskeeper who lived in their basement apartment. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV).
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Julianna came out of the womb ready to meet every challenge with determination, every celebration with enthusiasm, and every mystery with the passion of discovery. Read more…
Today’s Truth:
“You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:12,13 NIV).
Friend To Friend You are the salt of the earth. Have you ever tasted potatoes without salt added? They are bland, blasé, and blah. Likewise, a world without Christians would be very unappealing.
Salt has three primary purposes. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s sons” (2 Samuel 9:11 NIV).
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Who in the world is Mephibosheth and what possessed his momma to give him such a name? Well, I can’t answer the second question, but I can shed some light on the first. Mephibosheth was a man who was living way below his potential. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he (she) is a new creation, the old is gone, and the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
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One of the greatest philosophers of all time is Charlie Brown, the little round-headed kid in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts cartoon. But even Charlie Brown has his problems. Read more…
Today’s Truth
2 Corinthians 3:4 (NIV) “Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.”
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The three-headed monster of inferiority, insecurity and inadequacy can paralyze a Christian into inactivity and leave him or her sitting on the bench during the game of life … Read more…