Today’s mini-message is from two readers, David Ripple and Peter Howland, remind us that God can often be seen through children and in nature.
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I have been extremely impressed and at times overwhelmed with the level of direct email feedback I am getting on the website. Here’s a thought-provoking excerpt from Dave Thompson, a college classmate of mine, that may generate some introspection.
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This weekly posting on the website will include everything from interesting reader testimonials to provocative comments or musings from our readers or directly from me. Just one example of many direct emails from Keith Zafren. Thank you for sharing and I am so glad that this website is touching lives.
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In a poem submitted by reader Bob Gotti entitled “Christ was born for us” we are reminded of the true underlying meaning of Christmas.
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This is a tribute to my dear mother-in-law, Sally Sommer, who died on April 19, 1990. Believe these coincidences are planned by God to happen at a precise moment and know they are messages from heaven.
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The tragedy & suffering of Newtown can cause us to question God. I don’t have answers – I just know we need God more than ever. This touching poem from Cameo Smith suggests a hopeful outcome.
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We often judge people without knowing much about them. Read this story submitted by reader Robert Corrigan about his role in a family’s discovery of the true person within Phil.
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Click here to read this incredible life-changing story of a near death experience submitted by reader Lewis Griggs.
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Today’s mini-message is the inspiring testimony of conquest over addiction by reader Jim Noyes.
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More great feedback from our readers, thank you all for continuing to share your stories and comments.
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Every life is a unique journey. And As I read through the hundreds of emails from the visitors to this site, I am reminded of the diversity and uniqueness of our individual journey’s and experiences, and yet I also marvel at the similarities of the human issues we all face.
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Click here to read a message from Fred with a website and ministry update and an urgent prayer request.
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Has someone in your congregation overcome the greatest challenge of his or her life through the grace of God? Was that person’s deliverance from hardship so profound that he or she felt compelled to share His grace with others facing a similar challenge?
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True faith is facing our struggles with the calm certainty that God will provide what we need most in our times of duress. And when we make it through the storm to the other side, we are stronger and wiser. And that is a glorious testimony for God.
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I believe God blesses us richly in the sanctity of marriage and in the relationships within our families. At the same time He blesses us, God also entrusts us with enormous responsibilities to support our families and to raise, develop, and spiritually nourish our children. I have collected many of these stories for reflection and deepening connections within our families. Here are a few stories to get you started thinking about your own role.
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Singapore is a country very much like the United States, with every known religion and belief you can think of; yet I was born into a Buddhist (Taoist) family. I grew up going to temples, worshipping idols, burning paper incense, offering food and praying to idols as gods.
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People often say, “All things in time.” However, perhaps it’s more accurate to say, “All things according to HIS timing.”
I was born in 1970s Korea—a country that, was closer to its rural agricultural roots than to the glistening technological hub it is known as today. My birth mother was a young, single woman at a time when pregnancy out of wedlock was not allowed. In fact, such a pregnancy risked shaming not only the woman herself but her entire family.
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In the spring of 2011 I was diagnosed with cancer which was first believed to be lung cancer. Fortunately it was later determined to be lymphoma. This certainly was a more hopeful diagnosis although it was Stage 4 because it had metastasized and spread to other parts of my body. Undaunted the wonderful staff at UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center began the prescribed chemotherapy treatments. Although I was hopeful grave doubts consumed me. I prayed like never before and asked God to heal me. At the same time my prayer was also surrendering my will to God believing that whatever the outcome, it was His Will not mine and I trusted God completely.
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This is one of my all-time favorite stories. God is so awesome and He hears our prayers.
First, a little background… When I’m REALLY upset or depressed, I go through a fast food drive-through, get a chocolate shake and drive over to the cemetery, any cemetery, they’re all the same. (A little trick taught to me by my mom).
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My name is Gary and I’m a recovering drug addict. My addiction to drugs started at age twelve in 1972 and my battle with drugs still rages inside me today.
My story will consist of 3 parts. First will be the introduction.
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