Peace – Page 2 – Growing Graceful

by Linda

Growing in the Fruit of Gentleness

When our first son was born, after having 5 girls, it didn’t take long to begin noticing the ways boys and girls are inherently different. I was amazed by how much bigger his hands were, even as a little baby, and there was a huge difference in strength. As you can see, big and heavy […]

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More Power in Prayer; God Never Makes a Mistake

Several years ago, one of our camp counselors become ill toward the end of youth camps. Once Sarah started feeling unwell, things went downhill rather quickly. When she explained to the camp nurse that she was experiencing blurred vision, she was taken to the local hospital where they ran a full gamut of tests. Even […]

by Linda

More Power in Prayer; Prerequisite #3 for Effective Prayer

Hello friends! Thank you for joining me for this series on prayer. So far, we’ve learned that in order for our prayers to be effective there must be no un-confessed sin between us and God, and we must forgive others. The 3rd prerequisite, shared by Evelyn Christenson in her book, “What Happens When Women Pray”, […]

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Growing in the Fruit of Peace

Several years ago, I read Elizabeth George’s book, “Loving God with all Your Mind.” It was the first time I had read her work, and I was intrigued with the title. It wasn’t the easiest read. I had to take it in small bites, and it took me several months, but it was so worth […]

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More Power in Prayer, Prerequisite #2 for Effective Prayer

When I was in charge of coordinating the Women’s Events at Camp JIM, I once booked a speaker to share at a retreat on the subject of Forgiving. The speaker had several talks she had prepared for events and she told me, in all the years she had been traveling, I was the first to […]