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It Takes Faith to Sacrifice

14 July by Hariette Petersen
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My granddaughter set up a lemonade stand and raised ten dollars. Her mom and dad taught her that because God helped her make the money by bringing her customers, she needed to thank God by giving Him a tithe, which was one dollar of her earnings. Then she had to give back a portion to [...]

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It Takes Faith To Understand

16 June by Hariette Petersen
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There really are things we can only understand by faith.  What makes the moon hang without falling from the sky?  What keeps the sun from tipping a tad closer to earth?  What keeps us from spinning off into space as the earth turns?  Only by faith can we touch the heart of God and know [...]

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Step by Step with Jesus

12 June by Hariette Petersen
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We never really understand God’s way; that is the mystery of life. God chooses how he will reveal insight and wisdom to each of us. It’s like introducing various foods to a child as their systems are able to tolerate it. God gives as much information as we are able to digest. It’s like a master leading his blindered horse on a treacherous [...]

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It Takes Faith To Be Commended

31 May by Hariette Petersen
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As a child I believed I would someday marry and have children.  I was certain of it.  When I met my husband, I knew within a few hours that I would marry him someday.  When he asked me to marry him two months after I met him, I looked forward to the day I would be his wife with a hope for [...]

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Let the righteous be righteous

7 April by Hariette Petersen
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Life is a trade-off. You get to live, but life is not on your terms. Life is filled with terminal cancers, diseases, starvation, and handicaps. People murder, rape, molest, betray, steal, and lie. There is no free pass from heartache, injustice, and discouragement. No matter how well we live, how much we give, or how [...]

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When God Steps In

25 February by Emily Riley
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His life was going nowhere fast.  Reduced to begging and dependent on compassion from strangers, he had no one to depend on, no one to trust in and no hope for change.  In that day, there was no cure.  But one day, all that changed for blind Bartimaeus.  Jesus stepped in to his story. It [...]

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