Valentine’s Day: Marriage Tips
It's almost Valentine's Day, which is all about romance, and romance belongs in marriage. We want to have a great marriage for our children, but it's also Biblical. The Word says marriage is a picture of Christ's love for his bride. Last week we had a lady who suffered through a rough marriage, but this week we have an author who has enjoyed a great marriage for almost 49 years. Terri Gillespie loves all things Jewish, and she offered marriage tips. She also described what a marriage ceremony during the time of Christ. Very interesting and useful! Listen here For...
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Valentine’s Day: Loving Your Husband
Since Valentine's Day comes this month, all our posts will be on love. Today's post is about loving your husband. Certainly romantic love and marriage should go together, but a husband and wife can drift apart. That's what happened to my guest this week. Author Kathy Collard Miller had wrong ideas about men and marriage and ended up hating her husband. However, she the Lord gave her insights, and she turned her marriage around. Now she is delighted to share her insight to help others. Listen here For more on loving your husband, listen here.
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Disgusted?
Susannah’s friends, Mr. and Mrs. Olney, visited her one Sunday afternoon. That aroused her curiosity since they considered the day holy. Plus, she had never seen them so excited. A young preacher had spoken at the morning service, and they begged her to attend the evening service with them. She agreed and attended New Park City Chapel that night. However, when the young man appeared in the pulpit, Susannah was disgusted. The minister was very young. He wore old clothes that fit poorly, and his hair looked terrible. Further, when he began sweating, he wiped his face with a spotted...
Read MoreWelcoming February with…
Are you working on your "new" habits, on your "new" dreams... on looking forward instead of back? Reminder: I created a Habit Tracker to help organize your monthly goals. Here you can jot down your monthly goals and even include the Bible Verses that have inspired your goal. Each day, read those verses as you pray to our Everlasting Father and ask for strength and determination to get you close to His design, His will for you. And as we do each month, let’s pray together: Dear Father, how can we express our deepest thanks for your chased, unfailing love? As a sinful people, we deserve death...
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Discover How to Have a Peaceful Mind
Recently, I took my granddaughter to the play ground and watched while she threw herself into enjoying the equipment and making friends. She was free and peaceful. As we get older, we experience an influx of intrusive thoughts, and we second guess everything we do. Conflicting voices torment our thoughts and rob our peace. My guest this week was author and therapist Tracy Taris. She offered advice about sorting through the chaos so you can have a peaceful mind. Listen here. For more on peace, listen here.
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Leave a Legacy for Your Children
Counselor Gwyn McCaslin discusses the importance of leaving a legacy IMFT Independent Marriage and Family Therapist. Owner and Founder of Hope Creek Counseling in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Gwyn grew up in a family with a rich Christian heritage that cultivated her heart for hurting and struggling people and their families. She originally thought she would end up as a starving artist when she left for College. By the time she completed a Bachelor in Science in Fine Arts in 2000, she knew that God had given her a heart to see people grow in their faith.
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Cell Phone Scripture Wallpaper (Downloads)
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Navigate a Tough Conversation with Your Child
Most of us have packed away our Christmas decorations, and now we must pull out the dirty laundry we stuck in the closet. I would rather talk to my husband, a good friend, or even lecture the cat than to launch into a tough conversation with my my child. However, we need to get the facts on the table rather than underneath. Manipulation never works. Author Lori Wildenberg gave us guidelines for getting started with that tough conversation. She said to find common ground, and approach you child with humility. With Lori's guidance and lots of prayer, we can do...
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Overcome the After-Christmas Blues
Do you ever have the blues after Christmas? When my daughter was about three, we took down our live Christmas tree during her nap. When she woke, she went to the window and said, "Christmas tree, please come back." That made me sad. Putting up decorations is fun, but I hate taking them down. When you finish, your house feels bare and cold. So, how can we overcome the post-Christmas blues? My guest this week was Dr. Michelle Bengstrom who holds a degree in psychology. She studied neurology and how the brain works. For instance, she suggested you get outside...
Read MoreWorry Much?
Do you worry about 2023? The world is getting crazier every day. There’s hope! Josh watched his drunk father beat his mother. Fellow school children laughed about the antics of the town drunk, his father. One day Josh found his mother in bed crying. She told him his dad broke her heart and she wanted to die as soon as Josh graduated from high school. After Josh graduated, his mother died. The tragedy made him despise his father, and he hated God. While he was in college, other students challenged him to prove God didn’t exist. He accepted and traveled...
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Welcoming January 2023
To kick us off with new habits that lead toward progress, and not perfection, my team and I have created a Habit Tracker to help organize your monthly goals. And yes, we want to aim toward monthly, versus yearly goals that we may forget. Studies show that monthly progress keep us in track. Here you can jot down your monthly goals and even include the Bible Verses that have inspired your goal. Each day, read those verses as you pray to our Everlasting Father and ask for strength and determination to get you close to His design, His will for...
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Discover How to Evaluate Last Year Before Launching into 2023
Normally, we start the New Year by thinking how we failed the previous year and wishing we'd done better. We wanted to lose thirty pounds and only lost fifteen. Let's think positively. Author Peggy Sue wells challenged me to evaluate last year before launching into 2023. She said we can reflect and measure our progress. Reframe our thoughts, and then refocus for the new year. What a refreshing difference. Listen here For more New Year's thoughts listen here
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Christmas Prayer 2022
Christmas Prayer, For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. Listen here Another podcast: Christmas in a messed up world, listen here
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Discover DIY Christmas
How do you mix inflation and Christmas? Years ago people recycled. Women would remake a dress to update the fashion. Or they would take a dress and cut it down to fit a child. People worked with what they had. So why not DIY Christmas? Redo and remake things and make them better than they were. I created a refrigerator magnet from junk mail and yarn. If you'd like to make one, download the directions here. My guest this week was Tina Yeager. She wrote a book called Upcycled. Sometimes when we have been through a hard time, we feel...
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Christmas Thoughts from Martha Washington
Today many women exhaust themselves with decorating, presents, parties, and entertaining for Christmas. But how did people celebrate years ago? Has the holiday always been this hectic? Martha Washington joined us this week. She offered her thoughts on the holiday and explained customs in her day. Watch here. To discover more about Christmas in history, click here
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Discover the History Behind the Real Santa
Most of us grew up with stories about Santa who lived on the North Pole. He used reindeer to carry his presents all over the world to girls and boys who had been good the year before. And we knew this mythical person came from the past. However, this year we get to know the real Santa. Rhonda Robinson spent hours researching to unearth the story of a man who lived during the time Rome persecuted Christians. Santa believed in Jesus and gave to the poor as Christ commanded. She wrote The Legend of Christmas, the Untold Story of the...
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Welcoming December With…
This month we celebrate Jesus. Whenever I think of His grace, I’m overwhelmed with thanksgiving. He’s the reason we have eternal life and hope for this life. He can heal all our deepest wounds and satisfy our longings. He will bring justice to the oppressed, and best of all, He gives life. This month we want to revisit a devotional video that is dear to our ministry, plus it comes with homework and DIY activities for you, as well as your young and older kiddies. Plus, we are thrilled to provide coloring and copywork for those training and mastering their...
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Thanksgiving Message from the Past
"Mrs. Lincoln" visited us from the 1860s. She related President Lincoln's ardent desire to praise God after the Union victory at Gettysburg. He established the third Thursday in November as a holiday for the United States. Watch here For a Thanksgiving prayer, listen here
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"Mrs. Lincoln" shared the President Lincoln's ardent desire for the entire nation to praise God in November 1863. He made Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated on the third Thursday of November.
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Discover the Benefits of Thanksgiving
Discover the benefits of Thanksgiving. If you live long enough, you will face trials. Gut wrenching stuff. The Lord even promised we would have troubles in this life. However, the Word also says "In everything give thanks..." (I Thess. 5:18) On the surface, that doesn't make a lot of sense. No one enjoys the hard parts of life. I'd rather sip tea and read a mystery novel about someone else's problems. My guest this week was Carol Leatham. She and her husband planned on a vacation, but he ended up in a mental hospital, and she wasn't sure how to...
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