All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘family’

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  Children’s Books

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  I use the word “reading” fairly loosely Psalm 150:1-6 Reference: Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, (Psalm 150:3 NIV) Explore: Our six year old foster child has just started school. I was so relieved when he …

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  Poker Face

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  People try to maintain a poker face – keeping a straight face so that no one can see what they are thinking or feeling.  Acts 14:8-20 Reference: He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith …

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  A Lasting Legacy

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  While my grandmother is no longer with us, there is a little church building that speaks of her memory Acts 9:32-43 Reference: Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and …

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  When Disaster Hits

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  When I heard about a plane flying into the twin towers, my instant response was to call my parents.  Acts 1:12-26 Reference: They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. (Acts 1:14 …

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  Part of the Family

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  Although she isn’t my mother or an aunt, I feel there is a special bond that brings us together Mark 3:1-35 Reference: v.34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! (TNIV Bible) …

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  Broken Peace

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  It was clear that peace had been broken… maybe even shattered! Psalm 122:1-9 Reference: v.9 For the sake of my friends and of all the people, I will say, “Peace be within you.” (TNIV Bible) Explore: We are slowing integrating two foster children into our family. …

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• Family History

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  They lived through both World Wars, my grandfather was orphaned at the age of 11 and they migrated in the 1950s from Holland to Australia. Numbers 33:1-56 Reference: v.2 At the Lord ’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey …

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• The Perfect Family

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  Throughout this time it was like I had a black cloud over my life. Numbers 30:1-16 Reference: v.5 But if her father forbids her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the Lord …

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• Brothers and Sisters

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  I don’t know how my mother handled our constant bickering! Numbers 12:1-16 Reference: v. 1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. (TNIV Bible) Explore: I love my two older sisters but as …

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• The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree

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  If you were observe my actions and reactions I am my mother through and through. 2 Kings 18:1-37 Reference: v.5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or …

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