Since there is no chance that the details of Joy’s story happened by accident, I would like to suggest a word that you won’t find in any dictionary. I know it’s not there because I made it up: Spiritipitous. Since I coined the word, I can also give you its definition: orchestrated by the Spirit of God; not occurring through human design or activity.
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Icthus. (ICK-thoos) It sounds like a slobbery sneeze, but to first century Christians it was a symbol of identification. More subtle than a secret handshake or a password, with one swipe of a stick or a toe, a believer could extend a tentative feeler.
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Without hesitation Clara commenced to exhort me in the Lord. She rattled off a succession of Scripture verses that could not have been more perfectly suited. She encouraged, she blessed, she spoke truth into my life. And she concluded with a promise to pray for me concerning the very reason I had longed to go forward.
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A child of no more than five carried a baby to the cinder block CarePoint in eastern Swaziland. A stream of other children followed. Some half dressed. Most barefooted. All covered in muck. None of
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By Jennifer L Griffith Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect,
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I’ve been having an ‘out-of-body’ experience for the last few weeks. Not in a creepy, floating-around-the-room-looking-down-at-myself way. It’s been more of a vague, going-through-the-motions kind of way. And I’m not too fond of this.
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by Roger Bruner On July 8th, God’s Provision in Tough Times released from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. Over the next few weeks, join us as we meet some of the 25 authors of this
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by Maria I. Morgan It happens every year. Heavy thunderstorms cause our pond to be filled with sand and debris. What starts out as a large reflecting pool ends up looking more like an island
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by Tamara D. Fickas On July 8th, God’s Provision in Tough Times released from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. Over the next few weeks, join us as we meet some of the 25 authors of
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by Eddie Jones On July 8th, God’s Provision in Tough Times released from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. Over the next few weeks, join us as we meet some of the 25 authors of this
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