we are constantly, day-by-day and moment-by-moment, being transformed into new creations. While our new identity is instantly true in the eyes of God, on earth it is still a process. We have to throw out the old. We have to discard old habits, old wa ...
Posted Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 8:38PM
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I love to watch the popular television show, "Trading Spaces." The format of this program is built around the daring concept of neighbors agreeing to trade homes for a weekend. With the help of the neighbors, a designer from the show takes an old roo ...
Posted Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 8:36PM
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Although I rarely leave my house without exact directions if I am going to an unfamiliar location, I often start out my day going into unfamiliar territory. ...
Posted Monday, October 3rd 2005 at 8:30PM
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adult entertainment is exotic dancers... strippers... casinos...
adult situatons are divorce, sex, money, family, adoption, working, bills and etc..
when is an adult "" thing"" just for adults
when is adult ent . just ...
Posted Thursday, September 29th 2005 at 8:29PM
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An example of this type of decision applied recently in my own life. I had watched a movie on TV that I enjoyed, so much I decided to purchase it. However, when I began to watch the movie, the vulgarity of the language shocked me. I realized the netw ...
Posted Thursday, September 29th 2005 at 8:24PM
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Now here is the weird part, most of the time I do not notice or can't see what the vacuum collects off my floor, until I empty the vacuum bag. Shock washes over me each time I replace the dusty bag of dirt. I realize all that appalling stuff snuck in ...
Posted Thursday, September 29th 2005 at 8:22PM
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This made me think, just because things are calm around you (THEY do not mean) LIFE punctureS the sides of your life with SUFFERING N STRIFE. ...
Posted Wednesday, September 28th 2005 at 4:33PM
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WHY SITUATIONS OCCUR WHEN U R EXPERIENCING A NEW JOB, YOU R IN A RELATIONSHIP (( DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS) OR U R TRYING TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY WHEN U WERE PREVIOUSLY??
BIG TEMPTATIONS OR TRIBULATIONS OCCUR N U WONDER WHY NOW??
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Posted Wednesday, September 28th 2005 at 4:29PM
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What is most amazing to me about any tragedy is the limited size, in terms of damage, that caused the devastation and destruction of such a massive storm, volcano and etc. I believe there is a great analogy in the "TITANIC" story. There was no stor ...
Posted Wednesday, September 28th 2005 at 4:26PM
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are YOU a sucker for a romantic story? There is something about tragedy that strikes at the core of your being and reminds you," I am not immortal."
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Posted Wednesday, September 28th 2005 at 4:21PM
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A friend of mine called me a few MONTHS (((WHEN I WAS IN NEW YORK , OF COURSE..)) ago after she had spent several days purging her house of the junk that had accumulated. "I have discovered something I am allergic to," she announced dramatically. ...
Posted Monday, September 26th 2005 at 5:28PM
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Let's play a simple game. Without looking, can you name whose face appears on the one-dollar bill, five-dollar bill, and ten-dollar bill?
The Liberian Boy's Choir is but one example that even our smallest sacrifices in obedience to God's call c ...
Posted Friday, September 23rd 2005 at 9:21PM
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I met a man and watched as he lived his life as an imitator. Meet my friend, the imitator.
Arriving at the rundown recreation center where the boys' tournament was scheduled, parents parked their cars. Our ball players gathered and we all headed t ...
Posted Thursday, September 22nd 2005 at 4:15PM
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Then on a dreary December night, we received a call from Erin's mother. A crisis hovered over us. Erin had locked herself in the bathroom, threatening suicide over an inappropriate relationship, which her mother had discovered. My husband immediately ...
Posted Thursday, September 22nd 2005 at 11:48AM
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What do you get when you spend a dollar these days?
You can purchase a hamburger from the value menu at a fast food restaurant. You can get a package of emery boards or a ceramic angel from the dollar store. You can even purchase a King Siz ...
Posted Tuesday, September 20th 2005 at 5:43PM
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protecting your child by allowing you to see where he or she needs more guidance.
When you see it from this perspective, it defuses your anger and allows you to see the situation in a new light.
Remember, growing up is a journey. "Getting caught ...
Posted Tuesday, September 20th 2005 at 5:40PM
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in my home, in my car and in my attitude - that I was challenged the most (and still am). Obedience had somehow become an option ...
Posted Thursday, September 15th 2005 at 6:49PM
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Have you ever been afraid to say "yes" to one thing, not knowing if another wonderful opportunity may present itself next week? ...
Posted Thursday, September 15th 2005 at 6:47PM
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The heat radiated from the pavement through my white athletic shoes. Although, the summer heat was still months away, the sun blazed down on the Death Valley National Park. Bright yellow flowers interspersed with white desert buds bloomed along the h ...
Posted Wednesday, September 14th 2005 at 7:38PM
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The first night came and I quickly realized that this wasn't going to work! From the first moment I walked into her house, she immediately opened fire and started debating.
mmmm.
I felt trapped. One week I called her to tell her I couldn't make ...
Posted Wednesday, September 14th 2005 at 7:35PM
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