*Guest post by Glenda Thompson, musician, Hope Baptist Church, Joplin Joplin, MO. [Note about our guest author: Glenda has played piano for many churches in and around the country; she started at a very young age; her music seems to flow from her fingers and her heart.] Having been raised in a Christian home, surrounded by Christian music, I can remember many evenings spend around the piano, singing or listening to others singing. From the beginning of time, music has been an important part of life. There are over 200 references to singing and/or songs in the Bible. Moses and the children of Israel sang a son of praise to God after…
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The Lions and the Bears Make Your Faith Grow Stronger
I Samuel 17:33-37 33 And Saul to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing…
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Don’t Follow Your Heart!
I’m going to immediately jump right in to set straight the Fallible Philosophy that Hollywood is dishing out at us…. “Just follow your heart, and you’ll do the right thing” they say. This is HOGWASH (Informal noun meaning utter nonsense! LOL), and it doesn’t line up with what God’s Word says! As Christians, we’ve got to be careful about listening to worldly advice. God’s WORD says… He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. – Proverbs 28:26 KJV The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? – Jeremiah 17:9 KJV Our heart can deceive us!…
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Monthly Bible Memory Verse Challenge – Month 10 – Grace
I’ve chosen the word “GRACE” for this month. We need God’s strength daily to continue on our journey. Let’s memorize these FOUR Bible Verses this month to keep them close to our heart. Reminder: You can choose to from ANY previous month’s Bible memory challenge to accomplish. I really don’t have them in any specific order. As far as my progress on Scripture Typer: I’m now at level 17 with 3,554 points! 🙂 If you’d like join our group online, check out: UH-OH Note: I found out I was not getting some of my fonts embedded properly for my printables. So if any of them are looking odd, let me know. It…
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How to Fight and Finish Well
Weariness.. Perhaps you’re facing a trial where there is no easy solution to conquer the situation. Our human nature often tries to prevail with a courageous “fight” to survive. After we realize that there’s no easy way out, we lose our peace…we toss and turn in bed at night. The more we fight, and the more we search for solutions, the more exhausted and weary we become. We fear the “what ifs” of tomorrow or near future. We look back trying to see what we should have, could have done. We spin our wheels without any progress… wearily pushing forward, but barely hanging on. When Moses began leading the Israelite people out…
