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The Lover of My Soul

February 12, 2021 Joann Claypoole Blog, Christian Living, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Featured, Fire Starters, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, praise, Relationships, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Thankfulness, Valentine's Day

Oh, how the Father loves us… I love you, Father, for all that you are. You’re the scent of my favorite Flower—Winter’s first snow. You’re a bird’s song in spring and summer’s warm water. The

Evidence of Love

February 11, 2021 Charles Huff inspire a fire, Love, Relationships, Spiritual Growth

My wife likes to watch romance movies. Yes, even the most predictable Hallmark ones. I admit to sitting through a few of them with her, and some of those hold my interest and entertain me.

The Way to Love

February 1, 2021 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Featured, Fire Starters, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, Marriage, praise, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Thankfulness, Valentine's Day

Along the narrow way I’ve often wondered about God’s idea of love and how the essence of the meaning might differ from my own. I mean, how can we love the Lord with all our

Home For Christmas

December 11, 2020 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, Holiday, hope, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Relationships, Relationships

Christmas 2020… Over the river and through the woods to NOBODY’S house we go—Huh? The holidays are here. That means everyone wants to go somewhere. Grandma and Grandpa’s tiny city apartment, Sissy’s country house, or

Let Us Not Give Up Meeting Together

November 2, 2020 Pirate Preacher Christian Living, Culture, discipleship, Faith, Featured, Finding God's Presence, Fire Starters, Freedom, Freedom in Christ, hope, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Prayer, Relationships, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Travel, Worship

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 When I read this verse

Lead Us to the Cross

October 9, 2020 Joann Claypoole autumn glory, Blog, Christian Living, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Featured, Fire Starters, God's Glory, Greatfulness, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Leadership, Prayer, Relationships, Relationships, Trust

2020: A historical year by epic proportions, or a calling to be led? All the world will remember—no matter how much we try to forget. Autumn is my favorite season of the year. I’m writing

The Heart of Hope

September 11, 2020 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Featured, Fire Starters, hope, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, parenting, Relationships, The Hope of God

February 1976. New York City. Most of my friends know the story of how a transplanted New Yorker became a southern girl—after twelve impressionable years living in one of the largest cites in the world.

Friends

August 26, 2020 Debbie Hardy Fire Starters, Friends, Relationships, Relationships

Do you have many friends? Or are they merely acquaintances? An acquaintance is someone you laugh with; a friend is someone you’ve cried with. Another way to decide if someone is a true friend is

IF ONLY WE’D KNOWN….

August 19, 2020 Janet Morris Grimes Family, Featured, Fire Starters, Intimacy, Marriage, praise, Prayer, Relationships, Relationships

From this day forward. Wow! Thirty-six years of marriage. How is this possible? I think back to our vows taken on that day, heading down the aisle as the clueless kids we proved to be.

Honor God And Country

July 22, 2020 Debbie Hardy America, Family, Fire Starters, Relationships, Relationships, Waiting

How do we show honor?
Do we show honor?