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Seasons... My Conversation with a Tree!

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Creationswap.com/Cody Jensen Just last night I shared with a friend how a one-way conversation with a tree helped me to understand God's seasons, so I thought it an appropriate topic for this week's blog. Before I moved to Indianapolis, I lived in a condo/townhouse development in Jersey City, a placed called Society Hill. I owned a two-bedroom garden level condo, and right outside my door was a tree. It was a small tree, as it was planted when they developed the community, just a little more than 10 years prior. It was the beginning of spring and we had a rain shower. It was pouring. I stood inside my screen door looking outside and this tree caught my attention. Ironically enough, this tree began to minister to me about the seasons. Winter was ending and we were on the brink of spring. The tree would bud white flowers in the beginning of spring. I watched them fall from the tree because of the wind and the rain. I became conscious of the fact that I generally paid

G-R-E-A-T-E-R !

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CreationSwap.com/Kolton Rogers Hello All, It's "Take Charge" Tuesday... an awesome day that the Lord has made. Let us honor the command to rejoice and be glad in it. This week's blog topic is G R E A T E R ! G - od R - equires E - xcellence A - nd T - ruth to E - levate the R - ighteous Simply stated... Excitedly yours, ~Deneen A Woman Assigned

Order My Steps...

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source: Creation Swap/Susan Helmuth Hello all, It's Terrific Tuesday! In spite of it all, God saw fit to allow us to still remain here in the land of the living! It's another day that He has made and we are commanded to rejoice and be glad in it! This week's blog topic is "Order My Steps" . The bible states in Psalms 37:23 that "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. " Often I find myself seeking direction from the Lord. In my earlier stages of growth, I would seek God when I was in trouble and saw no way out. Now as I meditate on the portion of the Lord's prayer that says "Give us this day, our daily bread"... or as one of our associate minister's Rev. Chase so eloquently put it... "sustainment". As I am now maturing in my walk, I understand how important it is to seek God's direction in ALL things, and in ALL matters. God has revealed to me that the challenge

Stand for Something... or Fall for Anything!

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source: Christine Miller Hello Everyone! It's Tenacious Tuesday... Don't Be Weary; Stay on the Course! te⋅na⋅cious [ t uh - ney -sh uh s ] : holding fast; persistent, stubborn, or obstinate, holding together; cohesive; not easily pulled asunder; tough. This is an appropriate word for this week's topic. Stand for Something or Fall for Anything. We are commanded according to Ephesians 6:11 to " Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil " . Hence, Stand for Something or Fall for Anything...