“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thess. 5:11 (NIV) “How can I encourage my husband?” It’s one of the most frequent questions I get from women who desire to strengthen their marriages. When I hear that question, it gives me a clue that I am talking to a woman who is on the right track, because she has clued in to one of the best tools ...

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 ”You move me, You give me courage I didn’t know I had. You move me, I can’t go with You and stay where I am And so You move me…” You Move Me, by Susan Ashton  Lesson #3: You can’t enter the Promised Land AND stay in Egypt. Keep moving. If there is anything that makes you want to give up on ministry altogether, it’s being betrayed. In fact, many people DO pull out of ministry for that very reason! Low-end estimates ...

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“It’s not you, it’s me….” “You’re giving me the ‘It’s not you, it’s me’ routine? I invented ‘It’s not you, it’s me.’ Nobody tells me it’s them, not me. If it’s anybody, it’s me.” — George Costanza, Seinfeld – George and Gwen, breaking up, in “The Lip Reader” Lesson #2: When they say it’s not personal, they mean it… …but not in the way you think. They mean it’s not personal about YOU. It is, however, personal about ...

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Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) Today at Sisterhood mornings in our continuation of our series “Following the Rabbi” we talked about going beyond the law. By their nature, laws ...

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#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Today I am going to talk about what works for me as far as calendar planning. Calendar is no small thing for me. Now I know that I’m not the busiest person on the planet, but everybody’s “busy” is “busy” to them. Anyhoo…. these are the calendars that I have to manage and sync up: My calendar Stovall’s calendar Church calendar Kids’ school calendar Kids’ ...

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