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  • Good Dough, Bad Dough!

    Good Dough, Bad Dough!

    I made and baked my own bread for many years.  The whole family would enjoy watching me do this – I think they anticipated the end result more than being onlookers to the mixing process. It can be a very satisfying undertaking; the mixing and addi…
    - 6 days ago, 21 Jan 12, 11:32am -
  • God Sees All

    God Sees All

    Do you remember those times in your life when you tried to cover up a mistake or a wrongdoing?  I do.  They haven’t gone away, and I didn’t get away with them.  Even if I had, I soon learned that God sees everything.  Nothing is hidden from H…
    - 22 days ago, 5 Jan 12, 10:36pm -
  • The Watering Hole|

    The Watering Hole|

     Isaiah 58:11 The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.  (NKJV) The bird bath in our backyard attracts…
    - 23 days ago, 4 Jan 12, 10:27am -
  • Happy Birthday, JESUS!

    Happy Birthday, JESUS!

    Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.  For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is CHRIST the LORD.  And this will be the sign to you: you will find a Babe wrapp…
    - 34 days ago, 24 Dec 11, 12:21pm -
  • A Christmas Gift

    A Christmas Gift

    Ah!  Christmas-time is here again.  Time for hurried shopping trips.  Time for shopping excesses.  Time to buy gifts for those we love. Decision after decision! What can I give my spouse? What to give the children! What to give friends and family…
    - 46 days ago, 12 Dec 11, 9:15am -
  • Woke up. Rejoice!

    Woke up.  Rejoice!

    Woke Up – Praise the Lord! Psalm 118:24 – This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (NIV) Woke up this morning — the sun is shining … the sky is blue with puffy white clouds … nice temperature, despite it being De…
    - 56 days ago, 2 Dec 11, 12:20pm -

Charles Spurgeon

  • newYour consecration will break your temptation

    Your consecration will break your temptation

    Nine out of every ten questions which can possibly come before you in your business are already answered when the grand question is settled. Is such an action dishonest? Then it matters nothing how profitable it might be, it i…
    - 4 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 1:29pm -
  • Not relying on my own purity

    Not relying on my own purity

    We differ also from those who place reliance upon moral virtues and spiritual excellencies, and even from those who would have us found our hope upon certain graces supposed to be the works of the Holy Spirit. Had we been the mos…
    - 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 9:37am -
  • Those who appreciate Him

    Those who appreciate Him

    There are some who do appreciate the sweetness of Christ. I would to God I could find such out this morning. Hungry souls, we are brethren. If you are hungry after pardon, mercy, and grace, I remember when I was in your condition…
    - 2 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 7:00am -
  • If He strengthens me

    If He strengthens me

    It may not please God to lessen the burden, but it comes to the same thing if he strengthens the back. He may not recall the soldier from the battle, but if he gives him a greater stomach for the fight, and increased strength…
    - 3 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 7:00am -
  • True God from True God

    True God from True God

    When John fell down to worship one of the angels he received an earnest protest, “See thou do it not.” Now, if the worship given to Christ had been wrong, the thrice holy Savior would have exclaimed most earnestly, “See tho…
    - 4 days ago, 23 Jan 12, 7:00am -
  • Your Futile Opposition to Christ

    Your Futile Opposition to Christ

    In the days when persecution was more public than it is now, many persons were guilty of being informers against the Puritans, or the Quakers; their deaths were in many cases appalling, not because of any peculiar pains they end…
    - 6 days ago, 21 Jan 12, 7:00am -

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  • newTake This Job And ... Love It.

    Take This Job And ... Love It.

    _ If you know your Bible, you’re probably familiar with “big name” folk like Moses, David and Paul. And, you may also know what work they were famous for.             Moses, for example, brought the Israelites out of Egypt and rig…
    - 1 hour ago, 27 Jan 12, 4:01pm -
  • newQuiet Time with God: 8 Ways to Keep Your Devotions Vibrant

    Quiet Time with God: 8 Ways to Keep Your Devotions Vibrant

    Celebrate with me!  Peaceful Moments to Begin Your Day: Devotions for Busy Women (Harvest House) is now available! It’s filled with spiritual aha moments guaranteed to draw readers into a more intimate walk with God. It also includes more than 100…
    - 1 hour ago, 27 Jan 12, 4:00pm -
  • newThe Sweetest Frame

    The Sweetest Frame

    "My hope is built on nothing lessThan Jesus’ blood and righteousness;I dare not trust the sweetest frame,But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.Refrain:On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand,All other ground is sinking sa…
    - 1 hour ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:42pm -
  • newThoughts on Prayer
    There is a defining difference between petitioning God and proclaiming His promises. We petition God for things we seek, but must proclaim the things He has already promised. A child does not beg his father every day to access something that he has a…
    - 2 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:59pm -
  • newFrom Milk to Solid Food

    From Milk to Solid Food

    The more I read the Old Testament through the lens of Christmas and the Cross (meaning it all pointed to, and aimed at, and passed through the life and ministry and death and resurrection of Christ) the more I am rocked by the foreshadows and physica…
    - 2 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:52pm -
  • newTaste Test
    A grandson eating his lunch at our house. Let me assure you, he found that little bowl of food to be very good!I was noticing my "viewers" number  reaching 5000 this week and thought that I'd like to post something to celebrate that. Well, this does…
    - 3 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:31pm -

Oswald Chambers

  • newLook Again and Think
    Do not worry about your life . . . —Matthew 6:25A warning which needs to be repeated is that “the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,” and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us (Matthew 13:22). We are…
    - 17 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 12:00am -
  • Look Again and Consecrate
    If God so clothes the grass of the field . . . , will He not much more clothe you . . . ? —Matthew 6:30A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may un…
    - 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 12:00am -
  • Leave Room for God
    When it pleased God . . . —Galatians 1:15As servants of God, we must learn to make room for Him-to give God “elbow room.” We plan and figure and predict that this or that will happen, but we forget to make room for God to come in as He chooses.…
    - 3 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 12:00am -
  • God’s Overpowering Purpose
    I have appeared to you for this purpose . . .—Acts 26:16The vision Paul had on the road to Damascus was not a passing emotional experience, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him. And Paul stated, “I was not disobedient…
    - 4 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 12:00am -

A. W. Tozer

  • newMovements That Cease to Move
    It is an illuminating experience to read the history of the great spiritual movements that have blessed the world over the last 2,000 years. Scarcely any of these began quietly; almost always they struck the earth with the suddenness of a cyclone. .…
    - 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:00am -
  • "Lord, Do It Again!"
    Such a fast hold does inertia have upon almost everything religious that it takes a powerful and sudden attack by determined forces to move anything. It takes something like a crusade to get anything done these days. The principle of laissez faire is…
    - 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 9:00am -
  • Dependent Freedom
    There will always be danger from one or the other of these two extremes, slavish dependence or arrogant independence. Some Christians (by far the majority) will accept a place of timid conformity and surrender themselves to the bondage of authority a…
    - 2 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 9:00am -
  • Free Indeed!
    It is a difficult thing to do, yet very necessary that we find a place of complete spiritual freedom and loving dependence upon one another. Here in the wide valley between two high and dangerous peaks is the broad dwelling of God's true and wise chi…
    - 3 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 9:00am -

Daily Bible Verse

  • newGalatians 6:1
    Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
    - 16 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 1:01am -

The Gospel Coalition

Our Daily Bread

  • newHidden In The Rock
    The story is told of a young preach- er named Augustus Toplady, who was taking a walk through the English countryside when a sudden storm swept across the landscape. Toplady spotted a wide rock formation with an opening—a cleft—where he sought sh…
    - 17 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 12:00am -
  • The Land Of And
    In a TV commercial I saw recently, the kids argued in the back seat of the car about where to stop for dinner. One wanted pizza; another chicken. Mom, in the front passenger seat, said, “No, we’ll stop for a hamburger.”
    - 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 12:00am -

Max Lucado

  • newGod’s Heart for Parents
    He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?  Romans 8:32God has a heart for hurting parents.  Should we be surprised?  No, after all, God himself is a Fathe…
    - 16 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 1:01am -
  • A Greenhouse of Prayer
    Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.  Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.  Lamentati…
    - 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 1:01am -

Our Daily Journey

  • newyou choose Q: “is cremation OK?”
    Q: We’ve been considering cremation. We thought it would be good stewardship of our finances (in that it would be much less expensive than a burial) and that our remains would be in a place with other Christian’s. Now I have serious misgivings .…
    - 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:29am -
  • newsuccess
    In the midst of great duress, we can still achieve success; even if our efforts are in vain, we can still try again and again. Neither should we want to die, nor should we give up and cry; whether our umpteenth or first try, let us make each one our…
    - 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:19am -
  • newthe heart of the Father
    John 17:1-3: Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son so He can give glory back to You. For you have given Him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one You have given Him. And this is the wa…
    - 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:02am -
  • newpromises and praise
    Ever made a promise you didn’t keep? Yeah, me too. It makes me wince to think of my broken promises over the years. The shame comes from the realization that I had given my word to do something for someone and then backpedaled upon further review o…
    - 17 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 12:01am -

The High Calling

  • newHow Can I Trust in God’s Faithfulness When I’m Suffering?
    Lamentations 3:1-30 The memory of my suffering and     homelessness is bitterness and poison.I can’t help but remember     and am depressed.I call all this to mind—  …
    - 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:00am -
  • Great Is Thy Faithfulness
    Lamentations 3:1-30 The memory of my suffering and     homelessness is bitterness and poison.I can’t help but remember     and am depressed.I call all this to mind—  …
    - 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 3:00am -
  • The Wild Ride of Faith
    Lamentations 3:1-30 The memory of my suffering and     homelessness is bitterness and poison.I can’t help but remember     and am depressed.I call all this to mind—  …
    - 3 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 3:00am -
  • No Whining Allowed
    Lamentations 2:1-22 My eyes are worn out from weeping;     my stomach is churning.My insides are poured on the ground because the daughter of my people is shattered,     becaus…
    - 4 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 3:00am -

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Dare to Be a Daniel presents: A Little Campy
Dare to Be a Daniel presents: A Little CampyAre you ready to take the Dare to Be a Daniel journey? www.billygraham.orgFrom:bgeainternetViews:60 3ratingsTime:02:01More inNonprofits & Activism
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Dare to Be a Daniel presents: A Little Campy (Director's Cut)
Dare to Be a Daniel presents: A Little Campy (Director's Cut)Are you ready to start the journey? www.billygraham.orgFrom:bgeainternetViews:33 1ratingsTime:06:04More inNonprofits & Activism
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Lithuania Festival of Hope: Searching for Life
Lithuania Festival of Hope: Searching for LifePray for the people of Lithuania as they hear the Gospel message this weekend at the Franklin Graham Festival of Hope. Pray that the light and love of Jesus will break through barriers of depression a…
- 8 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 7:30pm -
A Child's Perspective
A Child's PerspectiveThrough "The Greatest Journey" program, children around the world are learning about Jesus and how to share Christ's love with others.From:bgeainternetViews:204 7ratingsTime:00:43More inNonprofits & Activism
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Search for Jesus: Timeless Truth
Search for Jesus: Timeless TruthBilly Graham points to the ultimate answer for a searching world. Watch the full program and get involved at billygraham.tvFrom:bgeainternetViews:157 2ratingsTime:01:03More inNonprofits & Activism
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Search for Jesus: God So loved
Search for Jesus: God So lovedSee this video on the Internet Evangelism website: peacewithgod.jesus.net Watch full programs and get involved at billygraham.tvFrom:bgeainternetViews:235 5ratingsTime:02:49More inNonprofits & Activism
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The Gospel Coalition

Monday Morning Motivation
What gets you out of bed in the morning to go to work? The doctrine of vocation helps us see all of life as a calling from God.In this video: Collin Hansen, Matt PermanPermalink: thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/monday_morning_motivationCast: The…
- 93 days ago, 26 Oct 11, 1:00pm -
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Can't Afford to Be Color Blind
As John Piper explains in this interview about his book 'Bloodlines,' stereotypes are inevitable. So how can we ensure they lead us to rejoice in our God-given diversity rather than to wield them in sinful judgment?In this video: Collin Hansen, John…
- 94 days ago, 25 Oct 11, 5:42pm -
Confronting the Racial Sins of Our Fathers
Discussing his book 'Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian', John Piper confesses support for segregation and opposition to interracial marriage as blind spots for him and his family.In this video: Collin Hansen, John PiperPermalink: thegospel…
- 94 days ago, 25 Oct 11, 3:01pm -
What I've Learned from Years of Preaching Christ in Old Testament
In this video: Phil Ryken, Alistair Begg, Mark DeverPermalink: thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/what_ive_learned_from_years_of_preaching_christ_in_old_testamentCast: The Gospel CoalitionTags: conferences
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