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Monthly Archive: June, 2010

June 16, 2010

Choosing to Hear Wisdom or Folly

This week I started reading Proverbs, the words of wisdom passed down to us by King Solomon, wisdom which was granted to him by God. In the New Living Translation the heading at the beginning of Proverbs 8 is “Wisdom Calls for a Hearing.” In...

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June 15, 2010

Resisting Temptation: The Chainsaw Method

Human beings all face temptations to sin, many of us on a daily basis. It may be a temptation to commit just a “small” sin or it may be the temptation to do something much more egregious. But why is this, where do these temptations come...

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June 14, 2010

A Prayer for Wisdom

Six or seven years ago I decided that I wanted to read through the entire Bible, so I downloaded and printed a Bible-in-a-Year schedule from http://www.heartlight.org. I put it in my Bible and checked off each chapter as I read it. It took me almost two...

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June 7, 2010

Praise for Sunshine and More

This past weekend I participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Hoquiam, Washington. If you are at all familiar with this area of the country, you know that it rains, a lot, in Hoquiam. It is in Grays Harbor, which is actually...

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June 4, 2010

Prayers That Please God

Prayer is an important part of the Christian life and is essential to strengthen faith. But often prayer is reduced to a time of bringing our laundry list of wants and needs to God. When one does not then receive the things prayed for, faith...

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June 2, 2010

Comprehending the Trinity

According to the liturgical calendar used by many Christian churches, last Sunday was Trinity Sunday. This is the day that the Church celebrates the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It falls on the Sunday following Pentecost, which is when the Holy Spirit came upon the Church....

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June 1, 2010

Fighting Cancer

Many members of my family have experienced cancer first hand. My mom had cancer three times, and the third time finally killed her. Her sister and father also died from cancer. My dad died of lung cancer and three of his sisters had breast cancer....

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