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Grab on to it

Grab on to it...peace. (Holy Spirit: Who or What? #10)

You cannot wait for an untroubled world

to have an untroubled moment.

The terrible…

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Added by Christine on August 4, 2017 at 9:30am — No Comments

Peace Train

Peace Train...not just a Cat Stevens song.

A Gift from God, and a little something required. Holy Spirit: who or what? #9

The corner store on old Route 66 in Flagstaff fairly glistened and sparkled from its shelves of various shades and hues, and I finally succumbed and walked through the doors. What in the world was with all of these…

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Added by Christine on August 3, 2017 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Free gift, no purchase required

Free gift, no purchase required! (Holy Spirit: Who or What? #8)

Hi.

Point-of-sale items are placed near the check-out stands because they snag people like me. 'Gift with purchase' often attracts me to department-store…

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Added by Christine on August 1, 2017 at 6:00am — No Comments

Haven't seen it, but I know its there

Haven't seen it, but I know it's there! (Holy Spirit: Who or What? #7)

I have never seen the wind, but I have felt the effects of it

~blowing the hair around my face,

and drying my eyes

I have seen the effects of the wind

~bending…

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Added by Christine on July 28, 2017 at 9:30am — No Comments

But then . . . Jesus.

But then . . . Jesus. (Holy Spirit: Who or What? #6)

Dateline:San Juan Capistrano, California - (July 20) It was a strange day-a day like no other. I got called to come and pick a woman out of a lineup of individuals, just about the same height and dressed alike. There was a knot of tension in my belly, though I tried not to let on, because my selection of that woman would very possibly determine her future . .…

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Added by Christine on July 24, 2017 at 8:15am — No Comments

The Difference Maker.

The Difference Maker. (#5 - The Holy Spirit: Who or What?)

God of my forefathers, I cry unto You.

You have been the refuge of good and wise people in every generation. When history began, You were the first enlightener of minds... Through all the ages You have been the Lord and giver of life, the source of all knowledge, the fountain of all goodness.…

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Added by Christine on July 21, 2017 at 9:16am — No Comments

'Need a positive relationship?

Relationship that defies description . . .(Holy Spirit - who or what? Fourth in the series)

We have all seen relationships that are beautiful,

Relationships that seem far afield from what we have experienced ourselves . . .

Relationships to which we can only aspire to be a part of,…

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Added by Christine on July 19, 2017 at 9:42am — No Comments

What does a perfect relationship look like?

Perfect Relationship. (Holy Spirit - who or what? Third in the series)

The sky is one whole, the water another;

and between those two infinities

the soul of man is in loneliness.1

God is never lonely.

He lives in a perfect community, the Trinity.

We have all heard someone close their prayer or pronounce a blessing with, 'in the name of the…

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Added by Christine on July 17, 2017 at 7:04am — No Comments

Archaeology of the deepest sort

Archaeology: Digging up the Holy Spirit.

(Holy Spirit - Who or what? #2)

I'm fascinated by archaeology, unearthing. Archaeology involves excavation and analysis. Unearthing a workable understanding of the person of the Holy Spirit, based on the truth of God's Word is challenging and exacting and rather tedious at points.

So…

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Added by Christine on July 14, 2017 at 6:52am — No Comments

Who or what is it? The Holy Spirit.

Who, or what is it? The Holy Spirit, that is. ONE.

So I'm in the hospital in May for this surreal experience of radio-iodine therapy to kill off any remaining thyroid cancer hangers-on . . . and the capsule please...…

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Added by Christine on July 12, 2017 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

GRIT ...and funerals?

Funerals Are Gritty

[See, I have been talking about G.R.I.T. - what it is, why it is important, and how a believer's apprehending of it is vital to living well and finishing well. All inspired by Angela Duckworth's book by the same name, in which she studies West Point cadets, Green Berets, national spelling bee winners, and what they have in common. And how about Christians who face one trial after another, but continue trusting God, not doubting him? G.R.I.T. As Paul…

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Added by Christine on July 10, 2017 at 6:00am — No Comments

Office Chair Races . . . ever seen 'em?

Happy Independence Day!!

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This week Americans will celebrate Independence Day, 'Fourth of July', and commemorate America's independence from Great…

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Added by Christine on July 4, 2017 at 6:55am — No Comments

Why be Gritty?

The Profits of a Gritty Life. Whetting your appetite for G.R.I.T.

Amazing . . . #Compellingforsure

Picture a life in which JOY carries you through the day, and Laughter comes as naturally as breathing. …

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Added by Christine on June 30, 2017 at 7:36am — No Comments

Grit.

Just the word gets me going. The concept of it, why we need it, and the difference it makes even prompted me to take up a paintbrush and capture what it might look like on canvas.

Do you know anyone who possesses grit? This guy does:

"The only thing that is distinctly different about me is: I'm not afraid to

die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked, period. You might have more

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Added by Christine on June 28, 2017 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Season-able

Season-able?

Summer may be the season people love the most. I've been thinking about why that is ... balmy nights, longer days, flowers in all their glory, watermelon, time at the beach, time at the lake with friends, picnics, more relaxed schedules.

Southern California, where I live, does not really have seasons that are too dramatic-one way or the other, in terms of climate. At an outdoor concert last week, Mac Powell of Third Day,…

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Added by Christine on June 26, 2017 at 9:08am — No Comments

This is a rucksack.

Have you ever determined to be happy

or to be positive,

to stop worrying . . .

to live in a state of gratitude

or possibly to be contented,

to only say good things . . .

but you just couldn't break through?

Maybe there is a reason.

Segue . . . quite a few years ago-okay, many years…

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Added by Christine on June 23, 2017 at 8:20am — No Comments

The ONE Thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

May I charge you foremost to remember that we were made for God?

Enter into prayer with me, please:

"Father in heaven, what is man without you!

What is all that he knows, vast accumulation though it be,

but a chipped fragment if he does not know you?

What is all his striving, could it even encompass a world,

but a half-finished…

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Added by Christine on June 21, 2017 at 7:45am — No Comments

Game Changer

Game Changer. Acts 2.14-41

'You know what I miss . . . a good ole fashion gospel message. Seems like I don't hear em enough. After all,

the gospel is good news,

and reminds us of who Jesus is,

what he did on the cross,

and just how much he changes our lives.

It was Peter who preached the first Christian sermon, who stood and told a huge crowd in Jerusalem about Jesus. Think of…

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Added by Christine on June 19, 2017 at 8:15am — No Comments

Fins to the Left

Fins to the left, fins to the right.

Sitting at a Dana Point beach the other day with my friend, I was annoyed by the buzzing of a helicopter overhead. Eventually, I was cognizant enough to think 'why in the world doesn't that helicopter go on its way?' Finding the answer required walking further onto the beach to see what…

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Added by Christine on June 16, 2017 at 9:42am — No Comments

My Out of Body Experience

My out of body experience.

Remember the other day I said I had a sort of out of body experience? And when it was over, it had caught me so off guard, I had to ask the people sitting near me what had preceded it. It was wild.

Here's what happened at the closing meeting of the pastors' conference at the Billy Graham Center at the Cove in Asheville, North Carolina last weekend:

Jim…

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Added by Christine on June 14, 2017 at 6:40am — No Comments