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The Book of Jude – Contend for the Faith
Have you ever studied the book of Jude? Do you know where it is located in the Bible? Who was Jude? Jude is a short, one chapter book, located just before the book of Revelation in the New Testament. It may not be a book you have ever studied or even been aware of. Jude was the brother of James and a bond-servant of Jesus Christ. (Also that would make him a half brother of Jesus, a son of Mary and Joseph.) The letter was believed to be written to congregations dispersed throughout the Roman empire around A.D. 65. Jude is warning those congregations of some of the ‘ungodly’…
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Is Heaven for Real? I believe it is.
On Monday afternoon my husband and I attended the Funeral or Celebration of Life for yet another of our friends who passed away earlier this month. Lanell’s service was very sweet. The church was full of family and friends whose life she had touched. I am sure her Spirit was quickly in the presence of Jesus in Heaven upon her last breath leaving her earthly body. No longer in any pain or suffering. She was such a sweet servant of God. She was our Birthday Card writer for our Bible Study Class. She took such joy in it and in greeting others in the class. Especially touching was…
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Dating for Christians – Finding your ‘Soulmate’
I am not sure why but it has been on my heart for the last week or so to blog about Dating for Christians and ‘Finding Your Soulmate’. And why would any of you want to hear what I might say about this subject? Over the course of our married life others have asked us how we met. Strange as it may seem we met while we were dating other people. The person I was dating invited his friend who was home on leave to go out Christmas shopping with us the week before Christmas. I ultimately arranged for his friend to have a date with one of my work…
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God Is Able by Priscilla Shirer – A Book Review
Today’s Verse of the Day post on my Facebook Page: This quote is Ephesians 3:20-21 (NASB). This Scripture is beautiful. It speaks to the power of God and reminded me of just how great that power is. I became particularly cognizant of this Scripture two and a half years ago, while I was reading Priscilla Shirer’s book God Is Able during a very stressful and painful time in the lives of my family. My sister-in-law, Cathleen, was battling cancer. I was helping out by taking her to her doctor appointments and chemo treatments. So I actually was seeing and talking with her more…
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Are You Serving Two Masters?
Do you struggle with serving two masters? Matthew 6:24 (NLT) says ‘No one can serve two masters, For you will hate the one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.‘ I don’t know about you, but for me some days it does seem that I am struggling with this. I totally plan to get up and have my quiet time with God. To get up, get my smoothie fixed and go to my quiet space and get my devotional book and my Bible and curl up in the Word and in His presence, that is my…
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Determining What Scripture Says
How to Study Your Bible by Kay Arthur We have been students of Precept-Upon-Precept Bible Studies from Precept Ministries International for many years. We have learned so much from these studies of which most have been written by Kay Arthur or written by Kay with a co-writer. Each study includes a Video lecture by Kay Arthur or someone on her staff (many times her son, David Arthur). In our class we would come to class early and watch Kay’s video, and then following that, our teacher would arrive and we would go over the Lesson from our homework and discuss it in depth with the rest of the group. The method of study is…
