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What’s There to Be Thankful For in a Pandemic?

November 25, 2020 Debbie Hardy Culture, Fire Starters, Focus on the good, Holiday, Prayer, Relationships, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

We can be cheerful and grateful no matter what!

Cultivating Grateful hearts with the Gratitude Dare

November 23, 2020 Karen Friday Blog, Fire Starters, Giving, Greatfulness, inspire a fire, praise, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

Cultivating Grateful Hearts Through the Gratitude Dare

It’s that time of year. We know how the season is supposed to go down. Besides pumpkin pie and turkey, we are encouraged to cultivate attitudes of gratitude and to have grateful hearts. Such as

Savoring Our Blessings Just a Little Bit More

November 16, 2020 Sarah Lynn Phillips Christian Living, Devotions, Finding God's Presence, Fire Starters, Focus on the good, inspire a fire, Prayer, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

I wonder how many times we don’t fully appreciate something until it’s gone. Said another way, we often realize how much we value people, abilities, and even things after we lose them. And sometimes the

The Mystery of the Great Fullness of the Holy Spirit

November 13, 2020 Joann Claypoole Blog, Christian Living, Culture, Devotions, discipleship, Faith, Family, Featured, Finding God's Presence, Fire Starters, God's Glory, Greatfulness, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Thankfulness, thanksgiving, Trust, Worship

The mystery of what and who? There’s a mysterious, uneasy stirring deep within my soul these days. I search for clues—hunt for answers. Uncommon questions remain. One piques my brain: Is gratefulness and great fullness

Thankful in All Things

November 28, 2019 Debbie Hardy Faith, Fire Starters, God makes all things possible, Holiday, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

The sound of a dentist’s drill is the most frightening sound to me. Right up there with the sound of a velociraptor breathing down my neck. Thanks to family genes, my teeth tend to fall

Finding God in Thanksgiving And Keeping Him There

November 25, 2019 Karen Friday Blog, Fire Starters, inspire a fire, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

Thanksgiving stirs up thoughts of pilgrims, turkey and pumpkin pie. Maybe for you as well. But is finding God in the holiday possible, too? Lest we forget, we are encouraged to be thankful, count our

An Attitude of Gratitude

November 18, 2019 Ava Pennington Fire Starters, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

There’s a saying traveling the internet these days that goes something like this: “What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?” (Was that as convicting for you as

Ghosts of Golden Autumns Past

November 8, 2019 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, Greatfulness, Holiday, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, Relationships, Relationships, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

Autumn 2008 ~ Western North Carolina. A whispering wind shook the trees as if to announce her arrival. Amber, orange, and crimson leaves glided down and carpeted the ground. Autumn had arrived in all her

Friends till no end

August 9, 2019 Joann Claypoole Blog, Child Of God, Culture, Devotions, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, Prayer, Relationships, Relationships, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

A friend who loves at all times? I believe there’s only one man who knew the way to love. He walked the earth many years ago, leaving gifts of selflessness, wonder, grace, and mercy in

Why Be Thankful in Bad Times?

November 9, 2018 Jeanette Levellie Faith, Fire Starters, Focus on the good, Inspiration, Jeanette Levellie, thanksgiving

I recently heard a sermon about being thankful in bad times. Although I am usually upbeat, even zany, this teaching convicted me. I need to be more thankful to the Lord for all I have.