February 24th, 2015 
I should memorize Scripture, I know I should, I really should. My pastor said I should. Some of my friends memorize the Bible. I would be better equipped to counsel someone else. It might help me in witnessing. I need more discipline. I might look and feel more holy. God might bring an end to this trial I’m stuck in. FORGET IT !
Guilt, peer pressure, convincing yourself that someone else will benefit, …
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February 13th, 2015 
Hello, my name is Martha. I live in central Indiana with my husband of 23 years and our 3 children ages 15, 13, & 11. I was blessed to be a stay-at-home mom to our children until they headed off to school. I entered the workforce again when our youngest was in Kindergarten. As I am working, I am able to listen to various radio programs and podcasts. One day I heard talk …
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February 3rd, 2015 
When asked by a teacher of the law, “Which is the quintessential commandment?” Jesus didn’t stop and think about it. He quoted directly from the Old Testament, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.”
This call to love far exceeds emotive sentiment.
When Jesus included the word ALL—all your heart, all your soul, all your …
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January 27th, 2015 
“The key to the Christian life is to abide.” A certain haze surrounds this idea, because we don’t use that word abide in every-day conversations, so we’re unclear as to what it means. The fog thickens when the goal we aspire to sounds foreign to us.
Theologically speaking abide means, to experience unbroken fellowship with God, but lexically it simply means, remain.
At the point of your spiritual birth, you were …
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January 20th, 2015 
I’m reading thru the bible this year with my church. So of course, we start in Genesis. The know-it-all part of me thinks, “I’m already familiar with Genesis; I’ve read it a bazillion times.” The can’t-wait-to-learn-something part of me jumps in with great anticipation.
One night, reading in Genesis 24, I find the familiar story of Abraham sending his servant to get a wife for Isaac. The character of this unnamed servant begins …
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