His Mercy is New

Have you ever heard the comment that Christians should be the most joyful people on earth? I have heard it and at times, have admittedly, felt condemnation in that comment. However, in the book Choosing Gratitude, Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth goes on to say that as believers, we have so much more to be thankful for. She doesn’t say that life…
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Sometimes we wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Sometimes we are genuinely grieving a horrendous situation or loss. Sometimes we just can’t quit worrying about a certain situation. Sometimes the negative just outweighs the positive in our minds. I’ve been in all these places before, I’m sure you have, too. But, I’m learning to be more intentional…
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{Please help me welcome my friend, Alyssa, to the blog today!}  There is nothing like moving to cause you to evaluate your relationship to your “stuff.” We just relocated from South Carolina to East Tennessee.  For the past 3 months, we have been living in an apartment with approximately 60% of our belongings.  The other 40% has been in storage. …
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  The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to the one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God. Psalm 50:23 It was the last thing on my list. To give thanks for the pain. Who wants to do that? How do you say thank you for a gift you never wanted in…
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So, we’ve got our Cultivating Gratitude Fall Journals ready to go… Today, let’s try something new and fun…let’s LINGER over the GOODNESS of fall by drawing our FAVORITE things about fall! Don’t make it complicated. Just copy someone else’s if you wish. Or, if you would rather, make a LIST of your Fall Favorites! I’m going to show you mine…it’s…
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