Just Being There
Every Sunday, for as long as I can recall, there is a man who always enters the worship center just a little before the time of worship begins. He takes his place in the same area, usually the same chair and sits alone. He may shake a hand or two…
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Making Home
When it comes to the special projects in our home, it had to be creating a dining space that took the most “Rip work!” We wanted the dining space to have a look and invitational feel to it like what you’d experience in an old southern antebellum home that’s been…
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Joy Restored
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy…,” John 10:10. Definition of the word “steal” – take (another person’s property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. So, when Scripture says the thief (Satan) comes to “steal,” he can NOT take what we inherited…
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How To Create Calming Bedrooms
Hi friend! It’s Friday and one “to-do” on my homemaking list for the weekend is getting more creative in our bedrooms. When we have guests, (namely, my cousin Susie when she’s in town on business), we love setting out the guest bathroom basket full of those special items for a…
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Pleasing One Another
Today’s post is taken from this message from Dr. John MacArthur – Pleasing One Another For the Sake of Christ Do you profess to know Christ intimately? Do you profess to desire nothing more than to live a life in display of Christ? Do you profess to actually be born…
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All On a Torn Piece of Paper
First, I want to apologize for not having posted on this website in so long. As many of our SUBSCRIBERS know, I have other web-based platforms. For example, on one of them last month, we took the entire month of June to daily study the theology of Joy. Every day…
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Are You a True Believer? A Bible Study and Two Video Messages
If there was only one area of a person’s life that I care most deeply about it would be this one area – if they are true born again believers. And here’s why… From September 2021 until March 2023, I removed myself from all social media. No Facebook. No YouTube.…
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Our ‘Could Be’ Kitchen
It was a beautiful sunny moment when Rip and I walked into the kitchen of our little farmhouse for the first time when we knew it could be quite the kitchen, yet, would need a whole lot of refresh. Nothing about it was offensive or dirty – actually, it was hugely…
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Week 6 – 1 John Bible Study (1 John 2:12-17) … “He Never Forgets”
Hi friend! I hope you’re enjoying some cooler weather as we move into October! Isn’t the season of autumn one of the most “nature-ly” theatrical? Among some select hardwoods that are still show-casing those deep summer shades of green, it’s been only a matter of days that we’re now seeing…
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Living Certain In an Uncertain World – Lesson #1
Hi ladies, As we begin our new Bible study together, the lessons will be printed off for you and placed inside our classroom. But if you are joining us through our live stream, I will have each lesson posted on this blog for you to print off. Here is our…
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