Category: Bible Study
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Proverbs in 31 Days: Day 1, Proverbs 1: Listen and be calm
I am so glad you are here with me today! If you are reading the Proverbs with me this month, today we are on Proverbs 1. (Remembering what to read in the Proverbs is as easy as remembering the day’s date when you read them with me.) That being said: Today’s Reading: Proverbs 1 Using the SOAP…
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Wanna read the Proverbs in March?
Hello, sweet friends! I realize February has just (kinda) begun and that I’ve already invited you to read the whole Bible, cover to cover, with me starting the day after Easter this April, but, well, I have an invitation for you for March… Wanna read through the Proverbs with me this March???? The reading plan…
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Bible in 90 Days…coming soon?
Good morning sweet friends! I think I’m being nudged to host a Bible in 90 Days read through here again soon. Yes, it’s fast and furious– but it is also deep and lifechanging. And I think I’m being told it is nearly that time again. This morning I hopped on my phone and clicked on…
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Praise the Lord– actually praise Him
Good morning, sweet friends! I am still working my way through Psalms, one Psalm at a time, through mid February. Today I read Psalm 117 and had to stop and share a few thoughts. “Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness…
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I’ve been here all along. I’ve got you.
Welcome back! I am so grateful for you being here, reading with me, encouraging me and growing closer to Christ with me. In addition to my Psalm a day reading right now, I am also reading, journaling, and praying through the She Reads Truth Advent program. This morning the two plans complemented each other for…
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Show us your strength, O God… (Guidance in Psalm 68)
Good morning, sweet friends. I was thrilled with the intent of writing to you regularly once again and then, well, life got in the way once again. Tasks mounted. Time slipped. Pressure and frustration grew. I kept reading the Psalms daily, except yesterday. Somehow I missed yesterday. Today, as I opened my journal to begin…
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SOAP: He designed each and every one of us for a good reason
Well hello there and welcome to Friday! Today’s SOAP reminded me that each and every single one of us was designed for a good reason. Let that sink in a minute. Every single one of us was designed perfectly by our Father for a reason. Now, we do have free will, so we deviate from…
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SOAP: Focus on him to avoid sin
Hello there! Thanks for joining me this morning for some more SOAP. I love using my SOAP time to gain guidance for life… and I appreciate that you want to share this time with me. I hope my thoughts bless you. Your support in reading blesses me… thank you! Here’s what I heard this morning:…
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SOAP: His grace IS enough
Hello there, friends! I regret missing you yesterday, but my brain was a bit jumbled and I just wasn’t even sure what to share. I’ve been feeling bad about it, and then today’s SOAP hit me… Scripture But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.”…
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SOAP: Accept and extend grace
Good morning and happy Monday to you! We’ve got a fresh new week ahead… what are ya gonna do with it? Scripture For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. -Romans 3:23-24 Observation All have sinned.…
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SOAP: We’ve got the POWER! (and we are his witness)
GOOD MORNING! I’m a little pumped after reading all the passages for today. If you are reading the current She Reads Truth plan with me, I hope you are pumped, too. (Actually, I hope you are pumped after reading any Bible reading plan!) I’ll hop right into it so you’ll see why I’m so jazzed…
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SOAP: Jesus needed to look to the Father
Hello and good morning to you! Are you in need of some direction? In need of some serious power? Jesus’ secrets are revealed in the book of John. Read on, my friends! Scripture Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees…
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SOAP: Be sure to follow the true shepherd
Good morning to you! Thank you for pursuing His Word with me. Here’s what grabbed me in my reading this morning: Scripture “My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.” -Jeremiah 50:6a Observation Shepherds can lead along the wrong path. (Not sure if this is…
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SOAP: Serving, not being served, is key. And that includes marriage.
Last week at Pine Cove Crier Creek, during the adult teaching time, Craig and Carrie Langemeier mentioned the books Sacred Marriage and Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas. Since then, I have been savoring a read through Sacred Marriage, taking it a chapter a day so I can really think through the principles. The verse that…
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SOAP: Kindness to inspire repentance
God morning, sweet friends! You may have noticed I took a break last week. I was at PineCove’s Crier Creek, a Christian family camp in Columbus, Texas, and opted to unplug as much as possible while there. The week was filled with great teaching from Craig and Carrie Langemeier for the adults, super fun worship,…