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    loveispatient:

    megfallen:

    labellavitaa:allisonshine:weaponsoftruth:

    These are more effective than 000

    When you are sad - John 14
    When you have sinned - Psalm 51
    When you are facing danger - Psalm 91
    When people fail you - Psalm 27
    When God feels far away - Psalm 139
    When your faith needs a boost - Heb 11
    When you are worried - Matt 18:19-34
    When you are hurt and critical - 1 Cor 13
    When you feel like an outcast - Rom 8:31-39
    When the world is intimidating - Psalm 90
    When you require courage - Joshua 1
    When you need happiness- Col 3:12-17
    When you need to get aong with people - Rom 12
    When you need peace - Matt 11: 25-30
    When your bank account is emoty - Psalm 27
    When you lose faith in man-kind - 1 cor 13
    When you lose hope - Pslam 126

    All lines to heaven are available 24 hours a day.

    Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death.

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    karlaakins:

baglady:

#1 Cheap & Awesome Christmas gift idea.  DIY Jersey scarf!  Find some cute fabric and get to cutting.  This may or may not put American Apparel out of business.

    karlaakins:

    baglady:

    #1 Cheap & Awesome Christmas gift idea.  DIY Jersey scarf!  Find some cute fabric and get to cutting.  This may or may not put American Apparel out of business.

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    The dear ladies of my church keep me, shall we say, entertained?  There is always something for me to do as their fearless leader.  (Okay, so I’m not all that fearless, but we can’t let them see us sweat, right?)
The current issue at hand is trying to get through to them about how the prayer chain works.  We’ve never had an active prayer chain before now.  When we arrived at our little church as the pastors (my husband and I) we really didn’t have a women’s ministry, either.  Now, I am happy to report, we have about 25-30 women come to our monthly meetings.  Considering our church runs about 70 members strong, I think that’s pretty good!
And now, it’s time to form an active prayer chain.  In the past, we’ve just called one another casually and asked for prayer.  But there was a problem when there was a need, in an emergency, for more people to stop and pray.
So, I have been for the past year trying to explain how the prayer chain works.  But for some reason, they still don’t get, and some people aren’t getting their calls.  So, this Monday night, I’m going to do a skit to explain it.  It’s so silly, but it has to be done.  Some people aren’t getting the calls, and for those whose ministry is intercession, it’s important they get the calls!
It’s the little foxes, they say, that ruin the vine.  It’s little issues like this that can make me crazy if I let them.  So, I try my best to just laugh at it.
The good thing that has come of this is that some of the ladies are taking this more seriously now and are wanting to step up and take some ownership of the list.  Praise the Lord!
(graphic via libertyeylau.org)

    The dear ladies of my church keep me, shall we say, entertained?  There is always something for me to do as their fearless leader.  (Okay, so I’m not all that fearless, but we can’t let them see us sweat, right?)

    The current issue at hand is trying to get through to them about how the prayer chain works.  We’ve never had an active prayer chain before now.  When we arrived at our little church as the pastors (my husband and I) we really didn’t have a women’s ministry, either.  Now, I am happy to report, we have about 25-30 women come to our monthly meetings.  Considering our church runs about 70 members strong, I think that’s pretty good!

    And now, it’s time to form an active prayer chain.  In the past, we’ve just called one another casually and asked for prayer.  But there was a problem when there was a need, in an emergency, for more people to stop and pray.

    So, I have been for the past year trying to explain how the prayer chain works.  But for some reason, they still don’t get, and some people aren’t getting their calls.  So, this Monday night, I’m going to do a skit to explain it.  It’s so silly, but it has to be done.  Some people aren’t getting the calls, and for those whose ministry is intercession, it’s important they get the calls!

    It’s the little foxes, they say, that ruin the vine.  It’s little issues like this that can make me crazy if I let them.  So, I try my best to just laugh at it.

    The good thing that has come of this is that some of the ladies are taking this more seriously now and are wanting to step up and take some ownership of the list.  Praise the Lord!

    (graphic via libertyeylau.org)

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    9/29 1:39PM The Lord is my strength..

    karlaakins:

    prayfordaisy:

    Britt and Kate met with the Oncologist and got the details of the pathology report. Here are the basics:

    • It is confirmed that Daisy had a Wilm’s Tumor (now removed)
    • The tumor had spilled cancerous cells into her body
    • Daisy’s cancer is Stage 3 and has infected the lymph nodes
    • She will have a PET-CT Scan tomorrow that will determine how much the cancer has spread in her body and whether or not the cancer is stage 4, which means it has infected the blood stream and so may have affected the bones and lungs, etc.
    • Daisy will start radiation and chemotherapy some time next week
    • The histology (study of the microscopic anatomy of cells) is said to be favorable at this point, but is yet to be confirmed as such
    • We will find out in a week or two whether or not her cancer is a more aggressive form of Wilm’s that will require a little more aggressive treatment

    Psalm 28:7

    The LORD is my strength and my shield; 
    my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. 
    My heart leaps for joy 
    and I will give thanks to him in song.

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    After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
    A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde (via misswallflower) (via nikiturner) (via karlaakins)
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