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Fight to Win Against Sin (Excerpt from Ready For Him Today)

4/22/2015

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We need to realize that we may always struggle with some things. Some temptations might never go away. This is what it means to be humans in a world that has rejected God. This is what it means to be a descendant of Adam and Eve. Life is always a battle to be holy.

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Today I Thank God

4/18/2015

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Today I thank God for my eyes,
Whose sight is at each dawn renewed,
Who lift their gaze toward the skies
To well with tears of gratitude.

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What If God's People Prayed?

4/11/2015

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What if God’s people prayed?

In 2010, a pregnancy center dedicated to supporting women who face unplanned pregnancies opened in my area. I was ready. Just a few months before, I had gone through the training at the “parent” center, to be the advocate who supported the women who came through the center’s doors. Now I had a center right in my neighborhood, and I was excited to serve there.

But, especially in my area, it takes a while for people to know of the new place in town, and it takes even longer for them to trust it. My enthusiasm and energy were not met by a dramatic tide of pregnant women. In fact, for month after month, our doors were open, but very few walked through them.


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Heartbreak and Healing: A Widow's Story

4/4/2015

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Beatriz emigrated to the US from Costa Rica, and lost her (American) husband 4 years ago to cancer. I asked her if she would be willing to share her experience with widowhood, what she learned through it, and what she recommends about how others can be encouraging to widows. I am so thankful that she has been a willing interviewee, and I hope you learn as much from her as I have.

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    None of my life has gone the way it was "supposed to go," but I don't love my life any less because of the hardships and new directions. I see so much unexpected good in it, and I want others to see the good in theirs.

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