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5/11/20

Reset Your Mind on Christ

A three-bedroom house, a family of nine, and a record console blaring Elvis Presley’s “I’m all Shook Up.” It wasn’t often that the wooden house I grew up in would be rocking, but when my sister Francis would start playing Elvis’s record, each family member would stop in the middle of their chores and do our best to replicate the dance style of the King of Rock & Roll. If you were to ask me what song title I think most depicts my feelings in the last...

Posted by Caroline Poe with 5 Comments

1/28/19

in Encouragement, Trials

A Life of Joy

“Now that I am staying in an assisted living home, I am able to use my humor and caring spirit daily to brighten the day for staff and some of the residents whose families have forgotten them.” – Joy Craig “Growing up in a West Texas home with loving Christian parents, I have relied on God to see me through numerous illnesses, surgeries and other challenging times. I remember standing in our kitchen at the age of 10 years old when I felt the Holy Spirit come upon...

Posted by Nancy Cotten with 2 Comments

9/9/18

in Encouragement, Prayer

'I'm Learning to Love God More'

"Achieving, impressing others or feeling good when I’ve accomplished a lot are not my goals anymore. Now I focus on loving the Lord and obeying what He wants me to do. Prayer and fasting have helped me to surrender…” – Becky Biser “My relationship with God deepened about 15 years ago. While participating in a peer group, I had to develop a transformational goal that would help me go deeper spiritually with the Lord. “Father, what do I need to do to...

Posted by Sharon Gritz