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Bible Studies

Better Off Read Postings which include a 5 day Bible Study on the topic of the Posting.

A Prayer For The Owner Of The Empty Swing

May 14, 2012 Lisa 0

A Prayer For The Owner Of The Empty Swing the swing sits silently no child to make it go was there an accident or infertility, this I do not know could it be her finger never a ring did wear time traversed just leaving with the owner one solitary tear or did the owners after …

KUDOS

May 7, 2012 Lisa 0

Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalms 139:14b A few days ago I was eating a banana. Not just any banana. This banana wasn’t green(unripe) or brown(over-ripe) but it was a perfect yellow and it was amazingly delicious. I don’t know why I never …

Brokenness

April 30, 2012 Lisa 0

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalms 51:17 When my husband and I married, we also started our lives together in the ministry. We were youthfully passionate about our call to serve God. There was one parti …

Lean On Me

April 16, 2012 Lisa 0

If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:10 Not too long ago, my husband and I did a LORD OF THE RINGS marathon over a three-day weekend. Wow, was it intense! We hadn’t seen the movie tr …

To Richard With Love

April 9, 2012 Lisa 0

 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 To Richard, i just want to say, as we celebrate our 25th anniversary, how grateful i am that God put us together. We have never loved like   …

The Rescue!

April 3, 2012 Lisa 0

For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins..      Colossians 1:13,14   This week’s post is an excerpt from one of my favorite books, When God Weeps, by …

Rare Love

March 26, 2012 Lisa 0

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:7, 8   Very recently, I had a revelation from a personal …

The Nuts and Bolts of Providence.

March 19, 2012 Lisa 0

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. Psalms 37:23 Coincidentally, I recently came across a very interesting article about a bolt. Yes, a bolt. The writer was formerly a CNC machinist, but for sometime now had been in a white-collar desk job. One day, he found …

God, Can You Hear Me?

March 12, 2012 Lisa 0

Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. Psalm 61:1   There are many people who believe that God does not hear us when we pray. I am not one of them. Too many times, I have prayed and God has clearly answered. Some might say that I am simply interpreting coincidences …

Guard Your Mouth (G-rated version)

March 5, 2012 Lisa 0

Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3 I don’t know about you. But I don’t know how much more of the presidential campaigning I can take. The robocalls, television and radio ads, and news coverage — all coated wit …