Archive | November, 2007

Health Booster: KEFIR!

by on Nov 13, 2007 in recipes & kitchen tips

Previous to getting married, my future mother-in-law first started to try to win me over to the kefir user crowd, and I thought, “I am not that crazy of a health-nut! I will never use that stuff…” Low and behold it wasn’t long before I thought I would give it a try. Maybe it was [...]

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Purposeful Christmas Resources

by on Nov 13, 2007 in building the family

Here is the start of ideas and resources for your purposeful holiday preparations (as I talked about here)! This is an excellent site for learning some thoughts on different meanings of Christmas traditions and symbols that are displayed around us. I learned alot as I read through this. Consider how you might incorporate more purpose [...]

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Hanging Our Laundry: Conserving Electricity

by on Nov 12, 2007 in making a home

Monday is my designated laundry day! I have found it so much easier for me to get it all taken care of for the week if I get it completed on one day. This means I wash somewhere between 3-4 loads of laundry: whites, colors, darks, sheets, towels. Beforehand I was washing a load a [...]

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Blessing Our Husbands through Prayer

by on Nov 09, 2007 in building the family, faith & womanhood

How else can we effectively seek to serve and bless our husbands if we are not first on our knees interceding on their behalf? “The Power of A Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian has completely changed my perspective on this important calling for us as wives. Throughout this book, Stormie gives 31 different focus prayer [...]

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Treasuring God in our Traditions

by on Nov 08, 2007 in building the family, learning at home

Treasuring God in our Traditions by Noel Piper is an excellent resource to refer to in planning and preparing for your holiday celebrations and not only that but also the meaning and purpose of it all. Why do we have traditions? Noel Piper believes that by our traditions we can help the next generation treasure [...]

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thankfulness = contentment

by on Nov 06, 2007 in faith & womanhood

I have been dwelling frequently on the topic of contentment. Why is this such a great struggle for women? Young, old, single, married, we all battle this feeling of desiring something more. “It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.”Proverbs 21:9 What does [...]

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posting truth around the house

by on Nov 05, 2007 in faith & womanhood

The Lord has really been inspiring me lately to post not only the Scripture around my home, but also reminders to pray and labor on behalf of those who are on the mission field. This has been so effective in reminding me of the importance of storing up the truth in my heart in addition [...]

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Knowing God = Sanctification

by on Nov 01, 2007 in faith & womanhood

“Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.”~1 Peter 1:3 Isn’t that an awesome truth? God has supplied us with everything we need! Sanctification, or growth in Christ-likeness is completely a gift and [...]

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