Author par excellence Cecil Murphey shares a novel way to avoid disappointment: “If I expect certain behavior that I don’t get, I can become angry. Or I can change my expectations.” I might spend half a
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God’s Family — Are You A Member?
“Born Again.” It’s one of those Christian phrases we hear but what does it mean?
Read moreA Mother’s Prayer and Ultimate Sacrifice
As mothers, we need to do as Hannah did—no we don’t need to leave our children physically, but in our hearts we do need to leave them with the Lord. It’s our ultimate sacrifice for the ultimate gifts given to us.
Read moreThe Secret of Juggling
Like a juggler, we stand in the middle with our families, jobs, friends, activities, hobbies, and even churches orbiting around us for our benefit. With each touch of our hand, we have a tendency to make sure we are taken care of in each instance.
Read morePostcards From Heaven
The words of love may not have been any different on my card than the words he wrote for my brothers, but when I read the card addressed to me, they were my words—words from my daddy.
Read moreFrom Heaven’s Throne
What would you write on a thank you card to thank the One who left the spendor of heaven to be born on this dusty earth, live, and then die on a rugged cross so that you could one day join Him and experience that same heaven?
Read moreThanking Cancer . . . Yes, Cancer
I knelt down beside his chair, took his hand and prayed. It was the most difficult prayer I’d ever prayed before . . .
Read moreResting In A Shadow
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). 2:36 am. The numbers glared at me as I turned my phone over to check the time.
Read moreSummer Porch Reality
So many times we look at what others have and our innocent looks turn to coveting, when in actuality, even if we had what the others had, we wouldn’t be able to use them.
Read moreBeware of Spiritual Derailment
Three weeks ago from today I had what was very possibly the greatest day in my spiritual life. Then that evening I began passing a kidney stone. I went from higher than Cloud 9 to
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