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Admonishing With Love in Mind

by | Jan 23, 2022 | love

Shard from my journal from 3 years ago……. Jesus’ tough love….. Jesus called Simon Peter “satan” for being used by the devil to try to dissuade Jesus from following through on his mission that included his own death. He told Simon...

Ancient Paths of Spiritual Life

by | Jan 23, 2022 | Bible Study, spiritual growth

1/19/2021; The ancient Fathers and Mothers of our faith taught 3 stages of growing in Christ: Purgative- the first stage of recognizing, repenting, and separating from the world and the things that tempt and keep us in bondage to sin. Illuminative- the second stage of...

Transcendent or Transactional

by | Jan 23, 2022 | Bible Study

Journaled 1/18/2020 from Seedbed Daily Text: Transactional prayer= “help me” faith Transcendent prayer= “have me” faith “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. It is tempting to...

Using Rokeach Value Survey

by | Jan 23, 2022 | acceptance, action

I use a tool called Rokeach Values Survey as part of our intake assessment at Titus 2…. it is sometimes very revealing and holds a mirror in front of women that they have difficulty looking at… If one says she believes “A” about herself, values...

Hats and High Tea

by | Jan 23, 2022 | Titus 2 Partnership

Sweet memories…. 1/21:2018  A friend shared on Facebook: “There is a great article in the News Herald about the Titus 2 recovery program for women. This program is faith based and supports women dealing with substance abuse or other issues. Yesterday...

Eyes To See The Light

by | Jan 23, 2022 | miracles

From 12/22/2017: A Christian testified in a meeting about God’s work in healing her vision. Interestingly, a Christian teacher who was present added that there had been several instances of healing eyes in her ministry recently. This past weekend in Sunday...

Neither Borrower Nor Lender Be

by | Jan 23, 2022 | generosity, giving

Through the years I’ve been asked to “loan” money to people knowing full well that they were not likely to repay it. Not large sums…..a power bill here, some gas money there, a Christmas layaway final payment, partial rent payment, etc. I kept...

Sister-Friends

by | Jan 23, 2022 | Friendship

A friend used the phrase “sister-friend” in recent correspondence. It reminded me how my middle granddaughter called her big sister her “sister-friend” when she was 3, such a sweet endearing title that has continued to reflect their closeness...

Check Our Motives

by | Jan 23, 2022 | growth

From: Judy Klug (2016) Check our motives Philippians 1:15-18. “It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so in love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former preach Christ...