October 1, 2012
He said that you said that I said that he was a liar
But what he said that you said that I said, it just isn’t so!
Can’t you see – that the tongue can destroy like a fire
When we whisper and spread around gossip wherever we go?
- The Tongue, Judy Rogers
Reposted from July 10, 2011
How do you react when you find out someone has been gossiping about you? If …
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September 6, 2012
Repost from 2011
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (Matthew 7:3–5)
I do; …
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December 29, 2011
And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)
Why is it so much easier to see sin in other people? I mean really. A child can trip over his own feet running to tell you about the infraction of another child; but, that same child will stand amazed that you …
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September 28, 2011
I created the following worksheet using 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 to do at home with my children. I thought other moms (or dads) may want to use it with their families as well – so here you go!
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July 10, 2011
I consider Judy Rogers music part of my homeschooling curriculum! For years, I have enjoyed using her songs to help teach my children important lessons from Scripture. (Her Go to the Ant CD is my personal favorite!) She even makes the sheet music for her songs available on her website.
The Tongue from James McDonald on Vimeo.
Music by Judy Rogers. Visit her HERE
Today at church, my husband preached on the …
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June 27, 2011
Here is my response to the following question, originally asked in my last post, Persecuted…by Christians?
“What does persecution by other Christians look like? In fact, what does persecution itself look like in America? This is a question I have often thought to myself and would be interested in hearing the answer, because I honestly don’t know.
I have had people tell me I was stupid for being …
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June 26, 2011
I Thank Thee Sire But Thou art making me, I thank Thee, sire.
What Thou hast done and doest Thou know’st well.
And I will help Thee; gently in Thy fire
I will lie burning; on Thy potter’s wheel
I will whirl patient, though my brain should reel.
Thy grace shall be enough the grief to quell,
And growing strength perfect through weakness dire.
~ GEORGE MACDONALD
Wow! How many of …
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March 9, 2011
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled… (Hebrews 12:14–15)
I remember once, one of my children coming to me when she was small with pouty lips and a furrowed brow. “I don’t know why he’s still mad at …
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February 8, 2011
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool shall swallow him up…(Ecclesiastes 10:12)
I wrote Smoking Keyboards and Razor Mouthed Christians after a long period of conviction and trial. My “personality” is to be bold and direct with little thought to who I may offend. For many years, my natural inclination was to “speak the truth,” defining love only by …
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