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25 Foundational Hymns To Teach Your Children While Young

September 7, 2019 By Jacqueline 8 Comments

[I’m excited to bring you something of eternal value for your young children. Kathie Morrissey of Character Corner has graciously allowed me to share her post here and add some of my own favorite hymns.]…

Mashup of Stars and Whales Singing God’s Praises

March 11, 2019 By Jacqueline 6 Comments

Updated 3/2019. A Pulsar’s Hand, P. Slane (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., CXC, NASA Source

What do you think heaven will be like? What about the sounds we might hear there?

Will there be sounds there we cannot hear here on earth? Will it be like Isaiah 55:12 says, “The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands”?

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Scriptures on the Future of those who Oppose God vs. them that Trust God

March 2, 2019 By Jacqueline Leave a Comment

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We are encouraged not to become jealous of the temporary prosperity of the wicked. God-opposers may burn brightly for a little while, but from God’s perspective, those who oppose Him are storing up wrath for disobeying His commandments and laws. …

31 Days Of Praying Scripture For Newlyweds & Young Marrieds

February 16, 2019 By Jacqueline 2 Comments

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With 3 sets of newlyweds in our family in the last several years, prayer has been a top priority for our newlyweds.

Really, though, my husband and I started praying long before they all got married, so some of these could be prayed now for the future– even if your children are still toddlers at your feet. …

Resurrection Effect: How It Changed the Disciple’s Lives & the World

March 22, 2017 By Jacqueline Leave a Comment

‘The Incredulity of St. Thomas’ by Caravaggio. (Source)

By George Weigel

The first Christians were baffled by what they called ‘the Resurrection.’ Their struggle to understand it brought about astonishing success for their faith.

In the year 312, just before his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge won him undisputed leadership of the Roman Empire, Constantine the Great had a heavenly dream of Christian symbols. That vision led him a year later, to end all legal sanctions on the public profession of Christianity.

Or so a pious tradition has it.

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Don’t Let Satan’s Attacks & Arguments Wear You Out!

February 27, 2017 By Jacqueline 20 Comments

(Source- Kelly Day Photography)

Do people and circumstances wear you out?

“You wonder why it’s so hard to find some peace of mind? Well, peace is hard to come by when you live in a war zone. And like it or not, you are in a war — a very serious one. This war is cosmic in its proportions. It involves God, humans, angels, demons, principalities, powers, nations, and antichrists.” ~John Piper

While it would be an over-estimation of Satan’s power to suppose that he can interact directly with us in a physical sense, an equal and opposite error would be to suppose that he does not have access to our minds. (1)

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