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  • Hope Parenting

    Suffering Produces Perseverance.

    “We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame…” Romans 5:3-5   Romans 5:3-5 is my scripture…

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    Hell in the Hallway.

    See, I HAVE DELIVERED Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. Joshua 6:2   I had a fantastic pastor as a kid.  He’d sing, preach, preach/sing, and then, 3 hours later, we’d…

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    You Might Be Down, But You Are NOT OUT.

    You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you.  Psalm 38:9   I’ve heard that the best writers are those that write directly from their own experience…

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    The Waves and Wind Still Know His Name.

    Luke 8:25 “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?”   Are you in a season of life that you would call a “Storm”?  Living…

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    Laws of Life

    Psalm 119:160  All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.   In 10th grade I got smacked in the head with a rock.  And it’s one of my favorite memories of all…

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    Well with my Soul.

    Psalm 42:5  Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.   In the past 12 years of this European adventure I’ve had…

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    Don’t fall for it.

    1 Peter 4:12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.   Let’s be honest… Matthew 3:…

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    Sometimes it’s a “NO”

    Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”     I always…

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    Learning to Walk – AGAIN.

    “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?…”  Isaiah 43:19   Germany did not like me when I first arrived.  It also didn’t seem to like…

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    ONE MOVE.

    Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”   Which one do you have today? I still call my parents when I’m overwhelmed.  Admittedly, it takes…