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  30 Days of Praise - Day 13 - Perspective

  08.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Hi there.  I know it’s been 11 days since my last post.  I also know that this is the time in which I’d vowed to do 30 consecutive days of praise.  I come humbly before you, o Blogosphere, to offer my sincerest apologies and an explanation.  You see, these last couple weeks have been exceedingly [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 12 - Mercy

  08.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yesterday, we talked about God’s grace.  Today, it’s all about mercy.
  I’ve often heard God’s mercy explained as “not getting the punishment we deserve.”

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 11 - Grace

  07.31.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I’ve heard it said many times before that mercy is not receiving the punishment we deserve for our sin and that grace is receiving salvation… which we do not deserve.  Those definitions are definitely distinguishable but they still seem pretty similiar.  So, I decided to do a little research.  Here’s what I found on grace.  [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 10 - Rest

  07.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Rest.  I don’t get enough of it.  I gather that most people in Southern California don’t.  Obviously, God wants us to rest.  He talked about it quite a bit in the Bible.   Here are just a couple of mentions:
  Exodus 31:15 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 9 - My church

  07.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve been in Foursquare churches all my life.  And while I know they’ve always been amazing churches, I’ve never had the same experience I’m having now.  What I feel for my church is very hard to explain.  I probably sound like I’m talking about a cult but it’s not like that.  This church has just [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 8 - My parents

  07.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have the most amazing parents in the world.  I love them for so many different reasons, that listing them is quite a chore.  They’ve stuck by me at some really hard times in my life.  They’ve also taught me a lot about marriage and love.  In fact, they just celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 7 - My husband

  07.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I thank God everyday for my husband.  A marriage is a special relationship that one could not even begin to understand without having experienced it.  A best friend of the opposite sex doesn’t count.  Living with your significant other doesn’t count.  There’s a strange mix of love, friendship and commitment (for life) to that other [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 6 - Pain

  07.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have a few friends who want to be parents, really badly.  They had a little girl named Grace that was born prematurely, and they lost her.  They’ve undergone numberous infertility treatments.  It just doesn’t seem to be working out for them.  Now, we all know God has a plan but, obviously, sometimes it’s easy [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 5 - My friends

  07.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Anyone who lives in this world can understand how important friends are.  I have a rather extensive, varied set.  And I love each and every one of them.  Whether we’re talking friends from high school, friends from youth group when we were young, or biker friends, they all mean the same to me.  I cherish [...]

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  30 Days of Praise - Day 4 - Forgiveness

  07.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Thank You, Lord for forgiveness.  Without it, and Your Son’s sacrifice, on the cross, where would I be?

Oh my. In my own words.

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