Archive for September, 2008

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Changing Seasons & Spiritual Encouragement

We are going through a lot of changes. As a result, you may not see me here as often. I’ll be writing as the Lord leads.
Changes

Changes in Marriage: My hubby retired this year, so we are getting to know each other 24/7. It is a blessing. We have coffee together every morning on the porch [...]

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The 8 Rs to Freedom

Fruit of the Spirit Friday: Joy and Peace

Do you ever have thoughts that take you into a downward spiral?  I used to go into a downward spiral in my thoughts once a month around “that time.” I would throw a pity party complete with tissues, comfort food (usually chocolate), singing the blues music, and dark [...]

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The Prophetic Fall Holidays

The spring festivals clearly prophesied the first coming of Messiah; it stands to reason that the fall festivals are prophetic of His second coming. The long period between the end of the spring feasts and beginning of the fall holy days is symbolic of the long period between the formation of the church at the [...]

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Rooted and Grounded in Love

Fruit of the Spirit Friday

He loves me. He loves me. He loves me. Understanding His love is will produce fruit of God’s Spirit in our life. We can be rooted in the love of Christ, anchored in Him, supported by Him. Deep roots = firm foundations.
…that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that [...]

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Spiritual Roots of Diseases (Fear)

Last week I went to a conference on the spiritual roots of diseases. It should be no surprise that there are spiritual roots to many diseases.  Christians have  same statistics in the areas of cancer, heart disease, depression, divorce, diabetes, etc.  as unbelievers. Diseases are choking the church!
I mentioned I would write about the theories [...]

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Assumptions That Affect Our Lives

Greek and Hebrew Worldviews
The visible actions of people are first shaped by invisible thoughts, deep in the unseen world of the human mind and heart. What factors influence those invisible ideas? For people who live in the Western world, the answers can be found by examining the two major roots of Western thought–the ancient Greeks [...]

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“Spiritual Roots of Disease” Conference

I’ve been in Georgia for a week long Bible conference titled “Be In Health.” based on the book A More Excellent Way: Be In Health by Henry Wright.
There is no way to encapsulate what I learned in the intense 50 hour teaching  of the dynamics behind diseases and the spirit, soul, and body [...]

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Taking Every Though Captive

Fruit of the Spirit Friday

In an earlier post titled Think on These Things: I addressed thoughts. We should be focusing on whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—excellent and praiseworthy things.
How do you think good and praiseworthy things in the midst of turmoil, when you have [...]

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Link Library by Thematic Unit Study

Would it be helpful to you to be able to go online and find educational links to content and videos based on the Bible, history or science theme you are currently studying?
Good News and Bad News
The bad news is we recently lost our Online Link Library. Don’t worry, if you have the HOW ebooks [...]

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The Battle of Good and Evil

There are two trees in the Garden of Eden—the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. When Adam and Eve ate from the poison tree they infected mankind. Before eating they did not even realize they were naked—their focus was on God. The knowledge of good and evil distracts us [...]

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