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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 378: Skate Night (Or, How I Learned to Embrace the Future). September 1, 2016. You know the Lord is God! He created us, and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep in his pasture. Psalm 100:3 (CEV). At a week away from 40 (yikes! I suddenly realized, our boys have friends! And, the best part of all, they didn’t feel the need to change themselves to make that happen! Blessings and Peace,. August 25, 2016. God put everythin...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confession 345: The Purpose of Humility – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 345: The Purpose of Humility. April 14, 2015. Blessing, honor, glory and power belong to the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb forever and always. Revelation 5: 13b. Yet, when I read through Jesus’ condemnation of the churches, I can’t help but our churches fall into the category of the condemned. Jesus says to the church in Ephesus,. 8220;You have forsaken the love you had at first.”. To the Sardinians he says,. I think ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Living with Purpose – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Category: Living with Purpose. Confession 349: VBS and Acts 2 Living. July 27, 2015. All the believers were united and shared everything. They would sell pieces of property and possessions and distribute the proceeds to everyone who needed them. Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity. Last week was our annual VBS week. I have to confess, I LOVE VBS week! In Acts 2, w...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confession 346: Seeing is Not Believing – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 346: Seeing is Not Believing. April 22, 2015. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now ,you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:9. 8220;Where is God? 8221; he asked. 8220;Everywhere,” I replied. How is that possible? Historians might point to the political and econ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confession 341: When You Think You Know Best… – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 341: When You Think You Know Best…. February 25, 2015. We must give our full attention to what we were told, so that we won’t drift away. Hebrews 2: 1 (CEB). I remember once, when I was a girl, getting ready to walk out the door for school. My mom said, “Don’t forget your raincoat.”. Okay, in truth, not a lot. I’m an English nerd. But, 2nd grade science I think I’ve got a handle on! Mama knew what she was talking about! How ofte...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        School – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 350: Back to School–Jesus Style. August 9, 2015. These commandments that I give to you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:6-7. Write down Bible verses and place them in your child’s backpack or lunch box. Find some small spaces within your day to pray–before you get out of ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confession 349: VBS and Acts 2 Living – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 349: VBS and Acts 2 Living. July 27, 2015. All the believers were united and shared everything. They would sell pieces of property and possessions and distribute the proceeds to everyone who needed them. Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity. Last week was our annual VBS week. I have to confess, I LOVE VBS week! In Acts 2, we see that. In Acts 2, we also ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confession 348: Unity in Christ – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 348: Unity in Christ. May 13, 2015. Take off the old human nature with its practices and put on the new nature, which is renewed in knowledge by conforming to the image of the one who created it. In this image there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all things and in all people. Colossians 3:9-11. And what is a Christian, anyway? At its core, a Christian i...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confession 343: Sometimes, the Cost of Discipleship is Loneliness – Confessions of the Pastor's Wife
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 343: Sometimes, the Cost of Discipleship is Loneliness. March 23, 2015. You people aren’t faithful to God! Don’t you know that if you love the world, you are God’s enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. Do you doubt the Scriptures that say, God truly cares about the Spirit he has put in us? In fact, God treats us with even greater kindness, just as the Scriptures say,. How ofte...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confessions of the Pastor's Wife. Working Toward Authentic Faith. Confession 378: Skate Night (Or, How I Learned to Embrace the Future). September 1, 2016. You know the Lord is God! He created us, and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep in his pasture. Psalm 100:3 (CEV). At a week away from 40 (yikes! I suddenly realized, our boys have friends! And, the best part of all, they didn’t feel the need to change themselves to make that happen! Blessings and Peace,. August 25, 2016. God put everythin...