Aug
31
Still Waiting
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God’? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the [...]
Aug
27
We Don’t Communicate!
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” —James 1:19b Do you feel that you and your spouse communicate well? Do you feel that the ability to communicate well can make or break your marriage? Good questions, right? And [...]
Aug
24
Children Serve Too!
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Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. — Joshua 1:9 There’s a story behind these two stories. It all started in the heart of a grandmother who was and is concerned about her two grandchildren who became part [...]
Aug
20
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” —Jeremiah 29:12,13 On the battlefields of the Civil War, one hundred and [...]
Aug
17
Greater Grace
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ . . . .That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, [...]
Aug
13
The Proverbs 31 Husband
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. . . . .Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. — Proverbs 31:11-12, 28 [...]
Aug
10
“Wife of a Soldier, A Journey of Faith”
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and [...]
Aug
6
The Living Triangle
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. And the things that you have heard me say…entrust to reliable men who will be qualified to teach others. —2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV) My husband, Leon, drew a triangle with Jesus at the apex of the triangle and wrote his name and mine on either [...]
Aug
3
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. — Psalm 116:15 She was a strong woman. Perhaps that came from being the oldest of seven—no doubt a rowdy bunch. Perhaps it came from growing up during The Great Depression and [...]