Author: Lauren
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“Comparing Down”
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey or anything that is your neighbor’s Exodus 20:17 As Christians we often think about or even discuss the need to be content, especially around Thanksgiving. We are…
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Faithfulness
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. Philippians 1:3-5 Faithfulness is a word that describes the Philippians well. Paul is very thankful for their faithfulness.…
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“oxen” in the “manger”
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. – Proverbs 14:4 Probably about a year ago, this verse became very encouraging to me as a mom. You see, I began to tire of how messy our house was, even though I was almost constantly…
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four things about God
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing… (Ezra 1:1) Here are four things…
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the role of women in church
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 1 Timothy 2:12-14 This is definitely NOT a coffee cup verse! We need…
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a path to help
Our help is in the name of The Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 124:8 Just like for the psalmist and God’s chosen people before us, our help comes from one source alone – the name of The Lord. It does not come from our own strength and intellect, or even our neighbors’, literally…
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anger
And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart… Mark 3:5 Jesus got angry. While on earth he experienced the very human emotion of anger. In this passage we see that that is his response to the religious leaders’ hard hearts, their stubborn unwillingness to admit that it was more lawful…
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the greatest job on earth
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Psalm 95: 6-7 It is a beautiful thing to worship and bow before our Maker, the God of the universe.…
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true strength
In quietness and in trust shall be your strength. Isaiah 30:15 (This was a picture I took on Sunday from our car on the way back from my brother’s wedding in VA & family vacation in NC. Isn’t God’s “art” far more exquisite than the best of man’s?!) There is a strength that only comes…