Nurture: to care for and encourage the growth or development of Knowing I had to prepare to leave for a writers’ conference, I rushed through the devotionals I use during my daily quiet time. Our
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Pleasing God requires a dedication to serving Him rather than serving man-made idols. Idols are images used as objects of worship, false gods, or anything we adore blindly or excessively. We can delude ourselves into
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“Your perception of me is often a reflection of you” (anonymous) Our perception of others is unalterably tied to our own past experiences and sometimes, our own biases. I recently learned this lesson in a
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“Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up unto salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” 1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV) Reading the Bible helps
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Four chairs snuggled up to the kitchen table like a thirsty cowboy to a bar after a long, dusty trail ride. She patted one of the chairs and said, “At 7:05, me and Jesus time
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“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10 NIV). I doubt that I’m alone in occasionally feeling like a mouse
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People long to be free, but, without the right guide, they will never be free indeed. From late teens to senior adults, the group arrived, and each individual found a chair. A few talked and
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I recently sang this song to my eight-month-old granddaughter, Charlotte Rose. “Jesus loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so Little ones, to Him belong. They are weak, but He is strong.”
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By April White In life, showing up is half the battle. I pulled into the parking lot of my small but efficient fitness facility open 24/7. As I stepped out of the car, an exasperated
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I’ve found there is a kinder side to goal setting. Now that I’ve crossed over into my senior years I have learned a few things that serve me well when setting goals for the New
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